Locate the Computer icon in the Start menu. If you didn’t just buy your laptop, it likely doesn’t have a graphics card that will support the Sims 3 well enough -assuming your laptop doesn’t have a separate video card/ram. Is 8gb RAM enough for Sims 3?įor the whole shebang (all expansions + some store + all stuff packs) it’s pretty commonly recommended: At least 8 gigs of Ram.

If you have over 12GB or so already its not going to do much for sims. You can test this yourself by watching your memory usage. It is a 32bit program, it physically CANNOT use more than 4GB of RAM. You might have too many mods or you are trying to run with too many Active Sims or it might be a memory problem. Adjusting your graphics settings can also help. Your Featured Items and Screenshots folders can also slow things down. Cache folders store data for the game and are designed to load that data faster.