Where is DX9 option
I just started my game after the latest update. I wanted to see if the default DX11 is active. There is supposed to be an option for enabling DX9 but I can't find it. I play on windows 11 with a la...
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atreya33 The option should be to the right of the Post Processing setting.
Having said that, the option isn't there at all for players who are still defaulted to DirectX 9. Is your game using DX9 or 11? You can check at the Main Menu, in the lower-right corner with the version number.
If you are using DX9, please check whether the game is using the Nvidia graphics card. Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4, open Config.log, scroll down about 30 lines, and let me know what GPU is listed there.
The number in the game ends on DX9 so I guess I am playing on DX9.
Here is a part of my config.cog. I have pasted the part about GPU but also the part below which does menstion NVidia
=== Application info ===
Name: Sims4
Version: 1.109.185.1030
Build: Release DX9 64-bit
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 4 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 2803 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 4005 RAM: 16163 Adjusted RAM: 15651 Cores: 4
A bit lower in the same file it does mention my grafics card
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Name (database): NVIDIA GeForce MX450 [Found: 1, Supported: 1]
Vendor: NVIDIA
Chipset: Vendor: 10de, Device: 1f97, Board: 14651025, Chipset: 00a1
Driver: nvldumdx.dll, Version: 27.21.14.5720, GUID: D7B71E3E-5CD7-11CF-CD65-6B341BC2D635
Driver version: 5720
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 2020MB
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
Opt. features: +sab +a8l8 +rgba16f +r32f +bc4 +bc5 -rawz +intz
Is there a way to change this to DX11?
