*** GTX 770 + Win 8.1 - GRAPHICS NOT FOUND
I have a brand new, high-end PC that I built. It has an EVGA GTX 770 and Windows 8.1 Update 1 w/ latest drivers. Latest Sims 3 patch installed (1.67). When I first tried to play the game, I received...
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Did you try optimizing the game with the Nvidia experience and start from there ?
Also are your graphics drivers updated ?
Did all that. I think what it comes down to is that there simply is not solution. EA has to create compatibility with the card.
I don't think Windows 8.1 is the issue given that I've read other players say it works just fine with the OS.
You stated you updated to windws 8.1 but it is not an update. Did you build this on windows 8 to begin with and it worked? If it worked on windows 8 I would suggest going back to windows 8. To do this so you must get a disk from microsoft to do a full system restore to windows 8.
Since you built this computer yourself something you did may not be compatable between 8.1 and your video card, or something else is not compatable. My video card is compatable with windows 8 but not 8.1.
Again you built this computer yourself and you may be comparing other people who's 8.1 may have been installed installed by microsoft. microsoft designed windows 8.1 to work with some video cards and not others and they also did this with windows 8. Since you built this computer yourself you can try calling microsoft to help you but I don't know that they will since your computer is not theirs.
I didn't update it to 8.1, I updated it to what Microsoft calls "Update 1" - it is basically a service pack.
I built the system in January 2014 at a cost of $2,100. Everything is compatible with Windows 8.1 and everything but Sims 3 works flawlessly.
I may install Windows 7 on a different HDD and try running the game on that OS.
I almost have a BS in computer networking and run a computer repair business, so I am fairly computer litterate 😕mileytongue:
EVGA GTX 770 SC w/ ACX
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