loading a neighborhood in sims 2

[aresgodofwar]

just got the game. i installed it. that went fine. when i try to load a neighborhood i get a graphical mess. a visit to the ea website said to update my graphic drivers. been there done that. i made sure my card was on the minimum requirements list. my system is well above the minimum requirements and still it won't load this f***ing game!!!!

can anyone provide me with anything else i might try?

thanks in advance!

[Prv]

How did you add the neighbourhood, did you just put it in a map, or did you use the sims 2 utility (dont know the name)