Insufficient memory crashes, but why?
My laptop, Acer Predator Helios 300, is new. After some initial graphics issues, I am now able to run and play the game. However, I've been having a lot of crashes.
Running Crash Log Analyzer on my .xcpt files says the cause is " insufficient memory" every time. And yes, I have A LOT of CC and the town in which it's currently crashing has big, cc-heavy lots. Also, yes, my settings are medium to high and I can understand how all that could cause crashes.
What I DON'T understand, however, is that when I bring up task manager while playing in windowed mode, the game doesn't seem to be even close to exceeding anything for most of the time. Because the crashes happen suddenly and quickly (it freezes for about 2 seconds max and then closes straight to desktop), I'm unable to check the state in task manager right before.
Also, the specs on my new laptop are technically better than on my old one, and this town never (okay, hardly ever) crashed on the old laptop using the same settings. So maybe I'm missing something here?
My dxdiag and the last .xcpt file are included (I have more if comparison is needed). The first 40 lines of the device config log are pasted below. Also, the link to my previous post is here, in case there might be a relation I'm missing. Graphics drivers have all been updated through clean uninstall and install as part of the attempt to solve the previous issue.
I appreciate any advice I can get.
=== Application info ===
Name: Sims3
Version:
Build: Release
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 3 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 2918 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 3491 RAM: 32472 Adjusted RAM: 31960 Cores: 20
=== Machine info ===
OS version: Windows 8 6.2.9200
OS prod type: 0
OS major ver: 6
OS minor ver: 2
OS SP major ver: 0
OS SP minor ver: 0
OS is 64Bit: 1
CPU: GenuineIntel
Brand: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900H
Family: 6
Model: 10
Cores: 20
HT: 0
x64: 0
Memory: 32472MB
Free memory: 17744MB
User: ---
Computer: ----
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
Name (database): GeForce RTX 3070 Ti [Found: 1, Matched: 1]
Vendor: NVIDIA
Chipset: Vendor: 10de, Device: 24e0, Board: 15991025, Chipset: 00a1
Driver: nvldumd.dll, Version: 31.0.15.5161, GUID: D7B71E3E-67A0-11CF-BC67-96350EC2D235
Driver version: 5161
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 1024MB
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1