Sims 4 Massive FPS Drops
I have had issues with the game randomly dropping to 15-20 fps for extended periods of time, sometimes nearly 30 minutes which makes playing difficult. I have lowered resolution and graphics settings...
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@rostsit This is not uncommon if you have a laptop (or an all-in-one desktop) with dual GPUs: the Nvidia Control Panel setting doesn't actually affect the framerates. You'd instead need to use a third-party tool like Rivatuner Statistics Server to manually impose an fps limit. I don't know whether this would help with the screen tearing, but it's easy to try.
It should also be noted that vertical sync doesn't work in windowed mode regardless of the hardware configuration.
Never used windowed mode for any game.
I have Rivatuner Statistics Server installed, haven't tried to use it for FPS limit. I will, thanks.
Ok, so I've tested the Rivatuner:
1. FPS is shown to be limited. FPS drops occurs, but only briefly - I guess this is normal.
2. Despite FPS is "limited" - tearing is still there! I guess Rivatuner limitation method is not supported by the game engine ☹️
@rostsit I'm not surprised the screen tearing is still present. Vertical sync is the only thing that reliably makes it disappear, although some players see significant improvements from just using an fps cap. It really depends on the system.
Do you have a laptop or all-in-one desktop with an integrated graphics chip? If so, check the Intel or AMD graphics control panel for a vertical sync setting, and if you find one, test whatever options you see. I don't have a dual-GPU laptop to test with myself, so I can't tell you exactly what you'll find.
If you have a desktop with only the one graphics card, the question becomes why the Nvidia Control Panel setting isn't working. In that case, please post a dxdiag.
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
I have a laptop with dual GPU, and NVIDIA control panel, as I've mentioned above, doesn't affect the game.
I am not sure what Intel control panel would do, I don't use Intel graphics for gaming.
@rostsit Unless your laptop has a MUX switch, which it probably doesn't, all the graphics data gets passed through the Intel graphics chip before being displayed on-screen. So limiting fps in the Intel control panel can help here even when the Nvidia card is doing all of the initial graphics processing.
@puzzlezaddictback from vacation at last and I was able to test this. It seems to be working. Kinda. I have to test this for a longer period. What's I'm sure about is that Intel limit works, no tearing. FPS drops still occurs, but only short ones, I guess this is normal. No prolonged drops detected so far. Thank you.
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