FPS Drop - Settings normalizes FPS
Hello! I recently upgraded to Windows 11. I have also upgraded my CPU and ram. Sims ran amazing before these upgrades, but it's been acting strangely lately. I'm running at a constant 60 fps (vsync)...
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@escalusia Have you tried running the game with only one monitor? It looks like each monitor is using up to 8k Mb of shared (main) memory. 8K Mb + 8k Mb = 16K Mb of memory. You only have 16k Mb of main memory. When the main memory gets swamped virtual memory (page file) is used which is space on your main storage device (ssd) and that is slower (main) then shared memory. The fps goes up after the memory swapping settles down Even if you increase your main memory I think you will still get a fps hit BUT it won't be as bad as your getting now. As resolutions get higher more memory is going to get needed to create the video frames. IMO 32Gb of main memory may soon be the new morn (my opinion) BUT DDR5 main memory is also soon to be the new norm for motherboards (maybe).
Hey! I will try this, but what I dont understand is that it was working completely fine as is before Windows 11. So I wonder why Windows 11 changed that? I also dont know if this means anything, but the only change I can think of, is when I got new ram, my brother went into BIOS and basically perma overclocked them. I'm not sure what that means, but could it have something to do with it?
@escalusia Does your Sim live in San Myshuno by any chance? If so, move to another house or city. If not, go back to Windows 10.
- @Aledreon Topic starter can always try that, but I don't think it'll make a difference tbh.
I have a laptop with W11, a desktop with W10. Both display this issue. Doesn't really matter where you are ingame as well by the way.- @JeanVW In the apartment with gremlins, there used to be strong fps drawdowns, I also used the settings to stabilize the fps, it helped for 5 or 30 seconds, then the fps fell again, and when I moved to the city of celebrities, all the slowdowns disappeared. And you say it does not depend on the place, it depends, I tell you.
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