Ok, I am not even going to bother typing out my situation, becasue obviously I'm not the only one experiencing it... I bought the game yesterday, and the same thing happened to me! ;(
Well, i checked into it, and I don't have a matching graphics card!
These are the ones that work:
ATI Radeon series (7000 or better)
VE series (see note below)
7000, 7200, 7500
8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
X300, X600, X800
NVIDIA® Quadro series
Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4
NVIDIA GeForce series (GeForce2 and better)
GeForce 2
GeForce 3, 3 Ti
GeForce 4, 4 Ti, MX 420, 440
GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
GeForce 6600, 6800
Intel® Extreme Graphics (see note below)
82845, 82865, 82915
, but I have an Intel® 82810E Graphics Controller.
I have tried goign over the steps that Kazung-Q posted in his/her reply from EA, and I have got to the part about trying to re-install DirectX 9.0c.
Somebody sayed in order to be helped put down your Graphics Card, Main Driver, and Notes, so here they are:
Graphics Card - Intel® 82810E Graphics Controller
Main Driver - i81xdw9x.drv
Notes - No problems found.
To test DirectDraw functionality, click the "Test DirectDraw" button above.
To test Direct3D functionality, click the "Test Direct3D" button above.
I've tried everything else it seems, so please help me... Is it my graphics card or what, if so, where and how do I get a new one? Thanks - Ben