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marioh261
5 months ago
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No longer launching | Sims 4

Used to play Sims 4 often until I quit around a year ago. Just wanted to get back in and launch it and now it says that I do not have the minimum video card/video processors. I am still using the sam...
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    puzzlezaddict
    5 months ago

    @marioh261  Please force Sims 4 to use the Nvidia GPU through the Nvidia Control Panel.  Right-click the desktop, select the CP, choose Manage 3D Settings > Global settings, and choose the high-performance Nvidia processor.  If this helps, you can revert the change and apply it to TS4_x64 and TS4_Launcher_x64 under Program settings, but I've heard from a few people that this doesn't necessarily work, so please try global settings first.

    If this doesn't help, please disconnect your display hub, at least as a test, and restart your computer.  Sims 4 doesn't always get along with these devices.

    If this doesn't help either, please disconnect your VB Audio device: its driver is a decade old and for Windows 7, so it may also be incompatible.  Restart after disconnecting it.

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marioh261
5 months ago

Here's the screenshot with both the error and my dxdiag. Hope this can help understand what I'm struggling with. I would like to say again that the laptop I am using is the same one from when I last played a year ago. @puzzlezaddict 

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      puzzlezaddict
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      5 months ago

      @marioh261  Please force Sims 4 to use the Nvidia GPU through the Nvidia Control Panel.  Right-click the desktop, select the CP, choose Manage 3D Settings > Global settings, and choose the high-performance Nvidia processor.  If this helps, you can revert the change and apply it to TS4_x64 and TS4_Launcher_x64 under Program settings, but I've heard from a few people that this doesn't necessarily work, so please try global settings first.

      If this doesn't help, please disconnect your display hub, at least as a test, and restart your computer.  Sims 4 doesn't always get along with these devices.

      If this doesn't help either, please disconnect your VB Audio device: its driver is a decade old and for Windows 7, so it may also be incompatible.  Restart after disconnecting it.

      • marioh261's avatar
        marioh261
        5 months ago

        Putting the high-performance Nvidia processor helped! Thanks for all the help mate!

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