Sims 3 hard-locks my PC

davel23 · 02-02-2011, 05:48 AM

I bought the Ultimate Bundle, but when I try to run it the game gets to the initial loading screen (after the intro movie, with the "Late Night" logo) loads about 95% then my machine hard-locks with looping audio and no response to anything but the reset button. I've tried verifying the game's cache, updating my video drivers and even deleting and reinstalling the game. Anyone have any suggestions?

Firebreak · 02-02-2011, 06:21 AM

What are your computer specs?

davel23 · 02-02-2011, 06:23 AM

Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6 Ghz
4 GB DDR3-1600 RAM
ATI Radeon HD5970

Umm... anything else?

Koreos · 02-02-2011, 07:39 AM

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1741527

davel23 · 02-02-2011, 07:43 AM

Ah, not compatible with Crossfire. Thanks.

obi636 · 02-02-2011, 03:31 PM

How ridiculous is that? We have one of the greatest video cards on the market and because this game has shoddy coding we can't play it full screen?

I too was having the same problems you were, tried it in windowed mode, and no problems at all. This is disgraceful.

obi636 · 02-02-2011, 03:37 PM

On a side note, you can disable Crossfire and run it fullscreen by turning off catalyst A.I. Does anyone know if you still get dual GPU benefits running the game in windowed mode? If not, then I guess it would be worth it to turn off Cat AI while running Sims 3.

UPDATE: Disabling Cat AI allows you to run it in fullscreen mode, with what seems like a minimal performance decrease. Personally I'd like the extra processing power, but fullscreen trumps windowed any day. Just don't alt-tab out of the game or you will hard-lock your PC again. I really hope they support crossfire in Medieval.

02-02-2011, 05:48 AM	#1
davel23 Join Date: Dec 2007 Reputation: 0 Posts: 84	Sims 3 hard-locks my PC I bought the Ultimate Bundle, but when I try to run it the game gets to the initial loading screen (after the intro movie, with the "Late Night" logo) loads about 95% then my machine hard-locks with looping audio and no response to anything but the reset button. I've tried verifying the game's cache, updating my video drivers and even deleting and reinstalling the game. Anyone have any suggestions?

02-02-2011, 03:37 PM	#7
obi636 Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	On a side note, you can disable Crossfire and run it fullscreen by turning off catalyst A.I. Does anyone know if you still get dual GPU benefits running the game in windowed mode? If not, then I guess it would be worth it to turn off Cat AI while running Sims 3. UPDATE: Disabling Cat AI allows you to run it in fullscreen mode, with what seems like a minimal performance decrease. Personally I'd like the extra processing power, but fullscreen trumps windowed any day. Just don't alt-tab out of the game or you will hard-lock your PC again. I really hope they support crossfire in Medieval. Last edited by obi636: 02-02-2011 at 05:15 PM.

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02-02-2011, 06:21 AM	#2
Firebreak Join Date: Sep 2003 Reputation: 6 Posts: 361	What are your computer specs?

02-02-2011, 06:23 AM	#3
davel23 Join Date: Dec 2007 Reputation: 0 Posts: 84	Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6 Ghz 4 GB DDR3-1600 RAM ATI Radeon HD5970 Umm... anything else?

02-02-2011, 07:39 AM	#4
Koreos Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 38	http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1741527

02-02-2011, 07:43 AM	#5
davel23 Join Date: Dec 2007 Reputation: 0 Posts: 84	Ah, not compatible with Crossfire. Thanks.

02-02-2011, 03:31 PM	#6
obi636 Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	How ridiculous is that? We have one of the greatest video cards on the market and because this game has shoddy coding we can't play it full screen? I too was having the same problems you were, tried it in windowed mode, and no problems at all. This is disgraceful.