Hi!
I have a laptop with two graphic cards: Intel HD graphics 3000 and Nvidia Geforce GT 620 M. I would like to use the Nvidia for Sims.
My laptop is a bit older already and my system has never been high end to begin with, so until this time I've just accepted it will only use the Intel and thanks to the help I've found on this site the sealine and textures look nice in my game. However with all the nice downloads for the neighbourhoodview I would love to turn on neighbours and decorations when in lot view, but if I do that, it leads to the following problems:
- My game lags way more.
- My game crashes more often.
- It happens more often that I get flashing pink textures. I've had this before, but only after I've played for hours in different lots.
I guess that my CPU is probably part of the problem. I have Intel® Core i3-2365M CPU @ 1.40GHz (4 CPUs). I run the game with "-w -CPUCount:2" as an administrator. My config-log however says: "CPU:1955.799926Mhz, Name:GenuineIntel, FPU:1, MMX:1".
I've selected nvidia as the graphic card for Sims in the nvidia controul panel and I've also turned on "show use of nvidia GPU on desktop". When I play Sims, the sign on my desktop shows me that one program is using the GPU and when I click on it it states it's the Sims. Yet, in my config-log there's always the Intel. Also when I download the graphic fixes on this site, only the Intel works, when I use the Nvidia one I go back to ugly neighbourhood textures and sealines.
I have Windows 8.1, The Sims Basegame, Uni, OFB and Seasons on CD and AL downloaded with a no CD crack (which actually made my game run a lot smoother, but the main problems were there before and didn't stop after).
I used the CFF explorer and deactivated LLA. I've got the newest drivers for Nvidia, but the problem was there with older drivers as well. The game doesn't crash or anything when I load it with the nvidia card, it simply doesn't recognize it. I tried to disable the Intelcard alltogether, but that just resulted in my laptop using some kind of "emergency GPU" with very low settings, that just allowed me to turn the nvidia back on. When I used the graphic rules maker, I added both graphic cards to the videocards file, but in the graphic cards tab, where the intel is set to "\\.\DISPLAY1", nvidia says "Disconnected".
Is there anything I can do to get my game to recognize the nvidia graphic card and use it?
Greetings, Cindy
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I have a laptop with two graphic cards: Intel HD graphics 3000 and Nvidia Geforce GT 620 M. I would like to use the Nvidia for Sims.
My laptop is a bit older already and my system has never been high end to begin with, so until this time I've just accepted it will only use the Intel and thanks to the help I've found on this site the sealine and textures look nice in my game. However with all the nice downloads for the neighbourhoodview I would love to turn on neighbours and decorations when in lot view, but if I do that, it leads to the following problems:
- My game lags way more.
- My game crashes more often.
- It happens more often that I get flashing pink textures. I've had this before, but only after I've played for hours in different lots.
I guess that my CPU is probably part of the problem. I have Intel® Core i3-2365M CPU @ 1.40GHz (4 CPUs). I run the game with "-w -CPUCount:2" as an administrator. My config-log however says: "CPU:1955.799926Mhz, Name:GenuineIntel, FPU:1, MMX:1".
I've selected nvidia as the graphic card for Sims in the nvidia controul panel and I've also turned on "show use of nvidia GPU on desktop". When I play Sims, the sign on my desktop shows me that one program is using the GPU and when I click on it it states it's the Sims. Yet, in my config-log there's always the Intel. Also when I download the graphic fixes on this site, only the Intel works, when I use the Nvidia one I go back to ugly neighbourhood textures and sealines.
I have Windows 8.1, The Sims Basegame, Uni, OFB and Seasons on CD and AL downloaded with a no CD crack (which actually made my game run a lot smoother, but the main problems were there before and didn't stop after).
I used the CFF explorer and deactivated LLA. I've got the newest drivers for Nvidia, but the problem was there with older drivers as well. The game doesn't crash or anything when I load it with the nvidia card, it simply doesn't recognize it. I tried to disable the Intelcard alltogether, but that just resulted in my laptop using some kind of "emergency GPU" with very low settings, that just allowed me to turn the nvidia back on. When I used the graphic rules maker, I added both graphic cards to the videocards file, but in the graphic cards tab, where the intel is set to "\\.\DISPLAY1", nvidia says "Disconnected".
Is there anything I can do to get my game to recognize the nvidia graphic card and use it?
Greetings, Cindy
MEINS2-config-log.txt (Size: 10.26 KB / Downloads: 5)