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NikkeiSimmer
Rising Adventurer
6 years ago

GTX 1050 OC. 2GB; Can it run TS3 on ultra

Kicking the tires around a “new in box” Gigabyte GTX 1050OC (not going to chance one of those fake cards imported from overseas - has to be one of the big 3 MSI, Gigabyte or EVGA; if I’m feeling adventurous that list may expand to include Zotac); getting cheesed off with only being able to play TS3 on med to low graphics settings and am trying to get cheaply into a graphics card.

Just wondering if it’s possible to run TS3 on the highest graphics settings with a 1050 OC (not a Ti)

I’m also taking a hard look at the used cards as due to the bitcoin craze going on right now, brand new GPU prices are insane.

As far as this list https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/400739/outdated-new-supported-graphics-card-list is concerned. If I’m reading itcorrectly. Any of the cards listed in red are able to play Sims 3 at ultra high resolution settings?
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    igazor
    6 years ago
    That list was last updated over four years ago. This one is more up to date. Although it doesn't yet take into account the newest GTX 1600 series, all of which (as far as I know) are fine.
    https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements

    One thing we can be sure of is that a GTX 1050 (non-Ti) will run things better and at higher graphics settings than its predecessors provided that the system it is running in has the required power supply and cooling systems to support it. I don't know about everything being on Ultra across the board, there may be some trade-off issues on performance by doing so and different players' experiences will vary. There is a point though which is reached for most users at or around the GTX 1060 and its equivalents in the 1600 series after which GPU improvements are lost on the game, as it is only designed to use up to 800 MB of vram.

    Does that help at all? I know you have other uses for your computers, certainly you will feel/see the difference between a 1050 and the higher end cards when performing professional photography rendering tasks.

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