Hello, I heard many times it's not good to have higher frame rate than 60 frame rates at the sims 3 and I actually don't know why it's not good and what happens if I have 120 frame rates while playing the sims 3? I searched on web and saw higher frame rates makes the game smooth well. I appreciate all helpings and replies. Thank you. :)

It's not the TS3 program that is the deciding factor on where to cap frame rates, it's your monitor. If you have a 60 Hz monitor/screen, than any frames per second above 60 fps your monitor cannot interpret and they are the equivalent of digital noise being generated for no useful purpose. If you have a 120 Hz or higher monitor, then the frame rate can be safely capped at such a higher rate.Most flat screen monitors sold in the US are 60 Hz, even the high end Apple ones (or whatever brand they are selling today) for high precision video editing. Game enthusiasts will seek out those with higher refresh rates and the markets in some countries seem to have settled on 75 Hz as the standard for casual use for whatever reason, hence some differences.The issue with TS3 in particular is that like other games of its development era it has no functional built-in fps limiter and the higher end video cards being sold today can run wild on it, generating fps in the many hundreds or thousands. Besides being horrible for game performance and leading to graphics glitches, lag, screen tears, and crashes, this is potentially harmful to the system and can burn its components out if left unfixed.

Depends on your monitor. If the native refresh rate of your monitor is 120, then having the game's FPS capped at 120 is fine. However, if your monitor's refresh rate is 60, there's no benefit at all to capping your frame rate higher than 60. The danger is that if uncapped, the frame rate will run in the hundreds and needlessly tax your graphics card. The advice to limit frame rate to 60 is due to the fact that in the past most LCD monitors had a refresh rate of 60. But that's changing as newer monitors might have a higher refresh rate.

The human eye cannot "see" refresh rates that high, meaning you might not really be missing much. There can be a difficult to define difference in quality between let's say 30 Hz and 60, but not to the extent that it's really obvious. Where 144 Hz and higher monitors come in would be for games like first person shooters where split-second accuracy can be helpful for the player to succeed. But sims games don't work that way, time management in the game is much more relaxed than that. As I like to keep saying, your sim was going to burn those waffles and be late for work anyway.The reason I asked if you had an iMac is that I am pretty sure none of them have monitors above 60 Hz and it's not like we can swap them out even if we wanted to. Even the super fancy iMac Pro beginning at $5,000 (USD) has a 60 Hz monitor (actually made by LG), I don't believe there is any such thing as a 5k monitor that can run at higher refresh rates.

"Indieblue;c-17359618" wrote:There was weird sound coming from my gpu so i checked afterburner and the frame rate was 3000 o.0Hopefully you will not be playing TS3 any longer until you get those fps rates capped. Let us know if you need help with that. High pitched whining noises coming from the GPU are definitely a symptom of an overworked card on its way to burning out.

"Indieblue;c-17359681" wrote:Btw, do you have any idea on the optimized game setting for 1060gtx super, i5 9400f, 16 ram? i havent played it yet(planning to play on the next weekend! :) i finally bought a new computer lol) but i am already too scared to play it especially on high setting lol!If you mean the game's built-in options, on that hardware you should be able to play on all of the highest settings. We do usually recommend that Reflection Quality (Water & Mirrors) be set to a medium setting and High Detail Lots be set no higher than 2 at least to begin with as both settings use up a lot of game resources for relatively little benefit compared to the others. As ongoing games progress they tend to use more and more RAM, so anything we can do to relieve stress on the game while preserving gameplay becomes important due to the game's 32-bit resource limitations.If you mean your Nvidia card's settings, that would take more of a GPU expert to advise on but in the end I expect much of that will come down to trial, error, and player preferences.

Have a question about the frame rate at the sims 3

eydye
5 years ago
There was weird sound coming from my gpu so i checked afterburner and the frame rate was 3000 o.0
eydye
5 years ago
> @igazor said:
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> Hopefully you will not be playing TS3 any longer until you get those fps rates capped. Let us know if you need help with that. High pitched whining noises coming from the GPU are definitely a symptom of an overworked card on its way to burning out.

Yep. I already capped it on to 59 ;) (my monitor fps is 59) thanks for the concern though! Btw, do you have any idea on the optimized game setting for 1060gtx super, i5 9400f, 16 ram? i havent played it yet(planning to play on the next weekend! :) i finally bought a new computer lol) but i am already too scared to play it especially on high setting lol!
Lilinss
5 years ago
I checked the rate when playing and it's around 100-150, and my monitor Hz is 60. How can i cape it accordingly? I have an AMD Radeon graphic card btw, I tried looking around but only found outdated solutions.
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@Nikkei_Simmer I'm sure you know that a 5700XT is massive overkill for TS3; even the older RX 570 or 580 would be more than enough. If you want new tech, an Nvidia 1650 would be plenty, and a 1660 more power than the game could ever use. With the new 1660 Super out now, the regular 1660 might be discounted as well. And although it doesn't matter for TS3, the 16-series Nvidia cards are significantly faster than the comparable 10-series models for heavy photo and video editing.

Also, I'm not sure how much it matters to you, but AMD driver support these days is... less than impressive. Nvidia might be more expensive, but there's a benefit to the price premium.
Lilinss
5 years ago
No worries @igazor !

I tested in-game today and it did lower the rate but it still goes in the 100 sometimes. I'll try out the 2nd trick and let you guys know!
NikkeiSimmer
Seasoned Adventurer
5 years ago
@ingridmf That’s awesome. When I was able to play I was operating off an integrated chip so couldn't control fps off that

When I do get back to playing I’ll hopefully be running off a better computer with a good CPU and a dedicated graphics card.

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