@babysquare That's actually an interesting question. I think that if fps is capped, and the resolutions are the same, windowed mode may be slightly more demanding. I'm basing this on the fact that fullscreen mode gives a bit better performance in games overall, which basically means you'd see higher fps in fullscreen. So I'd expect the same 60 fps to be therefore slightly less demanding in fullscreen.
However, the difference is small enough that it shouldn't have any meaningful effect on your system, especially with a 2070. Even the mobile version of that card is capable of running Sims 4 at >150 fps, at least when the game itself is running optimally. So 60 fps at 1080p shouldn't be much of a workload, or create much heat either.
What kind of CPU and GPU temperatures are you seeing now, and is Origin still using a significant amount of CPU resources? If things are under control now, I don't think you need to worry about fullscreen vs. windowed mode or any other small adjustments.
I haven't tried playing since the problem occurred so I don't know yet. Also I don't play on 1080 resolution as it makes the UI too small to read. Do the fps and resolution have to 'synhronize'?
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@babysquare There's no direct tie-in between capping fps and the in-game resolution. Whatever tool you use to cap framerates should work exactly the same (or not work at all) regardless of the resolution.
Sims 4 has a feature where you can resize the UI to your preferences:
https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2019/01/portraits-are-far-too-small-big/
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True, but both should effect how hard it is on the system. A 2560*1440 at 60fps will be harder on the system than 1920*1080 at 60fps.
It's all a matter of lowering the graphical settings as far as you can until you reach a threshold you're not willing to cross. Like 2560*1440 is optimal, 1920*1080 is tolerable, but 1280*720 is unacceptable.... etc. (IMO)
Windowed mode is definitely harder on the system but if you have a tendency to Alt-Tab out of the game frequently, then having windowed mode OFF will tend to crash the game. Most games have that problem. If you're really having trouble getting a cooler system, then turn OFF windowed mode and try to refrain from Alt-TABbing out.
Setting the FPS cap will help immensely. The rest of the settings are just up to you. The more you can turn off, the better (and cooler) it will run... but it will also LOOK worse. Just need to find that happy median you're willing to live with.
Thank you both for the info.
So far I've capped the fps to 60 and turned off the online origin features in-game and it's made a difference. The fans only kicked into their higher speeds a couple of times within the space of about 2hrs, and only briefly. Apart from that they were running more quietly while playing than I think any computer I've ever had. When I finished I checked the hardware monitor program I had running throughout and temperatures were at a max of 94, which I'm guessing is when the fans went up a gear, across the separate cpu cores temperatures maxed out at between 93 and 88, which is an improvement.
I got it wrong before - I'm on 1080p - are you saying that lowering the resolution would help?
If so I could try that next. My graphics settings are on ultra, and since I finally have an rtx I'd rather keep those graphics as they are.
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