I know laptops aren't the best to play on but I've been playing on my laptop for a few years, with all the added expansion packs my game is super slow and laggy. I disabled a few that I don't really use but not sure what else to do. I added my dxdiag to help....any input would be great!
Lindsmd113 Thanks for the dxdiag, which shows that your computer's page file is somewhat small and almost all used. The page file is where the processor stores data that would normally be in RAM but doesn't fit (or isn't being used, sometimes). Since your computer only has 4 GB physical memory (RAM), the page file is crucial to keep everything working, and it being too small for your system's needs could explain why Sims 4 is running worse than it had previously.
The problem is that the page file is allocated from the system drive, and yours only has 10 GB free out of 58 total. So please clear up as much space as you can on C, moving absolutely everything, even small apps, to your external drive. (Some, like the EA App, will only install on C, but that's fine, just move everything else.) If you have anything stored locally in Documents, Downloads, your desktop, Photos, etc., move or delete those files too. Let me know if you need help with the process, particularly if your Sims 4 user files like saves are still on C.
Once you've done that, increase the page file's size, as described here (option three):
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/manage-virtual-memory-paging-file-in-windows-11.8618/#Three
Set the minimum to 12288 and the maximum to 16384, and restart your computer. You could in theory increase it further, but your computer does need some free space on the system drive for overall health, and with only 58 GB total storage, much of that occupied by Windows, you're somewhat limited here.
