sims 3 and quadro p5000

@HarryPotter4444  I would be surprised if any Quadro cards were in the .sgr files Carl's site provides considering how uncommon they are.  And Quadro cards are not GTX or RTX cards, so they're technically not listed.

I haven't looked at those .sgr files myself, but I can tell you that it's standard to tell the game to assign 1-2 GB VRAM to the GPU because Sims 3 doesn't recognize the video memory of any new graphics cards.  Since the game can't use more than 800 MB anyway, and that value is more than enough for a maximum rating, it's easier to use that one value rather than creating a separate edited graphicsrules.sgr for each card that comes along.

Are you seeing a GPU rating of 1 with the edited files or with the originals?  Either way, it's fixable, and I'd be happy to show you how.  It's not difficult at all to edit the files yourself, and you can keep the originals as backup just in case.  I do need the device ID of the card, which you'll see two lines below the found and matched values.

@puzzlezaddict Ok, I see my CPU is rated a 3 and I do see the original DeviceConfig file says (towards the top):

CPU:             GenuineIntel
    Brand:       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
    Family:      6
    Model:       15
    Cores:       4
    HT:          1
    x64:         0

Does this mean the game is properly recognizing the CPU? If it is, do you recommend, with the CPU in mind, editing the graphicsrules.sgr file, anyways? I ask this question because the GraphicRules file has it set as:

seti cpuLevelUber 4
seti cpuLevelHigh 3
seti cpuLevelMedium 2
seti cpuLevelLow 1

For now, I'll just edit anything related to the GPU until I get a response.

Yes, I'll edit the original .sgr files and it changed the GPU rating to 5. Also, the DeviceConfig file now says [Found: 1, Matched: 1] but the Graphic Rules file still says:

seti cpuLevelUber 4
seti cpuLevelHigh 3
seti cpuLevelMedium 2
seti cpuLevelLow 1

Edit: rephrased a question.

@HarryPotter4444  The game is recognizing the processor but is rating it as a 3 (high) instead of 4 (uber), which doesn't represent the CPU's capabilities.  Like I said earlier, the game only takes the base clock speed into account because that was the right answer for 2009; this processor would be running in turbo mode the whole time you were playing, so that's the speed that should dictate the rating.  And besides, any model from the last few years is going to be a lot more efficient per clock cycle than any model available when Sims 3 was made.

Having said that, you don't really need to change the values if you don't want to—depending on your playstyle, you might not even notice any differences.  Just keep it in mind if you're not seeing the number of sims out on the town that you'd like.

The edits for the graphics card did work, but that won't overwrite the graphics settings the game has already stored.  You can either raise the settings yourself (and do so at the Main Menu, then quit to desktop before loading a save), or you can trash options.ini, which will force the game to spawn a new one, this time with the default settings for your now properly-rated graphics card.

Ok, awesome! I changed the CPU information and the gameplay is smoother, now. Thank you so much for the help @puzzlezaddict and I really appreciate it. I trashed the options.ini file and the game reacted the way you said. The settings are now set as shown in the attachment. Since I'm now focused on playing Sims 4, I'll try changing the settings to the highest possible and compare it to the default settings (again, shown in the attachment) at a later time. Once more, thank you for the help!

Edit: I forgot to add "at a later time." Also, notice that I said the gameplay is smoother and not smooth. I suspect it's because I have a lot of mods installed.

@HarryPotter4444  Sims 3 is unfortunately never completely smooth, although it can come close under the right circumstances.  Some worlds run better than others, so try playing in Sunset Valley to set a baseline for performance even if you'd prefer not to have a long-term save there.  And if you use NRaas StoryProgression, try turning the overall speed to Snail (the slowest) and see whether it helps.  You don't have to play like that long-term either, but here again, you'll at least know how much of an impact SP is having.

An alternative is to try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto the desktop, and when you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  Don't add anything to it yet; just start a(nother) new save in SV and see how it runs.  When you have your answer, you can trash the new Sims 3 folder and put the old one back, and it'll be like you never changed anything.

Another possible reason your game might not be totally smooth is if you're playing at a different resolution than the native res of your monitor.  In this case, it's fine if your monitor is 1366x768, but if it runs higher, either user that resolution or play in windowed mode.

If you're able to mess with the game's program files, it's worth looking into the Smooth Patch by LazyDuchess.  (It lifts the 30 tasks-per-second restriction on CPU use and lets you set it to whatever you want, 500 by default.)  I use version 1.0 and it's great; the newest version has a few more options but should still work quite well.  The processor running the game can certainly handle the extra load.