*** 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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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
Intel Core i7-4770K
Asus Maximus VI Formula
Samsung 840 Pro SSD 256 GB
Pioneer BDR-2209 BluRay Drive
G.SKILL Trident X 32 GB
SeaSonic 860 Platinum
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
CoolerMaster HAF XB EVO
SeaGate 3 TB HDD
Microsoft did something that is not acceptable. Making sure that only certain cards run on windows 8 and only certain cards work on windows 8.1. I changed to 8.1 updated the card and was given a whole new card. my sims would not work. messed up my video card. Microsoft told me about the whole video card issue and there are many other issues as well. Got the discs to restore windows 8, reinstalled game and it is now looking like it did beofre no problem accept a launcher/origin issue with existed before I added windows 8.1. There are many people having trouble with this game on windows 8.1. My game was running pretty well with several ep's before the new patch and orgin update on windows 8.
Windows 7 is your best bet. The game will run a lot better since the game is not supported by windows 8 or 8.1
not even if you run the game ( all game ,expansion and stuff packs run as admin and in compatibly mode windows 7 ?
Thanks for the info. Yes, I have the latest patches, tried admin, and tried Win 7 compat. mode. Nothing works. I will try using Win 7 when I get a chance, which may not happen for a few weeks, so I shall report back then : )
