Troubleshooting No supported video graphics card?

Well that's a little disappointing,
At least it still works on the main home computer!
Thankyou for the swift reply!

 

Ok I will give that a punt as well,
Thanks!

 

Please help me, I just bought the sims 3 game and this annoying message keps on coming up and it wont let me play, the message says "Unable to start game. Device 0 cannot run this title. No supported video graphics card detected.
Please check your system hardwear. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out.

 

how would i go about fixing it?

 

The next time you go shopping or searching for a pc or laptop computer make sure you look for a dedicated graphics card in the description.
Laptops that come with dedicated graphics are very expensive .

 

I'm having the same issue as everyone else. I recently had the hard drive replaced on my computer (I brought it to Best Buy for this as it was under warranty) and then installed Windows 7 and everything is working perfectly except that I can no longer play my Sims! :(

 

Start by updating the graphics driver.
What did you upgrade from in your operating software?
Another thing you might try is setting the compatibility mode to Windows XP by right clicking on the shortcut, click properties and you will see the tab that says compatibility on it and set it for Windows Xp and try that.

 

I have the same problem with the card graphics.
What is strange it that I was playing it .. like several months and today when I wanted to play again it says I have problem with the video graphics card.
I'm attaching the DxDiag, so if you have an idea where and how the problem appeared and how to fix it will appreciate it.

 

What does it do when you start the game up?
I would guess that maybe the laptop has been updated since you last played the game and it's messed up something the game needs to run.
I would start by updating the graphics driver.

 

Hi, hopefully you can help us, same problem, here is the information you require...

 

Thanks for the reply, no it's a desktop, I didn't intentionally buy the game for this specific computer as we have another downstairs, however I have just given this computer to my brother who wants to play the sims etc on it and its not had any trouble before for other games such as football manager for example? Plus its strange that I can play the sims 3 on our laptop no problems?
Is there any way of installing anything to fix the problem?

 

Hi, I am also having the same error, was wondering if you could let me know if you could let me know if i have similar issues

 

I tried checking all of that after googling and googling how to do things, but i have now found out (as i am using my grandmothers computer) her dvi cable stopped working so she is using a dvi to vga converter cable which she said means the graphic card wont work, I am unsure if that is correct but thats all i have found out.