*** 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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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 : )
How are they going to run under admin if they have the new origin?? New uptae version of Origin wont let you run the game under admin. I know before with the old origin we could run under admin. Running under windows 7 the game looked horrible for me anyway. I was fine just running under admin windows 8 bypassing the launcher and origin.
EA has not kept up as new generations of graphics chip that have come out. Basically what you need to do is fool the GraphicsRules.sgr script into thinking the GTX 770 is the same as a card that is closest to it. The GTX 770 is based on the the GK104 core which is the same core as the GTX 660 (not the mobile version but that may work) . You need to start with the codes that are returned when the program asks for the codes. These will be in the DeviceCinfiglog file. Mine are Vendor 10de, Device 1244 for a GTX 550Ti. You have to have your codes (I don't know what they are for a GTX 770) and get the GraphicRules.sgr script to identify your codes.
