I've had the deluxe sims on my pc for a long TIME now. I just bought the 3 pack expansion of Unleashed, Superstar and houseparty. After I installed all 3 expansion packs the game is running slow and if I go into the 800X600 mode it has alot of small lines on the screen :-?. I installed the expansion packs in the same order that the instructions stated. First House party then unleashed and last superstar. I use the super star disk 1 to play as stated in the instructions. All my sim games are FACTORY software they are not copied or bootlegged. Any help or SUGGESTIONS is greatly apprciated.

Thank you
DUSTWEBWhat are your computer's specs? RAM? Processor speed? Does your system meet the game's requirements?

FlameI have 512mg ram running windows media xp i have over 150 gigs on my hard drive and My processor is a AMD Athlon 64 3500 2.20ghz

ThanksAre you running any programs while playing? Instant messengers, etc.? When did this start? Have you made any changes to your system recently?

FlameThese small lines you speak of are probably "artifacts", which is a result of a faulty video card.
The video card itself is not broken, just that it might be overclocked, underclocked, or not enough GPU memory allocated to the card. I think your problem is the 3rd one I stated.

Go to start -> run -> type in "Dxdiag"

Go to the "DISPLAY" tab and type the card name and total memory down here.Flame....I have been using the Sims Deluxe for a long time on my pc I just bought the vol 1 expan pak and when I installed it I started having this problem.

ThanksTN2Cool - Did you want to know the card i have on my pc? I am not sure I get what you are saying...if I do this is there something i can adjust?
Thanks
Yes, Tien wants your video card information. In the Display tab, on the top-left, it tells you what type of card you have, and how much memory is installed on it.

FlameOk thanks....

The device is: ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Series
Total memory is 256.0mb

Hope this is correct.

ThanksThat looks right... Your card meets the requirements for sure... Please give us some time to think of a possible solution. We'll get BACK with you

FlameGreat....thank you for all the help and assistance. It is greatly appriciated While we ponder a solution, you might try contacting EA Games as well. They might know something we don't

FlameYeah, your card seems to be an integrated card and should be able to play it.

I actually have no idea what the problem is, you should contact EA, or dish out some money on Newegg for another card.