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5 years ago

Poor performance on an RTX 2070 Super

Changed graphics card to the RTX 2070 Super and every other game has seen a performance boost except The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. At the same graphics settings (4K, maxed out) they get the same frame rate my GTX 780 did or worse. The Sims 4 is down as low as the 20s. Sims 3 on the other hand is way too bright. I play on pretty packed lots.

RAM: 16 GB
Windows 10 version 2004
i5 4570 CPU

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  • "CursedDice;d-979299" wrote:
    Changed graphics card to the RTX 2070 Super and every other game has seen a performance boost except The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. At the same graphics settings (4K, maxed out) they get the same frame rate my GTX 780 did or worse. The Sims 4 is down as low as the 20s. Sims 3 on the other hand is way too bright. I play on pretty packed lots.

    RAM: 16 GB
    Windows 10 version 2004
    i5 4570 CPU


    Your GPU is way too powerful for your cpu hence you get bottleneck maybe consider upgrading the cpu, I own Ryzen 3 3300x and GTX 1660 Super and it never went below 50 fps even on San Myshuno everything on ultra.
  • I can play other games on Ultra Settings but the sims4 can sometimes lag for me, especially if there are many sims and objects on the lot. I have a GTX 1080 (8GB) with an i7-4790K CPU 4.00 GHz (8 CPUs) and 32 GB of RAM.

    The sims3 is running absolutely awful for me. I tried different methods like adding the graphics card to the config file and other methods but I have given up.
  • Because of how the game is designed there will be fps drops when you zoom out or when you turn the camera very fast. Those should be subtle though. I play on a gtx 1060 6gb with max 80 fps on ultra but the game can drop as low as 38-40 if I zoom out very quickly.
    If you are getting random fps drops in the 20s but the game works normally sometimes then it could be this fps drop bug that a lot of people have been experiencing since Eco Lifestyle, including several YouTubers.
  • A game changer said in a video if you have lag in your game you should clear your in game notifications. I have been doing this and it does help a lot. I also play offline and only connect when I use the gallery then I go offline again in settings.

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