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9 years ago
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extremely low fps in sims 4 with gtx 970

my spec: windows 10 pro CPU:i5-2400  GPU:GTX 970(with latest driver) RAM:8GB MOTHERBOARD:Z77 PRO 4  POWER:550W I'VE ASKED EA FOR HELP AND TRIED ALL THE MEHTODS THEY PROVIDED ~~~~~~~~...
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roberta591
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9 years ago

@stanleylaucy Video driver settings and game settings and computer connections all have to be examined. Video driver settings, resolution - some resolutions seem to drag a video card down. Anti aliasing - post processing takes video chip power. What resolution do you have the game set for? What kind of monitor(s) do you have? How are they connected? Not all HDMI cables are created equal and the same goes for DVI cables. Is the power supply capable of continuous power enough for the video card (I don't care what the label says). How is the video card connected to the power supply? Are you using adapters and saturating the bus of the power supply? This is more common then you think - If you have a multi bus power supply the load may not be distributed correctly thus under powering the video card. All these things need to be looked at.

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    Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    My monitor is Dell U2414h. They are connected by a mini display port cable.
    Second, my resolution for sims 4 is 1920x1080 60hz(the same resolution for tomb raider and overwatch)
    I will check to see if the power supply goes wrong.
    Thanks for ur help.
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      roberta591
      Hero (Retired)
      9 years ago

      @stanleylaucy Is the display port cable certified? The GTX 970 requires 13 amps at 12V. Nvidia specs say a 500W power supply. If the power supply is dual rail you need the power supply to have 26amps (13A + 13A = 26A) and have 13A available to the video card. I think 500W may be low. 600W has become common now. Do not compare the Sims games to other graphical games as it seems that the Sims games seem to use both the cpu and gpu harder.

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