White squares on while playing the sims

[Aaroneous]

Last week I upgraded my video card from a geforce fx 5500 to a geforce 7600 gs and since then these squares appear. I have updated to the latest for directx, and video driver and still doesnt help. If you need my system spec I can give them too.

Edit: I have all the Eps and none of the SPs

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[MissDoh]

You need to use the new beta driver Nvidia release.

More info about it can be found here:  New beta Nvidia drivers

[Aaroneous]

I already have that it was offically realse as the newest driver late july.

[caffeinated.joy]

Did you remove all of the old drivers?

[Aaroneous]

Yeah I did and to make sure I did, I used ccleaner to clean up anything left behind by the old drivers.

[caffeinated.joy]

Ok...this is what I can think to try off the top of my head. Click on start>run and type dxdiag. Click on the Display tab and make sure Direct draw acceleration, direct 3d acceleration and agp texture acceleration are all enabled. Ideally, you should also see "No problems found" in the box on the bottom". Also, it could be something as simple as a loose cable. Hopefully, it's not a sign of faulty RAM, but that's a possibility too.

[xMizzesSimmerx]

This is what the EA site says are compatible vid cards. i don't see yours in the list?:

Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better):

    * ATI RadeonTM series (7000 or better)
          o Radeon 7000/VE series (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor)
          o 7200, 7500
          o 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
          o 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
          o X300, X600, X800

    * Nvidia� QuadroTM series
          o Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4

    * Nvidia� Geforce series (GeForce2 and better)
          o GeForce2
          o GeForce3, 3 Ti
          o GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440
          o GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
          o GeForce 6600, 6800

    * Intel� Extreme Graphics (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor)
          o 82845, 82865, 82915

[caffeinated.joy]

His card should work fine. I have a friend who ran her game off the 7600 just fine. I used to run my game on the ATI 9650, which also isn't on the list, and it worked fine.

[Aaroneous]

dxdiag says everything is fine, It could be possible that it is bad ram, But the squares only show on the sims 2. The other games I play are fine and they are more demanding then the sims, like neverwinter nights 2, Gta: San Andreas. I have check the wires 3 times and there tight as they can get.

[ancienthighway]

Just out of curiousity, are you running XP or Vista?

[Aaroneous]

I am running xp and I have up to service pack 2. I am not sure witch version of xp I have though.

Edit: Its xp pro

[caffeinated.joy]

If you click on start, then right click on My computer and select "properties", it should show you. For example, mine is Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2

[ancienthighway]

I don't think the edition really matters in this case.  XP vs Vista may have.

[Aaroneous]

Just to let everyone know. I finally got it fixed after a month, I sent it to XFX they said it was faulty, So they repaired it. Once I got it back this week it was still acting up. So someone I know suggested updating the driver on the chip set on mother board, Witch Acually solved the problem.