Im not one to usually ask for assistance since i am a network engineer myself and pretty good on the tech side of things , that being said i do need help with this im baffled.

My problem is as follows...

I can load sims 2 up no problem, i can create a sim also with no problem the minute i start to actually play the game tho weather its on community lots or just a single sim i get serious lag issues my framerate drops so low the game is un-playable.

i have tried the following with no results.

Tried changing process afinity to one cpu as suggested on various other forums.

Tried playing on lowest graphics.

tried running in xp combatiblity mode with admin rights.

tried the programmers test perametres in game console aka the boolprop tricks also the vsync trick to no avail.

tried multiple settings in the catylist control centre also no impact.

updated every driver i have including updating the bios.

as you can see i have tried quite a few things with no luck. there are other things i have tried but it escapes my memory currently.

in anycase onto my cpu specs.

motherboard Dell studio 511.15

Intel core 2 duo quad core @ 2.33ghz x4

memory 4gig ram @ 645mhz with the option of nvidia 4gig @ 1000mhz(ps i have also tried those ram sticks also)

graphics card Ati Radeaon HD 3870 with current drivers.

Sound Realtek onboard hd.

hard drive Samsung HD642JJ ATA with 581gig total space currently 277 gig remaining.

Virtual memory allocated 8gig.

Vista gaming experience score rated @ 5.9

as you can see i have no feeble machine it easily meets any specs required of the sims 2 or any expansion pack made for it.

so i really can't figure the problem i'd appreciate any help on this matter thanks in advance

Sincerly Dj

p.s if a dx diag report is needed please ask for one and one shall be supplied.

'i live for the one, i die for the one'