Game does not recognize graphics card
I bought a new computer and a new nvidia 750 graphics card. The sims 3 does not recognize this card. I have looked up all the fixes on the internet to fix this issue. I am not computer savy and I can...
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Maybe it helps to do the graphics fix, I simply don't know but since you said you don't feel confident enough to do it, I don't know what to tell you. I'm not exactly sure what the devicelog file does. Maybe it is necessary but maybe it's just a file to set th initial settings.
I doubt that reinstalling the game helps but it's worth a try if you have the patience for it. Make sure to try on the base game without any expansion packs.
Try a clean reinstall following the instructions here: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Uninstall and here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Help-Guide-All-in-one-fix-except-hardware-issues-PC-only/m-p/734448#M36281 where it says Delete game installers
Hello, I uninstalled the game. I had several eps that wouldn't uninstall from the add an remove program thing. I had to delete them and their key numbers manually. Do you think they could be corrupt? I am afraid to reinstall them since they were so hard to uninstall. Maybe they could be the problem. I am just guessing. Thank you for all your help.
Linda
Could be.
Just install the base game for now and patch that and then see how it goes.
Hello, I installed my game and as soon as I started to play it said , Your card is not in the sims 3 database. I am trying to fix the sgr files. I typed my graphics card into the Graphics card.sgr file. Here is what it looks like.
card 0x1004 "GeForce GTX 750"
card 0x124d "GeForce GT 555M"
card 0x06c0 "GeForce GTX 480"
card 0x06cd "GeForce GTX 470"
card 0x0dc4 "GeForce GTS 450"
card 0x0dd1 "GeForce GTX 460M (revMy card is the GTX 750. I checked my device config log to see if there was a match and it still said Found 0 matched 0. I figured it would have at least said found 1 matched 0. I haven't done the Graphics card.sgr rules yet. What am I doing wrong. I saved the file to my desktop because it wouldn't let me save it in the file. I deleted the Graphics card. sgr and pasted the new file back into the bin. It appeared as it was suppose to with my card added. But it still says found 0 matched 0. Please tell me what I am doing wrong. Was I suppose to copy my card to the graphics card sgr.orig or the graphics card.sgr file. I am confused. Should it have worked the way I did it. Please respond.
Linda
orig is the backup so you should add it to the other one.
I'm not sure if both files editing is required for it to work properly (card and rule) but I can't really help with it since I never really tried myself (and also still don't believe that it will fix your issue. There's something else going on)
I see if someone else can help you further
Hello, I have great news. I finally figured out how to fix my game and it was a very simple fix. I had one person tell me to go into my graphics card and click on the card I wanted my computer to use. Well, my graphics card did not offer that option. Instead it said, (Specify the settings for this program.) The program that was listed was The Sims 3. I thought what if I were to add the last ep I download to the list and put it in the box where it ask for a program to customize. Well I copied and pasted the sims 3 seasons and when I checked my game it was working. The graphics were at their highest settings, it ran smoothe even with a lot of custom content added. If someone eles is having a problem and their graphics card doesn't offer the click on graphics card option this will work for them. Thank you for all your help and support. I was so happy when I was finally able to play my game again I did a happy dance.
Linda
