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Graphics Card Help

Hey! I recently switched from desktop to laptop but I'm struggling to get my graphics card memorised. It says found 0 matched 1 on the device config which I assume means it's not been recognised. I c...
  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    5 years ago

    @Sunset_Gossip  Please also start with a fresh copy of graphicsrules.sgr.  Since the entries in it and graphicscards.sgr need to match, it's easier to start clean.  If you didn't save the original copies of the files, you can repair the game in Origin to restore them: open your game library, right-click on the Sims 3 icon, and select Repair.

    For the edits themselves, here's what you need to do:

    Spoiler

    Note:  These instructions only apply to and will only work for the original poster's graphics card.  If you'd like help getting your own card recognized, please post the same information from deviceconfig and ask for help.

    Open graphicscards.sgr (Notepad works fine), and crtl-F to search for 10de.  That will take you to these lines:

    vendor "NVIDIA" 0x10b4 0x12d2 0x10de
    card 0x0fd1 "GeForce GT 650M"
    card 0x0fd2 "GeForce GT 640M"

    Create a new line under the "Nvidia" line, copy this text, and paste it in the new line:

        card 0x1f14 "GeForce RTX 2070"

    So you should now see this:

    vendor "NVIDIA" 0x10b4 0x12d2 0x10de

    card 0x1f14 "GeForce RTX 2070"
    card 0x0fd1 "GeForce GT 650M"
    card 0x0fd2 "GeForce GT 640M"

    (with indents from spaces that this site isn't displaying properly).  Save, quit, and open graphicsrules.sgr.  Crtl-F and search for 8800, which will take you here:

     elseif (match("${cardName}", "*8800*") or match("${cardName}", "*9500*") or match("${cardName}", "*9600 GSO*") or match("${cardName}", [etc.]

    Change the bolded 8800 to RTX 2070.  Don't change anything else, not even the asterisks.  This will classify your card as uber.

    Finally, scroll back to the top of graphicsrules, and look for this, 8-10 lines down:

    if ($textureMemory == 0)
    seti textureMemory 32
    setb textureMemorySizeOK false

    change the 32 to 1024, and add a # and a space in front of setb.  Your card has more VRAM than that, but TS3 can only use 800 MB anyway.  The lines should look like this:

    if ($textureMemory == 0)
    seti textureMemory 1024
    # setb textureMemorySizeOK false

    Launch the game at least once to refresh the deviceconfig.log.  You'll know it worked if you see a [Found: 1, Matched: 1] next to the card name in deviceconfig, and texture memory listed as 1024 instead of the current 32 MB override.  If either edit doesn't work, please paste that same section of deviceconfig here.

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