Sims 2 Problems!! Graphics Card – NEED HELP!!?

okay,.so i have a macbook which i installed windows xp on using ‘boot camp’ but i installed all of my sims 2 discs and when i open it it says
“Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer.”
So I looked into all this and i did that thing to open the DirectX Diagnostic tool and I went to the display section to check out my graphics card and this is the list:

Sounds like you need to install drivers for your card, unfortunately I have no way of knowing what card you have.

Computer Maintance Tips – Part 1: WinXP (Security, Speed, Clean)

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