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PixelFacex3's avatar
6 years ago

sims 4 lag after updating graphics driver

I recently updated my graphics driver and since then my game has been really laggy even on low graphics settings. Before this it was a few years out of date but I could run the game fine on medium-high graphics.

I've tried repairing my game, removing all mods, playing a completely new game with no saves - I don't understand why it's lagging now.

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

    @PixelFacex3   Computer graphics is very complicated. While HD15 may be ok for many instances, the bandwidth for gaming may become restricted. DVI is an improvement over vga (HD15). There are different versions of DVI which can change the bandwidth. But DVI is loosing preference to HDMI and there are different versions of HDMI. This is because of the resolution increases the demands of your graphics hardware increases. If you are having issues with your graphics your have to look at the capabilities of your graphics chip. How are you connected to your display device. What is the capabilities of your display device. Any weakness can have adverse affects. I'm guessing you have a bottleneck somewhere and the way to determine if there is a bottleneck is substitution. Borrow some better equipment and see if the issue goes away. If you take your computer to a computer shop that's what they would do. You need to find out where the issue (bottleneck) is and plan accordingly.