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michaela981
7 years ago

Sims 4 Lag with new Graphics card

I recently upgraded my graphics card from an AMD Radeon RX 580R after it blew, to a NVIDIA RTX 2080 After the upgrade I did a windows refresh and used DDU to make sure AMD drivers were gone and hav...
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Bluebellflora
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7 years ago
@michaela981

Yes, it should 🙂 Check the Found and Supported after closing the game too.
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michaela981
7 years ago

How do you check?

The game still stutters but not as much as it did.

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    Bluebellflora
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    7 years ago
    @michaela981

    Open the Config.log file in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4.
    Near the top under === Graphics device info === check the Found and Supported values are 1.
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    michaela981
    7 years ago

    It found it and it says it supports it. Game still stutters a bit and lags when there's more than 10 Sims in a lot. But it's more playable than it was. I just can't scroll anywhere without the camera skipping 

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    Bluebellflora
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    7 years ago
    @michaela981

    Great! You've successfully added your card. Not sure about the skipping, maybe you just need to tweak the in-game graphics settings a bit?

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