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simscadet
New Spectator
6 years ago

Sims 4 Graphic Settings Help

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone could help me with my graphics settings. My game is a bit laggy and I feel like it's got to do with my game options.

Time of this report: 4 March 2019, 8:20:56PM
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 17.134)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: F0BY00CWUK
BIOS: O1LKT30AUS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 4405U @2.10GHz (4CPus), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Page File: 3593Mb used, 6411Mb avaliable
DirectX Version: DirectX 12

Any help would be appreciated. Also, feel free to share your graphic settings
  • SamXNE_997's avatar
    SamXNE_997
    Seasoned Novice
    What kind of video card do you have and how much video RAM is there? Also, give us a screenshot of your graphics settings in the game.
  • Joanne_Snow's avatar
    Joanne_Snow
    Rising Traveler
    That's a very weak CPU for this game :/ my guess is that that's the main issue but I will ping @chesterbigbird for advice.
  • Graphics Card:Intel(R) HD Graphics 510
    Total Avaliable Graphics Memory: 4176MB
    Dedicated Video Memory: 128MB
    Shared Video Memory: 0MB
    Shared System Memory: 4048MB

    https://i.imgur.com/r28VxDb.png
  • I'd suggest:

    1. Turn sim detail down to either High or Medium.

    2. Turn off uncompressed sim textures.

    I'm no expert, but it looks like you're working with integrated graphics instead of a dedicated graphics card, and integrated chips tend to be less capable than dedicated graphics cards. My Toshiba Satellite has integrated graphics, and it can only really handle the game with a high view distance and medium edge smoothing if everything else is turned down low and sim textures are compressed. My Dell G7 laptop, on the other hand, has a dedicated graphics card and can easily handle the game on high graphics settings. Along with how well it does as a workstation for my graphics work, it's basically the best $900+ bucks I ever spent.
  • SamXNE_997's avatar
    SamXNE_997
    Seasoned Novice
    "SimsCadet;c-16986531" wrote:
    Graphics Card:Intel(R) HD Graphics 510
    Total Avaliable Graphics Memory: 4176MB
    Dedicated Video Memory: 128MB
    Shared Video Memory: 0MB
    Shared System Memory: 4048MB

    https://i.imgur.com/r28VxDb.png

    You should turn off edge smoothing, as anti-aliasing can be harsh on integrated video cards, same with uncompressed sim textures. Everything else should perform alright on medium settings.