RosaParx

Yep, all other games (SimCity 4 is the only one that runs on Intel). I set settings to low, but it's still pretty laggy. I guess it's because I have too many buildings.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I followed everything mentioned on the guide (seriously). I'm running on Windows 10 so that may be the problem. It always runs on Intel. The GPU doesn't even run on 100% it stays at a stagnant 30-35%, but it lags so much. I can only play zoomed in all the way. I've seen NVIDIA comparisons to Intel graphics on YouTube and SimCity 4 runs smooth (as it should). I don't understand why it won't switch. I tried the openGL option, that doesn't work. I changed the security settings to allow me to override the card and play on NVIDIA. I changed everything on the NVIDIA control panel to run on NVIDIA -- still, nothing. I went on graphics rules.sgr and video card.sgr and followed the instructions -- still, nothing. As I posted above, the NVIDIA graphics card description doesn't provide me with a "0x0000" number to copy and paste to the video cards.sgr file. So, I guess the game doesn't recognise the card. I checked the log as well and it's always running on Intel graphics. You'd think that in these new computers you'd be able to play anything from the early 2000s with no problems.

I don't know how to tell my system to run SC4 in "Performance Mode" on the Intel graphics card. I tried through the Intel control panel and couldn't find anything. I used the link that you gave me, but I can't find anything on there either. I have SC4 manually set to NVIDIA high performance on the NVIDIA control panel and that isn't switching it to the NVIDIA GPU (as mentioned in the guide).

Hello, I'm trying to get SimCity 4 to run on my second GPU -- NVIDIA GeForce 940M graphics card. The game runs on an Intel HD Graphics 520 card and it makes SimCity lag (I would think it wouldn't since this computer model is about 3 years old). I went through other posts regarding changing graphics drivers, but I can't find anything on it for this specific card. I've tried this (changed properties to -d:OpenGL) and it didn't work or force the game to switch from Intel HD Graphics cards to NVIDIA card. & this: & this: (when I look up the system info for the graphic card specs I can't find the 0x0000 number that's mentioned in the link above to attach to Video Cards.sgr) Still can't really find anything that relates to the NVIDIA 940M graphics card and putting in the correct on the Video Cards.sgr or the Graphics Rule.sgr files. I've also changed my computer to only run on NVIDIA when I open programmes from the NVIDIA control panel; that didn't work either. Maybe my computer is playing games with me since I'm playing games on it? These are the computer specs: Product Name m7-n109dx Product Number M1W11UA Microprocessor 6th generation Intel® Core™ i7-6500U (2.5GHz with turbo boost up to 3.1GHz, 4MB L3 Cache) Dual Core Memory 16GB DDR3L SDRAM (2 DIMM) Video Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® 940M Graphics with 2048MB of dedicated video memory with up 4096MB total graphics memory Display 17.3" diagonal FHD (33) IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit touch screen (1920x1080) Hard Drive 1TB 5400RPM hard drive Multimedia Drive SuperMulti DVD burner Network Card Integrated 10/100/1000 GbE LAN Wireless Connectivity 2x2 802.11ac WLAN and Bluetooth External Ports Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader 4 SuperSpeed USB 3.0, 1 supporting USB Boost 1 HDMI 1 RJ-45 (LAN) 1 Headphone-out/microphone-in combo jack Sound Bang & Olufsen with dual speakers Keyboard Full-size backlit keyboard with numeric keypad Pointing Device HP Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support Dimensions 1.21 in (H) x 16.34 in (H) x 11.07 in (D) Weight 6.97 lb Power 65W AC adapter 4-cell 41WHr 2.8Ah lithium-ion battery Camera Intel® RealSense™ 3D Camera (front-facing) 1920 x 1080, 2 MP, with integrated dual array digital microphones