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destinynchicken
9 years ago

Settings Advice

i haven't played in a while, I'm on a new Windows install and I'd like advice for my game settings. The lag isn't unbearable thus far but I've had glitches, one sim went invisible for a while, and the worst example was the "practice singing" audio for a sim with level 1 singing was stuck playing, even after the sim stopped, the microphone was used by another sim to tell jokes, and the same sim sang again but stopped - throughout everything that horribly annoying audio still playing, no matter what. I hope it's gone after I restart. 

Anyway here's my DxDiag:


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3 Replies

  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    9 years ago

    @destinynchicken First issue is the 240Gb ssd BP5 your using for you system drive, This creates two issues - number your ALWAYS going to have the operating system and programs using system storage that will probably get less and less over time and this WILL affect performance. It is just what the Windows operating system does. Next you have DDR2 in your motherboard. I'm guessing this is a huge bottleneck. The GTX 430  is not especially powerful and may be a problem as you increase the resolution. The video driver is out of date. MSI were always on the bargain end of the table but were known to get the job done. Wouldn't be my first choice. Instead of looking at technology you need to start with what works - a motherboard that uses at least DDR3 memory and a better video card (at least mid level). AMD is working on new family of cpus (Zen) that support DDR4 which should be out in 2017

  • destinynchicken's avatar
    destinynchicken
    9 years ago

    i understand that my computer sucks but I'm trying to see what would be the best settings in the game to run it as humanely as possible. Right now it's on low-medium. 

  • Phantomlover1717's avatar
    Phantomlover1717
    Legend
    9 years ago

    Low-medium would be the best. I suggest letting Geforce Expierence set up your settings for you.

    http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience

    Make sure you close as many programs as possible before running the game. 

    Keep your screenshots (in the EA folder in Documents) folder a bit clean, and try not to make huge save files. So start a new fresh game every now and again.

    Try to keep custom content and mods to a minimum, or just make sure your game isn't affected by them if you install them.

    You could also try running Razer Cortex, it might help:
    http://www.razerzone.com/cortex/boost

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