Need a compatable 3d graphics card - MSI P4MAM2-V Motherboard

Brand of Graphic Chip: ATI

Bus Size in Bit: 128

Decoder: No

Direct 3D Compatible: Yes

Encoder: No

Firewire: No

GPU Model (Graphic Card): Radeon 9550

Open GL Compatible: Yes

RAM in MB: 128

RAMDAC Frequency in MHz: 400

Remote Control: No

TV Input: No

TV Output: Yes

Type: Graphic Card

it won't let you play that game because you haven't got a 3D compatible graphics card. you need to go buy a 3D graphics card.

I would right click on the program and run it in compatibility mode for the operating system it was designed to run on. I would also try to update my graphics card drivers.

Please check the games' compatibility before you proceed installing. Otherwise your computer may face severe damage. There might be hardware conflict so I would suggest you to uninstall it before you go further. You can try it later after you've read the compatibility notes. Good luck

the problem on the Chessmaster 10th Cannot initialize 3D engine is that the game support only 1024x768 on screen resolution. Do that and works fine. Peace for all.

This sounds like your computer may be several years old and the hardware a little outdated. It will depend on the game since today's latest games require not only 3d-acceleration but super fast acceleration as given by "NVIDIA" or "ATI"'s latest graphic cards.

If you are running a relatively simple game, you need to see if your computer uses which type of graphic card connector.

In the old days it was PCI, then came AGP and later PCI Express.

What the above will tell you is which 3d graphic card type to buy. You can get a graphic card at newegg.com or lots of other places varying in speed and capacity.

CONFLICKS WITH THE DRIVES, SOME CARD HAVE SPECAL DRIVERS FOR A CERTAIN GAME AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOUR NORMAL DRIVERS, AND YOU WILL CONITUNIE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM, YOU GO TO PERFORMANCE FILE OR VEDIO CARD SETTING AREA PROPERTIES ADVANCE SETTINGS
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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.

try reinstalling dx9c by either going into the games disk folder and finding the installation or getting a diffrent game with dx9c and installing it out of the folder

It should support any AGP video card, you will need a minimum
Video: 128MB 3D DirectX 9.0c-compatible video card
To play that game there are alot of choices and all mostly a matter of opinion.

An example of what would be better than minimum requirements at an affordable price.Click HERE