Re: How many of you run Windows 10 with sims 3?

@silverwood02  As far as I know, the built-in fps limiter has never worked on any system.  It certainly doesn't work in Windows 10, and players running 7 and 8.1 also have to cap their frame rates manually.  It doesn't work on the mac side, either, at least with the more recent versions of OS X.

When TS3 was released, the graphics cards in existence weren't capable of throwing high enough frame rates to require a limiter at all.  Many other games from the same time didn't have one either.  Even now, there are plenty of lower-end and some mid-range cards that don't need fps capped.  It's sometimes recommended anyway if a player is seeing strange graphics glitches, since some of the tools can help with that too.

Even though you haven't mentioned which Nvidia card you have (I don't think), you said on the official forums that it might have 6 GB VRAM.  That would suggest it's an Nvidia 1060, which definitely needs fps to be capped.  Another player with the same card mentioned to me once that his fps was around 3000 when not limited, and that could damage any card if it ran long enough.

Anyway, this is all speculation until you find out what card you have and/or check your in-game fps.  A few minutes of testing isn't going to do any harm.  Of course, neither is using an fps limiter when you don't require it.

OK thanks. The card is the 1050 with 6 GB. I am installing sims 3 as I write this, so will test and post if I need help of if it works ok.

Ok - I have installed Sims 3 with world adventures, late night, Ambitions and Monte Vista. The game loaded ok, and I checked the FPS - it come in around 300-400. So I am guessing that is too high? Reading all your info, am I right in saying if I click the Sims 3 profile in Nvidia and set the screen frequency to that of the monitor (60) that should do it?

Keith

@silverwood02  Yes, you're going to want to bring down that fps.  I can't tell you how to lock it in beyond the screenshots in the post I linked because I have an AMD card, so the Nvidia tools don't work for me.  If you're playing in fullscreen mode, the Control Panel settings under the first spoiler in that link may be enough to lock fps to 60, or whatever your monitor's refresh rate happens to be.  But if that doesn't help, or if you play in windowed mode, you'll need Inspector.

And if you downloaded from Origin, make sure to use TS3.exe (not TS3w) to set up the game's profile.  TS3w.exe is for disc and Steam installs.

OK thanks again.