Sims 4 Using Up all my RAM
Hi, a few years ago many people helped me get my current gaming laptop which I love, to play Sims again. It was recommended to me and I was told the 8GB of RAM should suffice but now I know the stem...
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8GB RAM is enough for the Sims 4. 16GB RAM is recommended for new computers as it is cheap and can help with other things.
By "fixes" do you mean Mods and CC? Having a lot of CC especially high poly CC will cause lag. It may not be possible to upgrade RAM. We need to know the exact model of your laptop to answer that.
I know my laptop can be upgraded to have more RAM I’m just confused why my game is suddenly using all my RAM.
I do have CC but it’s not high poly. I don’t use any mods and none of my cc is realistic - it’s just maxis match but like I said I haven’t downloaded any cc in a while and don’t have that much of it.
so not really sure why it’s using all of my RAM up suddenly.
OK you say that the RAM on your Laptop can be upgraded so if you want to you can just take it to a shop and ask them to do it. Be warned that it will be unlikely to have any significant effect on your game.
A PC will use as much RAM as possible. This is not limited to your game but Windows and what else you have running on it.
If you post a DxDiag. https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/ I may be able to see a reason for lag but the game by itself will occasionally lag a bit. That is just the way it is programmed.
You can attach the txt file directly to your answer.Ok I will send one eventually this week but it’s Christmas Day and I likely won’t be on my PC for a couple days now.
the only thing I had open was sims to test this and when I am not playing, it’s not using much RAM at all. I provided to screenshots I had taken before Sims and after.
I had nothing open with the first screenshot except the task manager and I was also downloading the new nvidia graphics card update. But when I play sims that’s all I had updated.
I purchased this PC when it was given to me in a link on here when I was looking for a PC for Sims and I spent a fortune on it - it’s a gaming laptop. So if this isn’t the cause for my game not being able to be played then I’m extremely disappointed. I don’t have the money to buy another PC so therefore this game would be a waste of money then bc I’ll never be able to play it again if that’s the case……
And by fixes I meant just basic fixes like clearing EA cache, starting the game and letting a new fresh sims 4 folder generate, and slowly adding my content back- making sure my game is updated, that my PC is updated, etc. but now none of these things are fixing my game.
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