User blog comment:Andronikos Leventis/Maxis Vs EA/@comment-3109473-20101231093334/@comment-26744861-20101231120447

If you're running an Intel GMA, you'll notice how much strain The Sims 2 can put on a video card.

When I first got TS2, it automatically switched to the Low quality graphics settings because my card had no T&L, though I was able to switch to higher quality at the expense of loading speeds.

But on TS2 University when someone activated the sprinkler, it always caused slowdown becasue Intel GMA's are basically entry level.

So usually, it depends on the card manufacturer. If you play with something like an nVidia card, it would perform much better.