I've been over to LeeFish to try to work out how to upgrade my graphic card details but I fail, (not a complete failure, managed to update the resolution easily enough, just not the graphics).

Computer specs:
Intel Core i7 Processor
HP Pavilion Desktop
16GB Ram, 2TB HDD
4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX745
Windows 10

Technically my computer should be eating TS2 alive, obviously it's just too modern/advanced/powerful and I have to update the graphic rules, just do not know how. Am posting this here as I am not a member of LeeFish and hoping someone can help.

Problem:
Game crashes after maximum 15min gameplay, seriously frustrating when it takes twice that amount of time to load (have over 20G of CC lol) and no, it is not CC, that was eliminated as a problem.
Every time I attempted to upgrade the graphics info the game will not load, error with Direct X0.9, so it's obviously my error of not putting the information in correctly. Can somebody please point me in the right direction? Would seriously appreciate it, am at my wits end.

Attaching my config file, graphic rules.sgr file and video card.sgr file in the hopes that it may help.

EDIT: forgot to mention, I load the game via discs, I don't have Ultimate Collection. Sorry forgot to mention that, as I know that changes the rules.

1. I have a i5 with 8GB of RAM 2TB and a Nvidia GeForce 650GTX card - not as savvy as yours, but still not historic
2. I do use the Ultimate Collection and play without problems but I have to use the texturefix for Nvidia from Leefish here:http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446
3. I know the page says it is not for Windows 10 but that file (last one at the bottom) works for me. It contains two files and both of them have to go into your Config file as well as your CsConfig file (copy them and also keep a copy for future use). Since you have not attached the CsConfig file - have you added them there as well?
4. I am not sure that the rules change a lot from the disks to UC - except that in UC, you put the files into a different folder in your program files.
5. I know that the disks seem to create problems for some - it is not too late to get the UC as @HCAC could tell you - she could not install her disks on Windows 10 at all. So you may still have that option available because that was only a few days ago.
6. Personally, I have used UC since its release (due to breaking my Sims 2 base game by accident) - and I will not go back to disks if you pay me too My pc crashed recently (caused by non-Sim factors). When it was fixed, I had to download the UC from Origin again. My game was still there, still up to date, and I have not lost any downloads - I only had to download the CEP and the Scriptorum again.

No I didn't put up the CSConfig file, I'll try copying it to there as well, but I'm obviously putting the Nvidia info into the wrong place with in the SGR files as I keep coming up with the Direct X.09 error, I seriously fail at this lol.

It goes here : C/ProgramFiles(X86)/OriginGames/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Fun with Pets/ SP9/TSDate/Res/Config - and same place: CSConfig for UC - or in your last EP - which is AL, but if you have Mansions and Gardens, it may have to go there.

Also important to update your graphic card driver.

UPDATE: Finally worked out how to update the graphics to list in my current graphics card, unfortunately it still crashes on a regular basis, sims hairstyles are warped (due to "bad" graphics), when I look in the log it has the message "card not found in library", so it's obviously reading the right card now... just have to 'put it in the library', any ideas how to do this? Anyone?

I use the grapic rules maker. http://www.simsnetwork.com/simpedia...patibility-with
Its very easy and it worked for me on windows 10.
And I have Graphiccard Nvidia Geforce GTX 950
http://imgur.com/a/Njfby and here http://imgur.com/a/IpHuN

Sometimes the graphic rules maker will put an extra space between the last digit and the ".

This is my info on the video card and I had to remove the space for it to work. card 0x13c2 "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970"
It looked like this before I fixed it. card 0x13c2 "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 "

That extra space will cause the direct x 9 crash.

Put it in the library means the game still doesn't recognizes your card. I have the same issue, the graphic rules maker will say I added my video card to the database, but what happened is that the Video cards.sgr is completly empty, and the Graphic rules.sgr does not even recognize I have a computer. try running the graphic rules maker, maybe as admin. what happens to me is that the first time it says my card is in the library, but next time I run the program it's not there again, and this time, I can't click the option to add it.
I know you can add your video card name to the Video Cards.sgr database manually, here is a guide on Leefish by celebkiriedhel. I tried following it myself but I failed to do it right. if you can't seem to get your file working, you can try asking for someone to do it for you on the forum.
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From my understanding, it is not a problem with The Sims game, or with the Nvidia card being too advanced/not compatible, but a problem with the Windows 10 AND Nvidia combo. many people complain online their games crash/not run as intended since upgrading to Windows 10. We would probably have to wait for Nvidia to get their things together and fix this problem in future updates.

You can still try some things that might work:

• Make sure you've copied the new Graphic Rules.sgr and Video Cards.sgr to both Config\ and CSConfig\.
• Turn Anti Alias on (boolProp enumerateMultisampleLevels true) in your config-log.txt in your log folder. (My Documents\EA\The Sims2\)
• Edit your shortcut to run the game in windowed mode: "C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2Launcher.exe" -w
  it might work, or might not load at all, but still worth trying.
• Update DirectX.
• If you have multiple CPU/double video cards etc, you can try editing your shortcut to run the game to force it run only one CPU: "C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2Launcher.exe" -CPUCount:1
  This is because when The Sims 2 came out there still weren’t multiple-CPU computers in the market.
• Run the game in Compatibility Mode. if you have Windows 10, right click on the shortcut and select Troubleshoot Compatibility. this will give you the options to run the game in compatibility for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP. celebkiriedhel said: "if you have Windows 8, use Windows 7. If you have Windows 7 - try XP Service Pack 3."
• Run as Admin?
  
  Next are Nvidia-specific rules, you can try them without Nvidia but use common sense.
• Set Smooth Edges to the highest level. I heard someone say that for some kind of reason Nvidia runs sims only on ‘more’ smooth edges.
• Turning off Windows 10 Graphic Drivers Automatic Updates. I think you can do it in GeForce Experience too.
• Remove all your Nvidia drivers and reinstall them. some say that because older versions are not removed correctly, this might cause problems. To do it you have to first download your GeForce Drivers, then uninstall all your Nvidia drivers, restart, and reinstall your download from the official Nvidia site I have included the link to.
  Be careful not to mess around with Intel/MicrosoftL/Lenovo/Dell/Toshiba stuff, that includes video adaptars/Network cards/Sound cards/any devices, if it says device in it's name, don't touch it. if you can't trust yourself with uninstalling things that came with your computer, A video on youtube which celebkiriedhel recommended adviced using Guru3D Driver Remover, which will remove ONLY the Nvidia drivers you're going to reinstall again. I tried it and it worked for me, but I understand if you would prefer to avoid third-party programs. as you can see this advice is a bit risky if you're not good with computer, so be careful or ask someone to help you
  
  Now I will talk about Duel Cards:
• If you have duel cards, you can force the sims to run only with the HD processor, whatever it's Nvidia or Intel. to do this right click on the sims shortcut->run graphics processor->change default graphics processor.
  You will be brought to Nvidia's control panel, to a window that shows Manage 3D settings. in the Program Settings tab, select a program to customize, in our case it's The Sims. select the preffered graphics processor to whichever one you have selected when you made your Graphic Rules.sgr. save and test the game.
• Check if Nvidia is working on your display. go to the Nvidia control panel again and select the Set PhysX Configuration. Select a PhysX Processor->preffered graphics processor, if it's not selected already. save and test.
• If you are sure The Sims is running with your preffered graphics processor, are sure the Graphic Rules.sgr uses your preffered graphics processor, Your preffered graphics processor is included the Video Cards.sgr database, the game runs with 1CPU, as admin, and the game STILL do not load/give you problems? I would advice you to switch back everything to use your integrated graphics card. This is the only thing that worked for me after all the testing and experimenting. That's until Nvidia sorts this problem now, like I said.

Examples your game has graphic issues:
- Game does not open at all when you click the icon. nothing happens.
- Game opens, but the screen is white.
- Game opens, but you only see the desktop screen, stuck in desktop 800x600 and the mouse is the mouse of the game.
- Game opens, but freezes.
- Game opens, but won't start loading until you ctrl-alt-delete or Alt-Tab and come back again.
- Game opens, but the screen is black, and you can hear music and select sounds if you play around.
- Game loads neighbourhood, the screen is black and music+select sounds work (for this try to ctrl-alt-delete or Alt-Tab and switch back, your screen will show now)
- Game runs only in 800x600 res.
- Graphics Options are grayed out in the game (shadow settings/Edge smoothing for example)
- Red/Pink/Purple flashing water/grass/walls.
- "Unspecified error", "bad memory", and any DirectX error messages.

if you have any of the problems above, you might benefit from the list of the tips I provided
Now I really have to go, I might come back later and add a few more tips and expand on some parts if they are hard to follow.