Never made any custom content before?
Just installed the Sims 3 patch or about to?
Want to create your own clothes for the Sims 3?
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2nd May 2011, 11:30 PM
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Klldarkness
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Join Date: May 2009 |
Post your system specs, what EP's, and SP's you have installed, and what settings you run the sims 3 at. Perhaps average FPS if you know it. This way, if anyone needs something to compare too, they have something. Mine: System specs: DualCore AMD Phenom II X2 Black Edition 555, 3.0ghz Overclocked to 3.2ghz. 4GB DDR3 1333 Ram. ATI Radeon 5570 1gb PCI Express 2.0 x16 at x16 750w power supply. 1.5TB Sata3 Harddrive. Screen: ACER 20in FlatHD OS: Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate. EP's and SP's All. Settings: Max on all. FPS: 22-25 on Bridgeport (Very playable. Drops to 15 on speed setting 4. Still playable.) 30-40 on all other cities. (Very playable, no hang, or lag on any speed setting.) |
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3rd May 2011, 12:01 AM
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CinderEmma
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Um, how do you find out what specs you have? |
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3rd May 2011, 12:12 AM
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tomomi1922
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Join Date: Jun 2009 |
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On any windows computer, fastest way is to run "Dxdiag". In the "Run" command from Start menu, or if not, "Search" bar from "Start Menu" also, type in "Dxdiag" and a program will show up telling you a whole lot about your computer. Just don't change anything there. Windows 7, if you have it, makes it a lot easier by just right click on "Computer" icon to check "Properties" and you get a prettier list with less techny info, as well as a performance score. I don't know much about Mac. | |
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I work for a living, but I don't necessarily live for a working. |
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3rd May 2011, 12:29 AM
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CinderEmma
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Yeah, I have Window XP I have all of the expansions but no stuff packs Processor: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPU) Memory: 1016 MB RAM I'm not sure what else is relevant? |
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3rd May 2011, 12:33 AM
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Klldarkness
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Join Date: May 2009 |
There are several programs that give you alot of indepth information, such as Sisandri, CPUZ, and PCwizard, all of which are free. I use Everest Pro. That costs money though. |
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3rd May 2011, 12:48 AM
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tomomi1922
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Join Date: Jun 2009 |
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OMG you are using a Netbook to play TS3? Or one of those Nettop, same difference! One of the earliest single core CPU as well (with hyper threading to emulate 2 cores, the 2 CPU is misleading). The graphic card is very relevant, but in your case I can pretty much guess it is an Intel Integrated and shared memory video card, which actually "borrows" your 1Gb RAM to serve as video memory. I take it you have real Harddrive instead of SSD. But overall I am even surprised you can run TS3 at all. Technically you can, but .... I would imagine a slide slow, a slow one in fact. But do share how your actual game experience is!!!  Do yourself a favor and buy a 2Gb Short DIMM to replace that 1Gb. I know manufacturer will always say no because they are under legal obligation from Microsoft. I worked under ASUS' campaign to promote netbook when they first came out. Nobody ever heard of it. People kept asking if they could upgrade memory, we kept saying "regrettably no, system has a hard limit of 1Gb RAM" and right behind the wall we were playing games on a 4Gb RAM netbook. 
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I work for a living, but I don't necessarily live for a working. |
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3rd May 2011, 02:21 AM
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Bchbch Walk
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I have a 2009 MacBook: System specs: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.4 GHz 4GB Memory with a 3 MB L2 Cache NVIDIEA GeForce 320M 256 GB Harddrive Screen: Built-in MacBook Display at 1280x800 OS: Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.7 EP's and SP's: All of them but Outdoor Living Settings: About medium on all, with some more then medium and sim-detail maxed. |
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3rd May 2011, 09:27 AM
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Illu
Test Subject
Join Date: Oct 2009 |
ASUS N61J Series Laptop - NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M w/ 1 Gig dedicated graphics rendering 16x antioscopic filtering. - Intel Core i5-450M, 2.4GHZ - 640GB Hard-drive. - 6 GB RAM - 16"HD/LED - Windows 7 Premium Settings: - Object Hiding: Off - Enable Reflections: Off - Edge Smoothing: Low - Visual Effects: High - Lighting and shadows: Medium - Tree Detail: Medium - Enable Animation Smoothing : On - Enable Advanced Rendering : On - Draw Distance: Medium - High Detail Lots: 1(at home) - 4 (vacation) - Texture Detail: Medium - Sim Detail: Very High EPs: - Late Night - World Adventures - Fast Lane Stuff - High End Loft Stuff - 500-600MB CC combined into 8 .package files. FPS: 10-20 (Lower in Bridgeport, higher in Sunset Valley. Keep in mind I usually play in windowed mode with MSN and Chrome running at the same time. Can bounce as high as 60fps in tombs. Averages closer to 30fps with advanced rendering and lighting detail off, but I'm a graphics junkie.) |
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3rd May 2011, 09:34 AM
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Rileyjcquinn
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I have a gaming Machine and a Macbook Pro 13' 2010 Model All EPs and SPs Custom Built Gaming Machine Built 2009 (UGM) : Asus P6T Motherboard Intel Core i7 920 (2.66ghz) 6gb Kingston "Gaming RAM" AMD ATI Radeon 5870 (Best 2009 Graphics Card) Settings are all Max CC: More, but limited OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit and Hackintosh OS Mac OS 10.6.5 on non-other Apple Hardware, I don't use it that much though I don't monitor my FPS but on my neighborhood Gates Cove, but its around 60fps On the Macbook Pro which is my kinda work/ travel/ couch machine 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4gb of RAM Settings are around medium, with tree detail lower and sims higher, while it does appear to get kinda of hot and battery is kinda not possible. CC: Limited to basic such as NRaa's FPS: Unknown |
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Experience a truly beautiful and unigue neighbourhoood http://gatescove.weebly.com |
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3rd May 2011, 03:07 PM
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kennyinbmore
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Intel I7 Quad processor 2.93Ghz, 16GB DDR3 ram, Radeon HD6850 graphics card, blu ray burner, 2 1TB hard drives,SB X-fi extreme sound card, Windows 7 Ultimate.Built by me of course. I run everything on high and it looks amazing. |
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3rd May 2011, 03:19 PM
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Johnny_Bravo
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Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core proccessor 2.2GHz 1.79 GB RAM (Weird number eh?) Direct X 11 Nvidea Geforce GT240 | 1GB Sound: Logitech X-530 (Surround) Settings: Everything Max, runs fine in every city, little bit slower in Queenstown and Bridgeport. FPS: 30 or something in windowed mode with skype and interent in the background, 50 in fullscreen without skype and internet. Wish I had a better proccessor and more RAM  kennyinbmore: '' Built by me of course '' Why of course? |
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If you remember me, I'm awesome! Knobhead
a.k.a. Zandvoort
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3rd May 2011, 04:20 PM
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BenC0722
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Alright, I'll give this a go. Relevant PC Specifications (the PC that I play TS3 on): AMD Opteron 1354 Quad-Core 2.2GHz (similar to the Phenom, but supports ECC RAM and much harder to overclock) Supermicro H8SMi-2 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2-800 ECC Unbuffered (Kingston Brand) Geforce 9800GT 512MB 3 HDs: - Western Digital RE3 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16MB WD5002ABYS (System and Programs) - Western Digital RE 250GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16MB WD2500YS - Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 7200RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s 8MB WD800JD Possible upgrades are either the video card, or the CPU (max is Opteron 1389, Quad-Core 2.9GHz). OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit EPs/SPs: I have all EPs and SPs. I also intend to get Generations. TS3 Graphics Settings: 1,920 x 1,080, not windowed. Object Hiding Disabled (some lots I've built look strange if I enable this) Animation Smoothing Disabled Advanced Rendering Enabled All Settings are Max, except: Reflection Detail: Mirrors & Water Sim Detail: High FPS: These are just guesses, since lately I spend much more of my time creating than I do playing. This is according to FRAPS. Anyway I tend to get between 45-60. I'm pretty sure that TS3 uses Vsync in game, which will prevent the FPS from going above 60, but what good is an FPS higher than that anyway? |
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3rd May 2011, 05:21 PM
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Princess Leia
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I play on a Toshiba Satellite A210 laptop. Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core processor, 1.8 GHz 3.5 GB RAM -- upgraded from 1 GB ATI Radeon X1200 integrated graphics card TS3 settings: All low, except for texture detail (high) and Sim detail (very high). I also have reflections enabled. I have all EPs but no SPs. I, um, don't know how this thing can even play the game at all. The RAM upgrade helped a lot but it still lags slightly on "larger", more populated EA neighbourhoods like Sunset Valley and Bridgeport so I have to play on a custom 'hood. And even so, it lags on large community lots when there are plenty of Sims around. I've had way too many mass peeing marathons because of it. One day I'll get to play this game on high. One. Day. |
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3rd May 2011, 05:29 PM
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kennyinbmore
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Because that's about a $1200 computer if you buy it retail. I won't tell you what it cost me to build it. Here's a hint, it wasn't close to $1200 
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3rd May 2011, 05:42 PM
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Johnny_Bravo
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Very expensive  So it's a PC which you can ''build yourself'' by choosing the specs you want to have?
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If you remember me, I'm awesome! Knobhead
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3rd May 2011, 06:19 PM
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sandymdh
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I am just upgrading mine. For the last couple of years I've had my trusty Sony Vaio. It has Windows Vista :-S, 4gb RAM, an Intel Core 2 DuoCPU T6400 @ 2ghz and ATI Mobility Radeon 3430 card. It started off playing Sims 3 nicely but 2 years on it gets darn hot underneath during play which is the main reason I'm changing. Anyways, I have just ordered a custom Vaio off the Sony website - not too expensive compared to some of your PCs. It is only an E series but I paid extra for the Intel Core 2.53ghz, it runs on Windows 7 64bit, has 6gb RAM, they have a special offer on so I got a free Blu Ray Writer and I paid extra for the ATI Radeon HD5650 with 1gb dedicated memory. I'm hoping performance improves (my current PC is fine with all EA towns - just not Los Aniegos) but sometimes it takes 5 or 10 seconds for a big lot to load up. It should arrive next week which is great but I'm not looking forward to reinstalling it all again! Oh I have everything except the Cars and Outdoor Living sets and LOTS of CC- store and other. |
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3rd May 2011, 06:54 PM
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Theros
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Join Date: Jul 2009 |
Here go mine: Sys Specs. AMD Semprom 3000+ Asus K8N 2Gb Ram DDR Asus Gforce 6600 256Mb AGP Screen : LG flatron W2253V OS : Win XP sp3 Settings : everything mid or low @1920x1080 I got Ambitions, Fast Lane stuff pack , Late Night Not sure about FPS but its playable without big troubles, only got some lag with big crowds... Its old I know....  but im going for a full upgrade maybe next semester
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3rd May 2011, 07:14 PM
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CinderEmma
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*sigh* I think I read the information wrong or something, I don't have a netbook, I have a six month old MSi computer. |
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3rd May 2011, 07:54 PM
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kennyinbmore
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No I actually bought it as a "barebones kit", basically it included the case, processor, and power supply and I shopped for the other goodies online and installed them myself 
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3rd May 2011, 09:51 PM
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Klldarkness
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Join Date: May 2009 |
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If you were playing this with a graphics card, instead of on a laptop with integrated graphics, you'd be on high easily. Quote:
Same as above on the laptop deal. Also, if you want your computer to run the Sims better, upgrade to Windows 7, and that will fix it. While your CPU isn't the best, it should still run it rather well. The problem is, is that vista uses almost 2gb, just to run as an OS. Windows 7 uses less then a 1gb. That would free up more ram, and make the game faster. Seriously consider the upgrade. It would be worth the money in the end. Quote:
That's the way to do it. I paid $400 for the machine i described above, while if i had bought it at best buy, or walmart, i'd have paid $900 easily. It's all in the name. Buy a barebones kit for $299, and add onto it about $300 in parts, and you have a Retail $1500 machine easily. I'm guessing you paid no more then $850 for your machine, while if you had bought it someplace else, you'd have paid about $1400 for it, depending on the namebrand of the parts. |
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3rd May 2011, 09:59 PM
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slitlips
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Join Date: Mar 2011 |
Windows 7 64-bit AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor / 2.60 GHz 6.00 GB with 5.75 GB usable GeForce 9100 I have the base and ambitions, only. SETTINGS + PERFORMANCE: i don't remember how everything is set but I used to play with every single thing on high and it played rather smooth. Most things are set on high, now and I never experience lag, in both cases - EXCEPT in CAS after a certain amount of time, but then it stops and resumes to play smoothly. |
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4th May 2011, 01:26 AM
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Illu
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Join Date: Oct 2009 |
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That... really depresses me to hear. XD I take it there's nothing much I can actually do about that, though? I'd kill to pump a little more power out of this thing. I know it could hack it, because I can run Sims all day and this laptop doesn't even heat up. |
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4th May 2011, 02:11 AM
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My System
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GiveTheNineARide
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I bought the components from Newegg and built it myself. Case: Cooler Master Centurion 690 ATX Mid Tower Case Black HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790GPT-UD3H AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard Video Card: XFX HD-575X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 Memory: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL8D-2GBHK CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Monitor: LG 20" flat panel, 1600 x 900 resolution All EPs and SPs All display settings are set to the max. 50 Frames Per Second Game runs smooth and machine stays cool. |
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The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. There is no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else. |
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4th May 2011, 06:17 AM
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fway
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I custom-built my computer with parts from Newegg & TigerDirect along with an HD from my old laptop and CD/DVD drives from my old computer. Monitor: 20" LG Flatron W2040 1600x900. Flawless. Case: XCLIO Windtunnel ATX, the back fan stopped working. No dust inside the fan, but I checked to see how both fans spun and it seems like the back fan is tougher to spin. Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast CMPSU 650TX 650W Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz. I need a better one, and am thinking of upgrading soon. Hard Drives: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB and a 130GB Samsung laptop hard drive. Graphics Card: Sparkle Geforce 240 GT RAM: GSKILL Ripjaws 4GB DDR3 (I need more ram) Settings: Reflection Quality: Mirrors & Water Edge Smoothing: Very High Visual Effects: Very High Lighting & Shadows: Medium Texture Detail: High Tree Detail: High Draw Distance: High Sim Detail: Very High |
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4th May 2011, 07:45 AM
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bobglaub
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Join Date: Sep 2009 |
let's see here.... AMD Phemon X6 Black edition something or other 3.3 GHZ - 3.7 GHz 16 GB DDR3 1600 RAM some 2GB video card, (it's Nvidia, and it's crazy fast, that's all I can remember). 1 TB 64 MB Cache 7200 RPM HD (my storage drive) 120 GB Revodrive PCI-express X4 SSD (CRAZY fast!) and ummm... a tower. a monitor, a keyboard, and a trackball mouse (kensington Expert) that's all i can think of right now. Built it myself. Totally worth it. |
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