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michellefree89
Seasoned Novice
4 months ago
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DeviceConfig says it can't match graphics card

I have not played the Sims 3 for about a year, and about a week ago I decided to set it back up on The EA app and attempt to play on my Windows 11 PC. I installed the games, installed the necessary r...
  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    4 months ago

    michellefree89​  The issue is that the provided GraphicsCards.sgr file does contain your graphics chip's device ID, listed like this:

     card 0x1638 "Radeon Graphics"

    But there's no specific entry in GraphicsRules.sgr that matches this, so your GPU is listed as Found but not Matched.  You don't need to do anything about this if you don't want to.  If you DO want to, search GraphicsCards.sgr for Radeon, and this will be the first match:

    or match("${cardName}", "*Radeon RX*")

    Delete the RX and the space before it, so the match is to "*Radeon*" , and the GPU should be matched, and also rated as Uber.  If you think this is too high, you can always turn down the settings yourself.

    I would like to note for other users that this suggestion is for THIS player's issue, not general advice.  Ask for help if you want to get your own graphics card recognized.