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Old June 1st, 2008, 03:06 PM
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Video Card Error
I recently downloaded Sim City Societies to my computer. It meets all the reqs and installed fine. However, when I try and play it, it runs smooth for about 5 min before it crashes. It leaves me with an error message that says

"Your Display Driver has reported a Device Internal Error. Your game was saved ..."

I have Windows XP (that was recently reformatted) with a Nvidia GeForce 6600 Video Card that is updated and turned to performance.

Any help would be great, just ask if you need more info.

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Old June 1st, 2008, 11:52 PM
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Hi, Welcome to CTH.

Where did you download the game from?
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Old June 2nd, 2008, 11:28 PM
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I bought it from the EA store. Fully legal and I would assume reliable. Have you guys had trouble with them before?

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Old June 3rd, 2008, 05:26 AM
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Do you play any other games or get any other errors in games?
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 06:11 AM
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Did you try to update video card driver?
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Old June 4th, 2008, 08:35 AM
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Is the GF6600 on-board or an AGP card?
Does it have it's own fan?
Is the fan working efficiently?

Is your CPU fan clean and working efficiently?
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Old June 5th, 2008, 12:10 AM
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Two versions: AGP, and PCI Ex
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Old June 5th, 2008, 02:03 AM
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Broni - some cheaper brands (EVGA, BFG) marketed a 6600 with only a large heatsink, no fan.
Obvious result - overheating when playing games, particularly if game requirements need minimum of 6x series chip.
This game suggests GF5900 and above so a budget 6600 could well be being overtaxed by the crappy SimCitySoc graphics engine.
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Old June 5th, 2008, 02:22 AM
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