Which setting(s) within The Sims 3 use mainly RAM resources?

[King Mustard]

My partner has a laptop (Windows 7 x64) with an AMD APU, and as such, the CPU/integrated GPU (uses shared system RAM) are rather poor.

However, The Sims 3 runs fine on this system as long as the settings are on low-medium.

The computer, when running the game, used around 3.9 of her 4 GB RAM.

I recently upgraded her laptop from 4 GB RAM to 8 GB RAM.

The system still uses around 3.9/4.0 GB RAM in-game.

Can you think of which game setting mainly use RAM rather than CPU/GPU resources?



I may as well up this/these setting(s) if I have 4 GB RAM spare!

 

[el-Capitan]

Are you using a 64-bit version of Windows? (Control Panel / System / "System Type")

You're machine will not be able to address RAM above ~4GB if you are on a 32-bit OS.

 

[King Mustard]

Are you using a 64-bit version of Windows? (Control Panel / System / "System Type")

You're machine will not be able to address RAM above ~4GB if you are on a 32-bit OS.

You didn't read my post

Yep, 64-bit Windows on a 64-bit CPU

 

[el-Capitan]

Damn! I hate it when others do that, and now it has happened to me. Sorry!

I remember with F3:NV that I used a patched executable so that the game can address more than 4GB of memory. Perhaps Sims is subject to similar limitation as the original F3:NV?

 

[GlacierFreeze]

Most games don't use more than 2-3GB of RAM. Majority of settings are going to be GPU and/or CPU dependent.

 

[Truthslayer]

Most games don't use more than 2-3GB of RAM. Majority of settings are going to be GPU and/or CPU dependent.

Correct, most titles are x86, which are limited to only that much RAM. Skyrim is hard-coded in that regards too, and will CTD if more than 3.1 GB is used.

To the OP, you didn't list what the graphics card was. VRAM isn't really an issue, as I log that slightly under 1GB fully loaded in my experiences.

 

[Dankk]

Yup. It doesn't matter if you're using 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. If the game itself is coded for 32-bit, then it will not address more than 4GB of memory. Simple as that.

 

[King Mustard]

Yup. It doesn't matter if you're using 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. If the game itself is coded for 32-bit, then it will not address more than 4GB of memory. Simple as that.

Ah, I understand

 

[Puppies04]

My guess is if you actually look at the numbers the game will be uising aroung 2GB of RAM and the rest is being cached by windows. You most likely gained 0%extra gaming power upping the RAM to 8GB.