You can just leave the file opened (in a tab if you use Notepad++, or open another editor window otherwise).Ĭhipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 6819, Board: 27301462, Chipset: 0000Īlternative methods to locating Device ID.Yours is going to be different, of course, unless you have the same card model# as I do. In the DeviceConfig.log file, we need the Vendor and Device ID#s which is 10 respectively, from the excerpt below.Open this file in Notepad (or Notepad++) for Windows OS or in TextEdit for OS X system.You can find the DeviceConfig.log in your User folders in /Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/.sgr files for when you uninstall and can just paste this instead of reediting both files all over again.
You may also want to keep a copy of the edited.You'd need to replace with the original files or the patcher may complain about "Invalid Files Found". orig in a safe place in your Archives out of this \Electronic Arts\ folder path for when you patch the game next. orig" extensionĬlick to enlargeAfter which, you would have 4 files as shown Copy, paste and rename these two files with an ".Go to the location for your Operating System above.Once expanded, full path is /Applications/The Sims 3.localized/The Sims3.app/Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/Electronic Arts/.Expand Contents, open SGR files in TextEdit.Right click on folder name and select Show Package Contents.is the default install location determined by your OS bit size (32 vs 64 bit), source of game (DVD, Origin, or Steam).The following information is also documented in Game Help:World Routing Lags/Where Windows Else, why go to the trouble of having different graphical and processor settings? Even if they have not done extensive testing, I have to give EA the benefit of the doubt they at least test something. The settings were set, I'm sure after EA has done some form of testing to ensure the settings are good for that card to function reliably. Well, you can try, but I cannot recommend it. Here's how to do it.ĭisclaimer: Some might have the thought crossed their mind by now that they can set their cards to be on a higher setting with these edits. sgr files to include the new card's model. And so, the default lowest values are used. sgr files in \Game\Bin\ has not been updated to include newer cards. As it is set to lowest settings as possible, and the fact that the game does not recognize the card, the result may sometimes be weird graphical glitches like shadows or you would get crashings when you raise the Reflection Quality slider or checked Enable Advanced Rendering option, as if you're using an Onboard graphics.Ĭlick to enlargeThe. If the game does not recognize that GPU because it is too new, it would be shown as Found: 0 and then the game assigns the lowest rating of 1 to the GPU and adjusts the game's Graphical options accordingly. Name (database): AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series GPU: 1 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 4 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 3064 Threading: 3Īdjusted CPU: 3686 RAM: 6142 Adjusted RAM: 5630 Cores: 4 They are shown in the below excerpt on the first and last lines respectively.
In your text editor program of choice, look for these lines: All the screenshots can be clicked on to enlarge. I used Notepad++ in the screenshots below. In Windows this would open Notepad, and in OSX this would open TextEditor. How to confirm this is indeed the issue you're having? Open the \Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\ DeviceConfig.log in your text editor program or double-click it. Excited at having upgraded your graphics card, but disappointed at the graphics ending up looking worse than the IGP or weaker GPU you had before? Well, there's a reason for that!