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Shhh
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#1 Old 30th Aug 2014 at 1:20 PM

This user has the following games installed:

Sims 3, Late Night
Default Game not recognizing my graphics card
Ok so after saving up for my fancy(ish) new gaming computer I found out that the game doesn't actually recognize my graphics card (sigh)

I then found this guide to help me get the game to recognize it.

Only problem is (although my game plays fine just ugly) the DeviceConfig.log is completely empty?

Thanks,

Shhh
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#2 Old 2nd Sep 2014 at 9:43 PM
I took a look at the guide you posted, maybe this section will help you out?

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Alternative methods to locating Device ID
If the game has been crashing and there is no DeviceConfig.log file to open, there are various methods to finding the values you need.


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Device Manager
Load Device Manager, either via Control Panel, Start menu, Windows Explorer, or right-click on the Computer icon on the Desktop.
Click on Display Adapters.
Right-click on the adapter you want Sims 3 to use; if you have dual graphics, choose the dedicated one. Click Properties.
Go to the Details tab.
On the Property dropdown menu, select Hardware Ids
The first line in the Value panel has the information you need.
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0E22&SUBSYS_23811462&REV_A1
VEN_xxxx is the Vendor ID.
DEV_xxxx is the Device ID.

DxDiag report
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 460
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0E22&SUBSYS_23811462&REV_A1
Run DxDiag and save the report to Desktop.
Double-click on the DxDiag.txt file to open it.
Locate the Display Devices section.
The last line as shown in the excerpt under Device Key has the same string as you'd get in Device Manager
VEN_xxxx is the Vendor ID.
DEV_xxxx is the Device ID.
If you have Dual-graphics, this section would list the integrated chip, and the vendor IDs would be either of these.
Intel = 8086
AMD/ATI = 1002
The dedicated GPU would be listed under System Devices. It would have the strings for the dedicated GPU vendors in the same string format as the one in the Device Key line, ie
Nvidia = 10DE
AMD/ATI = 1002
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