- Sep 9, 2013
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I recently built a new rig and The Sims 3 isn't working. I've tested out other games and they all run just fine (Serious Sam 3, Metro 2033, etc). I've heard that the game throttles and runs the gpu and cpu for everything they're worth. Some people report that it'll jump up to around 1500 FPS.
I can only get to the loading screen and then everything shuts down. When I rebooted my PC and by the time I check the CPU temps, it's climbing down from about 45 degrees back to an idle 20. This is my build:
MOBO: Crosshair V Formula-Z
CPU: FX-8350
RAM: Corsair 16GB DDR3
GPU: Gigabyte HD 7970
Cooler: H100i
I figured those are probably the most important components to list. In the AMD Catalyst, I have "Wait for vertical refresh" set to always on (as I've heard that enabling V-Sync is supposed to help), but I still get the same issue.
Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution for it? I don't care too much for the game, but my girfriend loves it and was really excited to play it on my new machine. Thanks in advanced for any help you guys can provide!
I can only get to the loading screen and then everything shuts down. When I rebooted my PC and by the time I check the CPU temps, it's climbing down from about 45 degrees back to an idle 20. This is my build:
MOBO: Crosshair V Formula-Z
CPU: FX-8350
RAM: Corsair 16GB DDR3
GPU: Gigabyte HD 7970
Cooler: H100i
I figured those are probably the most important components to list. In the AMD Catalyst, I have "Wait for vertical refresh" set to always on (as I've heard that enabling V-Sync is supposed to help), but I still get the same issue.
Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution for it? I don't care too much for the game, but my girfriend loves it and was really excited to play it on my new machine. Thanks in advanced for any help you guys can provide!
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