PC: My Sims 4 game crashes in the middle of gameplay

@roberta591 So I didn't see the Nivida one so this way the closet I got GeForce® GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 (Maxwell). And this is the cpu AMD FX-6300 3.50 GHz Six-Core AM3+ CPU 6MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology. And the rest I got. Does that look about right?

@roberta591 And for the mean time do you have any suggestion how I can at least launch my sims 4 game?

Try running the game on the lower settings. 

@maryb72 The GTX 960 - the chip is made by Nvidia. Looks about right. Like I said you will have to update the Intel video drivers AND edit the game files so the video is configured correctly. Most modern video chips will have to be edited into the game. I think I gave you a link for a how to. I looked up the Maxwell GTX 960 - that's an EVGA GTX 960 which is what I have. Fry's Electronics has it for $169.99 which is $20 cheaper then I paid.

the cyberpowerpc.com computer is real close to my gaming computer and it plays Fallout 4 and Rise of the Tombraider (ROTT was patched for DX12).

Updating video drivers is just part of being a gamer.

@roberta591 So how do I update the drivers and edit the video files?

@maryb72

Here is a how to edit the 2 .sgr files about the video card - new graphics cards This works as I recently used it.

@roberta591 How do I know information about my video chip?

@maryb72 I'm sorry we are in the middle of a big storm. You have a AMD Radeon HD 7480D Go to AMD Radeon drivers and download and install the Catalyt Software Suite.

@maryb72 I stay away from beta drivers unless I have problems with the standard driver. Gaming video drivers are optimized for speed - beta drivers could (may) not perform as good as standard drivers and may not be checked for bugs (that's why they call it a beta driver). The average consumer computer user should stay away from unknowns and stay away from the deep end of the pool until they can at least get themselves out of trouble