This isn't you?
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/940101/how-to-lower-fps
Regardless, the post below is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to limit fps with an Nvidia card. Even though it's in response to a slightly different issue, phoebe's advice is great. (Actually, looks she's around on the forums right now.)
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15362696/#Comment_15362696
Oh right that is me, when I posted on here I wasn't able to post on the sims forum for some reason but now I can. I thought it best then to leave the post here and make a new one there to make sure I get enough responses.
I've already done what's been suggested in the link you posted. I'm unable to cap the fps in both windowed and fullscreen mode unlike the OP in that link so I can't really use their post to help me ☹️
But thank you for trying to help 🙂
The reason I recommended that particular post was so that you could make sure you'd gone through every step listed, and to include the links phoebe provided at the end. But now I see that igazor has replied to your forum post, so I'll let him handle this. I'd trust whatever he has to say on the matter, as he's the one I'd ask if I were having fps problems.
@RaisinsGirlELou Many people have reported the Nvidia fps limiter is broken. Many people with ATI (AMD) have used MSI Afterburner. As this is a third party program it should work with Nvidia chips also.
Hey @roberta591 I thought you should know that the OP got a lot of help this afternoon over at the forums (as in, way more than I could have provided). It turns out to be as much as hardware issue as anything, as in, neither the processor nor the graphics card is good enough to run TS3. Given the consensus from the experts over there, the OP is understandably disappointed and may not be back here looking for any more help.
Here's the thread, if you're interested:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/940101/how-to-lower-fps
