Oh yeah, I remember how it's written in the manual that you need a better CPU if you want to play with a graphics card without T&L support.
So, better stick to The Sims 1, OP.
I have this game somewhere lying around in my house, but only tried it once on my previous laptop years ago and it didn't work. Now with my slightly gaming laptop of 1 year old, I need to find it and boot it up.
Always hear people sing praises of how funny it is, and funny FPSs are a dying breed (Timesplitters).