guys.. I have the same problem with the sims 2 and directx 9.0c
used the old ati catalyst won't help, so does the new 4.9 so still can't run the game. search all over the net but it seems theres a lot of solution but not one got the game running.
I've got sp2 but dxdiag shows that its 9.0b
no one knows the solution? other than reinstalling the OS/sp/dx which some claim to solve the problem???