Cannot play sims 2 deluxe

Update your DirectX to the latest @ MICROSOFT
Update your Video Card Drivers to the lastest too.

If you have updated DirectX and your Video Card drivers to the lastest!and yet cannot play the game, it means that your Video card does not support the game graphics. You will need a better Graphic card.

check your BIOS.
ALSO check your game on any another pc
this will clerify weaher the problem is with your pc or game set-up.

Here are the minimum requirements:
Operating System: Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX®: 9.0
Processor: Pentium® 4 1.2 GHz or 100% compatible processor
RAM: 256 MB
Hard Drive Space: 500 MB Free
Drives: CD-ROM 4X
Display: 256 Colors
Cards: 32 MB 3D Video Accelerator with DirectX 9.0 compliant video drivers

The most common problem is a lack of a physical video card. Onboard video cards can't produce the graphics properly, and generally encounter problems.

First thing you do is check your system requierments,(should be located on the back of your CD case, or somewhere in your manuel, probebly under the title "System Requirments") it will probebly say something like "complete Direct-X compatible graphics adapter requiered". You then go to Start Menu-->Run (type in "dxdiag" (without quotes)) and see if you have the correct graphics card, and or graphics adapter.

If you do have the correct system requierments repost your problem saying you have the correct system requierments but you still get the following message: "Failed to find any Directx9.0 compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provide by the manufactuer. The application will now terminate."

If you do not have the correct system requierments, you cannot play the game on that computer.

Hope this helps.

Levi_xx

Devil May Cry 4

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista

• Processor: Pentium 4 @ 3 GHz

Memory: 512 MB (1 GB for Vista)
Hard Drive: 8 GB Free

• Video Memory: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 6600 SM3 Required)

Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO
Memory: 1 GB (2 GB for Vista)
Hard Drive: 8 GB Free
Video Memory: 512 MB (nVidia GeForce 8600)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c or 10
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Seems like your graphic card is not supported. Its a older version. My first solution would be update your driver for your graphics card: http://driver.wareseeker.com/download/visiontek-radeon-9250-agp-8.072.rar/1e97d07a01 or http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/VISIONTEK_RADEON_9250_AGP/4-172246-1.html

If that doesn't fix it (which I don't think it will), you might just have to buy yourself a better graphics card and/or computer.

Hi tom2badcat, the SIMS game is very picky when it comes to graphics cards. If you look on the SIMS box you'll find their recomended graphics card list. The video card you bought is a low end 8x AGP card. You can try downloading & installing directx 9.0c from microsoft. Click on this link;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9226a611-62fe-4f61-aba1-914185249413&displaylang=en
If directx 9.0c still fails to install the graphics card is at fault & you should return it. Listed below is a link. The link provides a couple 8x AGP graphics cards that will run both directx 9.0c & the SIMS expansion pack 2. (The graphic cards shown all use faster memory).
XFX cards carry a lifetime warranty. (No# Choice)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1776106&CatId=318
Below is a whole list of 8x AGP cards.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=318&name=AGP&

Brief Description:
November 2008
The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

Then you probably need a new graphics card.. JTF requires these at a minimum to play:

Minimum System Specifications

• Windows 2000/XP Home or Professional/x64
• Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
• NVIDIA GeForce 4 (non-MX) or ATI Radeon 9500, DirectX 9.0c compliant videocard with 128 MB RAM
• 512 MB RAM
• 3 GB of uncompressed hard drive space
• DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
• DirectX 9.0c (included)
• 4x CD/DVD-ROM drive
• Microsoft-compatible mouse and keyboard
• 56 kbit/s dial-up modem for online play; 10 Mbit/s for LAN play

http://www.twenga.co.uk/specs-PCTV-Hybrid-Pro-PCI-310i-PINNACLE-TV-tuner-card-114949

see the link
Software / System Requirements Software Included Pinnacle Studio QuickStart, Pinnacle MediaManager 1.1 OS Required Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Peripheral / Interface Devices CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card, DirectX 8.0 compatible graphics card System Requirements Details Pentium 4 - 1.8 GHz - RAM 256 MB - HD 5 GB

plz unistall the graphic card drivers and reload it, post your findings

the only way to improve graphics is to upgrade your graphics card and ensure that you have enough system memory and proccesor power to run the game as it should do. If you have a 32MB or 64MB card then maybe you should go for atleast 128MB