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Re: Best laptop for sims 3

@NameesaiLayy  You're right about your current laptop: it's not going to run Sims 3 very well no matter what you do.  (It would probably run Sims 2 just fine though.)  The Omen, on the other hand, is overkill for Sims 3.  That's not a problem; I'm just saying you don't need to spend that much money if you don't want to.  If you want to see other suggestions, just ask.  On the other hand, if you like this laptop for other reasons, then go ahead and buy it.

Once you have the laptop, this one or anything else similar, you'll need to take steps to limit your in-game framerates.  If you need help with this process, just ask.  But there's no point in discussing it until you have the laptop in front of you and can actually test.

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  • NameesaiLayy's avatar
    NameesaiLayy
    4 years ago

    I would love some other suggestions and the steps to limit in-game framerates. Thank you.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @NameesaiLayy  Sorry I didn't get back to you this afternoon; I was kind of busy today.  At any rate, since you've already bought the Omen (which is an excellent gaming laptop, no criticism here), the only question is how to limit in-game framerates.

    The reason I said it was better to wait until you had the laptop and had installed Sims 3 was that you'll need to test in-game to see whether a given setting works.  Laptops with dual graphics, as this one has, may or may not respond to settings within the built-in Nvidia Control Panel, but that's the place to start.  Right-click on the desktop, select the Control Panel, choose Manage 3D Settings > Program settings, and choose ts3.exe (Origin install) or ts3w.exe (with the w, disc or Steam install).  Scroll down to Max Frame Rate and set it to the refresh rate of your laptop's screen.

    If you don't know the refresh rate, right-click on the desktop and select Display settings, then Advanced Display Settings, and you'll see the value listed in Hz (Hertz).  It's likely 60 or 144, perhaps 120; in any case, that's the limit you want to set.  You can also enable vertical sync in the same place as the max frame rate.  This only applies in fullscreen mode but does help prevent graphics glitches.

    Load the game, open the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and enter "fps on" without quotes.  A number will appear in the upper-right corner of the screen, and it should never go above the limit you've set.  If it does, that means the Nvidia Control Panel settings aren't holding, so you'll need to use an outside tool.  If this is the case, let me know whether you play only in fullscreen mode, or you plan to play in windowed mode at least some of the time.

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