Hi So i just bought Sims 3 and Pets. Everytime I play for awhile it starts to freeze up then maybe 5 seconds later becomes normal again. Everything freezes but the mouse can be moved around, the sounds, the green diamond thing, shadows and lighting still work. It almost always happen when I speed up the game to 3x sometimes 2x. Any1 know whats the problem my laptop should be able to play this game. ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 10/23/2011, 00:43:27 Machine name: EDDYFOK-PC Operating System: Windows 7 家用進階版 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506) Language: Chinese (Traditional) (Regional Setting: Chinese (Traditional)) System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. System Model: K53SV BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/26/11 14:47:02 Ver: 04.06.03 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Available OS Memory: 8104MB RAM Page File: 2802MB used, 13403MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
I think that if you look at the actual system specs required for the game, that for Windows 7 you need a faster processor. 2.00ghz is ok for Windows XP, but it seems to me that because Windows 7 is more processor intensive that you have to have a higher processor. You also didn't post your video card information which could also (especially on a laptop) be below specs. Make sure that your video card is one of the approved ones. You might be able to get better performance by changing your graphics settings under option. (Most freezing issues show up more when the game is running faster, especially at 3x speed.) Something else you can try is resetting your Sims. Sometimes a stuck townie can make things intermittantly freeze. (This is especially true if you were using World Adventures as there's one spot where the local Sims tend to get stuck. It's a routing problem.) Use "Resetsim *" (the * being the wild card so that you don't have to try to figure out which Sim might be causing it.)
well heres my video card i got two in the laptop its in chinese thought if its alrigt with you 「NVIDIA 系統資訊」報告建立時間： 10/23/2011 19:20:48 系統名稱﹕ EDDYFOK-PC [顯示] 作業系統： Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit (Service Pack 1) DirectX 版本： 11.0 GPU 處理器： GeForce GT 540M 驅動程式版本： 268.56 DirectX 支援： 11 CUDA 核心： 96 核心時脈： 672 MHz 著色器時脈： 1344 MHz 記憶體時脈： 900 MHz (1800 MHz 資料傳輸速率) 記憶體介面： 128-位元 可用圖形記憶體總計： 4095MB 專用視訊記憶體﹕ 2048 MB DDR3 系統視訊記憶體： 0MB 共享系統記憶體： 2047MB 視訊 BIOS 版本﹕ 70.08.58.00.FE IRQ： 16 匯流排： PCI Express x16 Gen2 [元素] nvui.dll 7.17.12.6856 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component nvxdsync.exe 8.17.12.6856 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component nvxdplcy.dll 8.17.12.6856 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component nvxdbat.dll 8.17.12.6856 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component nvxdapix.dll 8.17.12.6856 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component NVCPL.DLL 8.17.12.6856 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component nvCplUIR.dll 3.5.920.0 NVIDIA Control Panel nvCplUI.exe 3.5.920.0 NVIDIA Control Panel nvDispSR.dll 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The CPU should be fine considering it's a quad core although I've heard that the game and quad cores don't play well together. Are you using the Aero program on your operating system? You might try turning it off and seeing if it helps. You might also see if Asus has any new video drivers for your laptop as well. Are you using a laptop cooler pad for your laptop? With a quad CPU and a dual GPU in the same laptop case it might be getting a bit hotter than it should be . Also if I'm reading this correctly make sure that the game is running off of the Nvidia GPU and not the Intel GPU as the Intel one is not sufficient to run the game either by itself or with any stuff packs.
Well I think its running the Nvidia GPU since i checked the settings in the Nividia option and it has the sims3.exe listed and switched as auto Nividia GPU. The Video drivers are already updated. I dont know if its hot or not but i dont feel its hot since mine has the IceCool rest and i have the airCon running. I dont feel alot of hot air running out the sides when i run the game but the air does get hot when i run other games maybe i'll borrow one from my friends and see. I've played Dead island with this laptop just fine just dont know about sims 3. I've reset the sims still got freezes. The funny thing is when i played sims 3 with my desktop duo CPU running XP it doesnt lag at all and it has a similar display device. dam now that i looked up the recent specs for gaming/design computers i found out i now need to upgrade again when i just recently upgraded. Any recommends for a desktop with powerful display and CPU? Mostly used for maya and 3ds max
If you're going to be using either of those programs look for a decent card like a 560 series card or higher . It could be a driver issue with windows 7 too.
