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Re: Help getting graphics card recognized

I GOT IT!! 

It was in editing the files late last night, a friend was helping me and we both missed something.

She was able to get the DeviceConfig to read Found 0 Matched 1, which I had no idea what that meant, this morning I researched and figured out that it was reading the card in the GraphicsRules file but not the GraphicsCards list. So I checked what she'd added and fixed it, she had added the vendor number instead of the device number!

For anyone else who may have this problem in the future, this is what I added into the card list:

card 0x990c  "AMD Radeon HD 8670D"

And what was added into the GraphicsRules file (you'll need to follow the tutorial to know where to place it)

or match("${cardName}", "*HD 8670D*")

So I just started up the game and checked my DeviceConfig, it now reads

=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Name (database): AMD Radeon HD 8670D [Found: 1, Matched: 1]
Vendor: ATI
Chipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 990c, Board: 85261043, Chipset: 0000

Fixed!! Thank you so much for your help. This was driving me crazy. I can't wait to play now!

1 Reply

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    @50bb724ef27cb6f1

    Oh good, I was a bit stumped (and had asked @SandArcher and @crinrict for their opinion but we were not sure). 🙂

    Thanks for sharing your solution.

    Out of curiosity, what happened if you just clicked on "OK"on the error message, and changed settings manually?

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