Re: Sims 3 graphics card/framerates
@puzzlezaddict I've been playing around with it for a bit and I don't think editing the graphics files is the problem. Repairing the game through Origin does not fix anything, but spawning a new game folder does fix the problem. I tried going in and out of the game to see when it would stop working and the problem seems to start when I change the graphics settings in game. I don't know if it is because I set them too high (I set most of them to the highest setting) or if it is a specific one that causes the problem (I haven't tested that yet, seems like it might take a while to go through them all). I've tried this both with the graphics card unrecognized and with the graphics files changed to recognize it, the problem happens with both.
I did update some things in Windows Update when I got the computer this Tuesday, and I guess the GPU driver was also updated that day. The game doesn't crash as such it just freezes (or seems to do so as the mouse is sometimes still there and moveable) so I have to either reboot the computer or sometimes I can ctrl+alt+delete and sign out so it forces the game to close. If I just leave it be, it stays on the frozen black screen.
Edit: the black screen happens when launching the game but also when exiting it after having changed the in game graphics settings.