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mycailin
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6 months ago

Does anyone know if the sims will run properly with good upgraded computer?

Hello, I am trying to give my computer a nice upgrade without ruining my sims 3. My current set up is CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3200G and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050ti with 16GB ram. I’m looking to change to intel 12700k and change my graphics card to Nvidia 3070 and possibly get more ram. The sims 3 is my life and it runs well in my current set up with an exception of the NRASS master controller mod which also helps it run better. I have my graphics mostly on the highest settings but not everything as it will crash. I keep draw distance medium and trees and shadows, etc medium as well. The only thing I have set on the highest setting is sims detail and texture details as I have a lot of CC. My game sometimes won’t crash at all if I’m super careful but when it does it’s 1-2x per gaming but that’s over a course of a few hours. It definitely does lag often and I have to be careful when I turn the camera because if I move it too fast or move my mouse too fast the game will crash. Also island paradise is practically impossible to play. The lag is SEVERE. Does anyone know if these would be compatible? My fear is that it will be “too advanced” for the sims 3 as it is an older game. I do have windows 10 and have the EA up to date. Any information would be appreciated! Thanks! 

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    6 months ago

    mycailin​  A 12700K and RTX 3070 are massive overkill for Sims 3.  That doesn't mean you shouldn't buy them if you want them for other reasons, only that you'd be getting more power than the game could ever use.  The game engine has its own somewhat severe limitations, and no amount of power on the hardware side can overcome them.

    This isn't a question of the components being too advanced or anything like that.  It's simply that Sims 3 is programmed in a way that it can't take advantage of the capabilities of high-end hardware.

    If you're looking for a performance improvement, now or later, I'd suggest looking into DXVK for Sims 3.  The idea is to allow the game to use more VRAM, rather than its default 800 MB limit, and allow more textures to be offloaded to VRAM rather than being in RAM.  This certainly doesn't fix everything, but it does give the game more headroom.

    Island Paradise is so broken out of the box that almost no one can play it.  If you'd like to talk about how to fix it, just ask.

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