It may It may make a difference. I personally prefer the ATI cards. However, I have the same card, and I am still having some performance...
More info ok, so tell me exactly what problem you are having now, as well as give me your system specs. go to Start>Run> type in: dxdiag
Have you... Have you updated your graphics card drivers?
something else to try You may also try uninstalling and reinstalling the Sims2. I was having the same problems as you, and it is running better...
Do you have the DVD or the CD version? The DVD version seems to be causing a lot of problems for a lot of users. Let me know which version you have.
Which driver did you intstall? You must have version 6.7 for your graphics card in order to install DirectX 9.0c.
What happens when you try to install? It would be easier to help if you could tell me what error you are getting.
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