How to make The Sims 3 recognize your graphics card

[@Demonsouls1993]

this is something EA could fix in a single day but they so are cheap that they wont

[@AshrielBackup]

No, they are not cheap, cause the sims 3 is a 2009 game that was only able to run on old graphics cards. Then until 2013, they stopped adding updates to newer graphics cards.

[@wulf7463]

@@AshrielBackup You just made his point...

[@AshrielBackup]

@@wulf7463 not really…

[@wulf7463]

@@AshrielBackup yes really, it's a simple task to update gfx support.This video is proof of that, there's also a mod that does it yet EA won't... ask yourself why that is.

[@AshrielBackup]

@@wulf7463 I just said they stopped adding updates to newer graphics cards… And EA are a bunch of selfish idiots. You really think they are going to fix this, absolutely not.

[@eronsanchez4473]

You are so awesome! Honestly I really am happy that even if you are not a native speaker you explained it very well! It is so easy to understand and thank you for making this guide! Happy siming

[@Nozong]

I watched several videos on this issue but yours was so well done and easy to follow. Thank you for the Help! 👍👍

[@astralunasims]

Thank you 🥰

[@mrsdramaqueen3]

It’s saying I don’t have permission to save in this location 😭 edit: I fixed it! If anyone else has this problem here’s the fix. “Modify Folder Permissions In the Properties window, switch to the Security tab. Select your username from the list and click on Edit to modify folder permissions. Tick the Allow checkbox next to Full control. Hit Apply followed by OK.”

[@LgrKary]

I had this problem so I figured it out so when you go to into device config right click on the folder and then click on properties when you are in properties click on security and then you should see a box that says edit. Click on it and allow all those options below that says full control, modify and then click on apply and then OK, I think it should work.

[@vic3675]

Last time I tried doing this following another tutorial, I broke my game. I'm so glad I found your video, now my game runs smoothly and looks super good!

[@astralunasims]

That’s great! Thanks for the comment 🫶🏻

[@economist_rojas]

Para los que tienen un PC de bajos y no tan bajos recursos, les recomiendo que desactiven el "sonido de ambiente".... No se porqué, pero no veo que lo mencionen prácticamente y, por lo menos para mí, ha sido algo clave en el rendimiento del juego. PD: Sigan el video paso a paso que funciona perfecto.

[@user-qe7ib8qh3h]

Thankyou I've seen a few tutorials about this, yours was by far the easiest to understand and follow. I have been able to do it from your tutorial and graphics look so much better now.

[@JanJan4Infinity]

Wow thank you!!! 😆 it finally worked and recognized my graphics. You are the bomb. Thanks a lot I appreciate it. Steps were easy to follow and understand. I have a GTX 1650 TUF Gaming laptop so thankful this works.

[@astralunasims]

You are welcome 🙏🏻

[@caitlin8274]

Thanks! Super easy to follow. btw girl you are SO stunning, like you could be a model

[@Yorkie_B]

Thank you! Graphics rule wouldn't match until I realised you have to add your chip device number ♥

[@acinos93]

Thank you so much for your help. I did it. It was kinda complicated but it turned out great. Have a good day :D

[@astralunasims]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@catharsismemory]

So happy i found your video cause we have the exact same card so this helped me a bunch

[@Sophie-wn2wo]

Blessed be your heart. I was struggling so much with written instructions I found online and this video helped me to finally understand what to do 🙏

[@sus_simmin]

love you for thiiis!! your tutorial is the easiest to follow 🥺🥺 helped my game sm!! thank you 🖤🖤

[@lexi3950]

Thank you so much, girly pop! This tutorial was such a big help for me!

[@typrod8891]

Thank you so much i have been playing painfully for a long while now and now its alot faster! thank you!

[@sunflowerseeds00]

i think it worked , i love you!!! hope everything goes well for you !

[@saigeconnor9014]

I have been searching tirelessly thank you 🙏

[@astralunasims]

You are welcome 🙏🏻

[@aria6187]

This was so helpful! Thank you so much :)

[@astralunasims]

You are welcome 🤗🥰

[@ceelee9222]

I was having so much trouble with the graphicsrules step, it was breaking my game! I thought "Well I'm glad the first step/edit worked so at least I don't see that annoying pop-up about not recognizing graphics card!" But then I tried again and realized my mistake...I didn't capitalize the "n" in cardName...😅 THANK YOU!❤

[@firgoregaming3861]

Still works till now love it thank you very much

[@TheBean2p]

Thank you. Well done and your step by step was so easy to follow😊

[@eerin]

you explained this so well! thank you so much :)

[@xRanAngel]

It really worked thank you so much for your help you really helped me and your are very good at explaining ☺️😊

[@kmrazSilverSimmer73]

This was super helpful and I got the results intended.

[@beetle1516]

Oh my god this was so simple thank you so much 😭😭

[@DudeyDannz]

This literally saved my game, thank you so sooo much

[@Aurilndia]

Thank you alot! Your explanation is simple and easy to follow, so I was able done it right. :)

[@flo2784]

thank you!!! this is the only video i did understand to do everything

[@astralunasims]

Glad that it was helpful🥰

[@HealingSun1912]

Thank you so much, so easy to follow. Have a great day lady!

[@kaylinmel]

Thanks so much for the helpful and simple video!

[@macarenaonetto9026]

Thank you so much this was very easy to follow :)

[@bojanaaleksova7720]

Thank you, I was trying all day❤

[@storytrailing]

OMG I finally got Found 1 Matched 1 all thanks to you!!! Thank you soooo much!!

[@sdafc888]

I don’t have origin on mine. I bought it from steam and although I have ea installed can’t find it

[@__ola____]

Still have Found 1 matched 0, I give up...

[@lakagranger3012]

I have a NVIDIA 950M but it doesn´t work. Where do I have to put it when ther is no NVIDIA 555 in the list?

[@denie8177]

thank you for great explanation, it helped and worked ♥

[@terryalbano5195]

Thank you so much!!! you've been very helpful!! new sub!

[@astralunasims]

🥰

[@difamuetia4237]

For those who are still in trouble with laptop video cards, My Asus X421F uses an NVIDIA GeForce MX350, here's my code: or match("${cardName}", "*350*") . Found 1, Matched 1. Note: Do not include the "MX"

[@ELCORZO_2001]

How I can do it because mine is a Radeon R7 M440

[@Yur.destiny]

Thank you!!

[@puffyfluffycoffee5505]

it workedd!! thank you soo much

[@justanni5434]

awesome video it helped really a lot i was so frustradet cause i could'nt find any solutione to it 🎉🎉 thanks a lot

[@ROCKEROTM]

Your video saved me! Thank you very much!!

[@ezduzit3348]

my graphics card will not come up in “device config” in the found/matched step, anyone know why?

[@Not.Very.Serious.Business]

Thank you thank you thank youuuu it workedd!!! found = 1, matched =1 lol

[@5geetai]

Thank you so much, helped me a lot!!

[@astralunasims]

You are welcome 🤗

[@fessvi]

Works perfectly!!! Thank you for the help!!!!

[@astralunasims]

Great! You are welcome 🤗

[@StudentEefke]

Absolute lifesaver!

[@jayhartaguinaldo4060]

Really helpful. Thank you

[@Poangchair]

Thank you so much! There was a match, but none was found.

[@sykima]

mine says that too, and now when i open the mape view i see everything white. late night ecpansion

[@marcosv2067]

Thank you! It worked for my GTX 1650

[@martjnx_3953]

help! there is no nvidia 555 in the list

[@majixajinxix12chartdisplay33]

Seems like a good tutorial, sadly though how can I do the next important graphics rules file steps for my mac's intel card? Any recommendations or a mac graphics card sims 3 fix guide here on youtube please?

[@emilythorne8386]

Thank you thank you thank you a million times for this video.

[@astralunasims]

You are welcome 🙏🏻

[@emilythorne8386]

@@astralunasims I have the same graphics card. Is it okay to run the detail setting on high once the card matches?

[@astralunasims]

I think yes

[@elgoblino9918]

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! YOU ARE THE BEST

[@DeadDogg21]

I have a rtx 3060 laptop card and i cant make it match, following youre tutorial i can get it to find it but doesnt match it. Cant find any fix to it, and the graphics look very bad and stutter a lot. Windows 11

[@Randigiles1]

Thank you for the information. It was easty to follow.

[@Pokebit]

Hi, I have Nvidia MX110 and can't find the location where to put my graphics card name in Graphicrules Please can you help me 😭

[@JR-cooru]

Same here 😢

[@miroslavdobrev3316]

Thank you so so so much u helped me a lot :*

[@Mnph]

i was so lost and didnt know what do to spasibo!

[@AlanNobleNE]

Big thumbs up! thank you

[@carlacaroline4948]

NOT WORKING HERE! I have a AMD Radeon RX 6600 and cant find out where to put in graphiccards (it doesnt show any of RX Family) and in graphicrules cant find any place to put the code too.

[@gottalight3574]

IT'S THE ATI SECTION

[@jasmins7813]

Thank u so much omg it actually worked

[@Ilivepuppys]

For some reason it won't let me edit that file in the sims folder, says I need to contact admin which is werid since I am admin.

[@nateclipps]

Same

[@gustavoduarte2797]

Great video! Unfortunately I followed your steps to get my Boroughsburg city free of the day bug (dark in the day, bright in the night) and It was not enough. Do you have any ideia how to solve this problem? Thanks!

[@hopeilyeverafter6402]

I've tried doing this but now I can't even open my sims 3 game help please

[@Nal_WT]

what if the device config thing shows nothing and how do i do it with the RTX 3060? where do i place it?

[@astralunasims]

Hi, I think someone in the comments had the same issue. You can read the solution somewhere here

[@Unekornz]

Did you figure it out bc i have the same one

[@DivyaChauhan-kx6xq]

@@astralunasims hi please help me i cant find rtx 3050 in graphics rules

[@OG21020]

Sadly I got the launcher but nothing shows up after I tried to launch it. 😔 I'm running it on Win 11 btw.

[@grazianolorenzi5823]

hello in the Graphic Rules folder there is no number of my graphic card how can I do?

[@jeansalazar9297]

Hi! Thanks for your video but when I click “Save” on the Txt file for GraphicsCards.sgr, Windows automatically prompts me to “Save As” a Txt file only, so the file never saves as .sgr, it just stays as a Txt file. Please help thank you! I’m using Windows 11

[@astralunasims]

Maybe you could try to change to “All files” and then when “Saving as”, delete .txt and change it to .sgr

[@cor1723able]

@@astralunasims Mine shows the same & says I don't have permission to save in location.. please assist?

[@cherrytea3102]

You´re a life saver

[@spookzpi]

when i open the deviceconfig i have nothing there

[@LilMeep_x]

Thanks! and you’re very stunning

[@astralunasims]

Tysm❤️🥰

[@Nirvana517-j6s]

It didn't work out, he didn't even find my card.

[@blackmilktea717]

thank you so much for your help!

[@helanaropert]

Thank u really helpful ❤❤

[@heavenlywhite5071]

Her instructions were easy to follow, but it didn't work for me, am I missing something

[@ganyu_superior3571]

what do i do if i cant save the graphics card changes?? it pops the window where to save it and when i click to save it shows that i cant do that

[@pixel_mochi]

i did everything here but my device config log doesnt recognize my card still :(( what can i do?

[@yolwagoner16]

In my device config it shows (found 0, matched 1) I have an Intel graphics card, can you please help me figure out why I cannot get mine to say (found 1, matched 1)

[@astralunasims]

Probably it means that you didn’t open your game yet

[@BlueLu18]

Thank you so much !!!x

[@iloveiangallager]

I can't find my card in graphics rule

[@jakubprokop]

You are the best!!!

[@ilenia1695]

in my "deviceconfig" file there is nothing :( i have troubles with city graphic that is like totally grey.

[@Acameja]

hello i have the same problem. i have nothing in the files and grey screen.. did u found any options to fix that? :o

[@ilenia1695]

@@Acameja hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@ilenia1695]

@@Acameja YES!! Just run the Sims 3 after having set the right compatibility on Properties.

[@ilenia1695]

@@Acameja or run the compatibility troubleshooter, it will work 100% when i found out the solution i was such happy. i tried anything but then i got the solution straight under my eyes

[@lauraelena5113]

Thank you so much omgg❤

[@lailagedeon]

Thank you!

[@annioi]

heyy I followed ur tutorial and it all worked out but my screen is still very bright when I open sims 3..do you have any other tips? I'd be grateful :3

[@sioguim7784]

Work with RTX 3060 : Name (database): GeForce RTX 3060 [Found: 1, Matched: 1], thank you

[@cvntaro]

How??? :(

[@sophiamarielong]

where did you put it in graphics rules? it wont work for me

[@pukebaby7498]

my graphics card is also NVIDIA it’s Geforce GTX 1050 Ti where i put it at in the graphics rules?

[@astralunasims]

Try to do everything I did in the video

[@lei2023]

my problem is i can’t save it bc I don’t have permission

[@ceelee9222]

this video shows you how to fix that! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGrRm2WEr7eDibM

[@reygage]

After finishing up in Graphics Rules & opening my game DeviceConfig only shows 2 phrases, which is "Options" & "Default Options". Do you know why this is?

[@astralunasims]

Sorry, I don’t know why it shows that

[@Ali-tt7xu]

same

[@whyyswra]

Hello, I saw someone in the comments explaining, you just have to click on The Sims 3 with the right button and then on “properties”, then on “compatibility” and on “run compatibility problem solution”, I hope it helps!!

[@Frouman89]

I have tried endlessly to try and fix this issue and have never been able to resolve it and the sims 3 for me just sits idle. I have an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT have you any tips on what i could possibly do to get sims 3 to work on my pc? I would appreciate it so much

[@astralunasims]

Did you try to do what’s in the video but instead of Nvidia, putting text on AMD section?

[@Frouman89]

@@astralunasims i did, it just got very confusing and frustrating for me so i actually just gave up. So sad that i can probably never play sims 3 again lol

[@nickferrant7269]

It worked for me, thanks a lot...

[@imahardcoresigma]

for some reason after i loaded the game and i turned it off my device config was empty?

[@DeniseDeSimone-u2t]

I can't find mine in the Graphic Rules :( It's an MX450 Nvidia

[@natalycote5751]

I have a question, so when I open the DeviceConfig, it is empty. What should I do?

[@astralunasims]

Try this method modthesims.info/t/599925

[@renandrea2934]

Mine says found 0 matched 1 What does that mean

[@lanadelmother]

my device config says nothing ummm

[@Dawgiedawgdawg]

same,did u find out how to fix it

[@lanadelmother]

@@Dawgiedawgdawg no

[@Tincolton]

What if it's found 0 matched 1?

[@JonHermansen30]

Is there a solution for the sims 4. My spec are 64gb Ram and core i9-12900k