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puzzlezaddict
6 years agoHero+
Great, I hope you love it.
As soon as the game is installed, be sure to limit your in-game framerates to protect the graphics card; this is necessary with any GPU fast enough to run Sims 3 on high or ultra graphics settings. The simplest way, if you play in fullscreen, is through the built-in Nvidia Control Panel: right-click on the desktop, select the Control Panel, then Manage 3D settings, then Program Settings, then choose TS3.exe (for an Origin install) or TS3W.exe (with the W, for a disc or Steam install), and enable vertical sync.
You can confirm that fps is locked at the refresh rate of your monitor (60 Hz) by bring up the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and entering fps on; the number will appear in the upper right corner of your screen. If vertical sync doesn't help, or you want to play in windowed mode, there are other approaches to try as well, but this is the easiest. Let me know if you need more help with this. Limiting fps is not so urgent that you can't experiment with the settings a bit, but you should definitely address it before settling in to play for a few hours.
As soon as the game is installed, be sure to limit your in-game framerates to protect the graphics card; this is necessary with any GPU fast enough to run Sims 3 on high or ultra graphics settings. The simplest way, if you play in fullscreen, is through the built-in Nvidia Control Panel: right-click on the desktop, select the Control Panel, then Manage 3D settings, then Program Settings, then choose TS3.exe (for an Origin install) or TS3W.exe (with the W, for a disc or Steam install), and enable vertical sync.
You can confirm that fps is locked at the refresh rate of your monitor (60 Hz) by bring up the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and entering fps on; the number will appear in the upper right corner of your screen. If vertical sync doesn't help, or you want to play in windowed mode, there are other approaches to try as well, but this is the easiest. Let me know if you need more help with this. Limiting fps is not so urgent that you can't experiment with the settings a bit, but you should definitely address it before settling in to play for a few hours.
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