The Sims 3 and expansion download problems
I just resently got my laptop replaced, on my old one I had all of my sims expansion and stuff packs downloaded and they work with no problems. But with my new computer only the base game works. I ha...
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It seesm the dxdiag is not running correctly. First the AMD Radeon HD 8610G is the graphics chip in the AMD A10 cpu. While this combination is good there are certain aspects that don't quite work for TS3. First the A series cpus do not have a level 3 cache and that hurts performance. Second according to notebookcheck.net the 8610G does not have dedicated video memory and your dxdiag says it does. I have not had the opportunity to investigate this difference. Avcuf32.dll is part of BitDefender and BitDefender has been known to have trouble with TS3. Windows Defender (free with Windows 8) replaces Microsoft Security Essentials. The AMD Radeon HD 8610G shaders can be used for general computing and the A10 is not a true quad core processor. The cpu performs like an Intel I3 and the graphics chip performs somewhat better then an Intel HD 4000. While this is the best of the AMD A series, an AMD FX processor with a DEDICATED graphics chip would be a better pick to play TS3.
when I bought my computer they told me i had a decitated graphics chip because i told them i would be playing sims on it and they said it would run it perfectly. And also i have tried downloading them all indiviually and none of them work
