Sims 3 crashing every 5 minutes
Hi, I've contacted EA about this issue a few times but i didn't get much help. I recently bought myself a PC, I decided to download the sims 3 and a few packs since I didn't have it on my previous c...
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Its a Corsair CV450 for the power supply i think, that's all i could find on the actual unit. As for the graphics card it says AMD Radeon HD 7700 series and theres no supplemental connectors. Sorry if any of that doesnt seem right, im not too good with all this so i asked my friend to help me out, hence the late reply again. I ran the game in a different account but the same thing happened as when i usually launch the game.
@holzybolzy2002 Do you have a friend that would loan you a relatively low-powered graphics card to test with? Anything from Nvidia that ends in -50 would work: 1050 ti, 1650, 950. A 1030 would be fine too. The -60 cards typically require a supplemental connector, so only test with one of those if your power supply has the appropriate cable. The point here is to find out whether the problem is the graphics card or something else.
The reverse could also be useful: installing your graphics card into a different computer and seeing whether Sims 3 crashes.
Other than that, I think you might need to take the computer to a repair shop and have someone look it over. The shop would have diagnostic tools that I can't offer you and would also be able to swap out components during testing. Some shops charge nothing or only a nominal fee for diagnostics, so look for one that doesn't expect you to pay for repairs before they've even figured out what's wrong.
