Does The Sims 3 run well on Windows 10?
Hi :) I would like to try and play The Sims 3 again as I never really got into it the first time. How well does it run on Windows 10? (I tried to google the answer but couldn't really find anythin...
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The goal for the upper limit would be the refresh rate of your monitor. Most are 60 Hz, so that's 60 fps but some can run higher. If you aren't sure what yours is, right-click on your desktop, Display Properties, Advanced Display Properties, and it should be one of about six things that show up there.
To see the actual frame rates you are getting in-game, Ctrl+Shift+C to bring up the cheats console and type fps on (enter). As you play and move the game camera around, the displayed fps rate should never exceed 60 or whatever the refresh of your monitor is. To make the display go away, cheats console again and type fps off (enter).
To cap the rates, first we try the Nvidia Control Panel. Set up a profile for the correct executable program, that's TS3.exe (for Patch 1.69/Origin) or TS3w.exe (with the "w" for 1.67/Disc or Steam). Set Vertical Sync to On or Adaptive (whichever one works better), Triple Buffering to On, and if your Control Panel is new enough it will include a setting to explicitly designate a maximum frame rate at or just under the refresh rate goal (so usually 60 or 59.something).
If the above is not enough to keep things locked in, or the Control Panel does not include a max rate setting and vertical sync alone does not do the job sufficiently, then we move on and add Nvidia Inspector which includes its own maximum frame rate setting that it will apply on top of the Control Panel settings.
To see the actual frame rates you are getting in-game, Ctrl+Shift+C to bring up the cheats console and type fps on (enter). As you play and move the game camera around, the displayed fps rate should never exceed 60 or whatever the refresh of your monitor is. To make the display go away, cheats console again and type fps off (enter).
To cap the rates, first we try the Nvidia Control Panel. Set up a profile for the correct executable program, that's TS3.exe (for Patch 1.69/Origin) or TS3w.exe (with the "w" for 1.67/Disc or Steam). Set Vertical Sync to On or Adaptive (whichever one works better), Triple Buffering to On, and if your Control Panel is new enough it will include a setting to explicitly designate a maximum frame rate at or just under the refresh rate goal (so usually 60 or 59.something).
If the above is not enough to keep things locked in, or the Control Panel does not include a max rate setting and vertical sync alone does not do the job sufficiently, then we move on and add Nvidia Inspector which includes its own maximum frame rate setting that it will apply on top of the Control Panel settings.
