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7 years ago
It is never actually the amount of cc you have but how high the polys you have. But general rule, never install more cc than you have RAM. I have 12GB of cc, and it's not the cc but the polys and how much of high polys I put on a lot to be seen and rendered every time I'm on that lot or playing that Sim. High poly hair can tax your machine. Always try to download from someone who tells you in description how high is the poly count, the face count etc. It's up to you if you want to risk playing with really high poly content. But usually it is never high poly content crashing a game but something conflicting and not setting up the Graphic Rule Maker Config file (now necessary to work properly in 7,8 and 10), that is the real problem. And a bad driver or newer driver isn't always the answer, either.
In my case going back to an older driver released last year, stopped any crashing and other problems and removing a few mods I didn't know where downloaded (hidden from me) even though I did use SimPK Clean Installer, but getting rid of those once discovered (scan your downloads folder) cleared up everything.
ETA: Low end or middle grade machines shouldn't really try to display a 50,000 high poly hairstyle but maybe find something with less polys you like. The game has to render that everytime you see that Sim...think on it.
In my case going back to an older driver released last year, stopped any crashing and other problems and removing a few mods I didn't know where downloaded (hidden from me) even though I did use SimPK Clean Installer, but getting rid of those once discovered (scan your downloads folder) cleared up everything.
ETA: Low end or middle grade machines shouldn't really try to display a 50,000 high poly hairstyle but maybe find something with less polys you like. The game has to render that everytime you see that Sim...think on it.
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