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1need4kaffee

I may have just qualified for AARP, but I like to think my brain is not quite mush yet. This, however, is making me feel like a complete idi0t. @igazor @Simasaurus09 I started a new thread because I kinda felt like I was hijacking the other thread and her problems.

I added ts3.exe to the NVIDIA control panel and set program vsync to ON/Triple buffering ON. Didn't work.
I downloaded NVIDIA Inspector and pulled up both graphics card profiles for Sims 3. (see link)s291.photobucket.com/user/kaffeefiend/media/FPS_Puzzle.png.html?sort=3&o=0

They were already showing set for Force vsync ON but I hit "apply" just to be sure. My frame rate is between 200-300 in game. Any suggestions?

igazor

I can't see where it says you are working with TS3.exe specifically anywhere on the Inspector screens. But I can't verify where it's supposed to show up (would have thought on "Profile") because I don't have Nvidia, my card is AMD. Let's see what @Simasaurus09 or the others say.

1need4kaffee

The green bar across the top shows it?

1need4kaffee

I took that to mean it applied the settings to all 4 listed. Sims3.exe; ts3w.exe; ts3.exe and Sims3launcher.exe.

igazor

You're right, I couldn't see that until you pointed it out. But let's see what the others who actually have Nvidia cards and use Inspector say.

igazor

This is going to be of no help whatsoever, but more for amusement while we're waiting. I have been on AARP's outreach list ever since I was 20 and they were filling up my physical mailbox with "spam" trying to get me to join. I would have done something really creative with them when that started happening, but was far too busy with upcoming Uni finals and preparing for the GRE exams to pay them enough attention at the time. They started hitting on me again when I was in my 30s, again at a time when I was too busy to pay them much attention. Am still (or again) on their outreach mailing list today although I probably do qualify now even though I don't consider myself an "Elder" yet. Can't imagine how old their database must think I really am by now, 110 or something?

On a more practical less chatty note, the tool to try after Nvidia Inspector would usually be RivaTuner Stats Server (RTSS). But the dual card issue is bothering me. I know that TS3 doesn't work with SLI but am not entirely sure what steps one is supposed to take to make a single card work with the game properly in this instance.

1need4kaffee

LOL!! Yes, I too started getting AARP cards at 20. I assumed they confused me with my mother. Our names are one letter different. Probably not. They just wanted to plant the seed early. Now I am so insulted that I refuse to take that 10% discount. Good grief! I can't retire for another 17 years - or longer if Social Security moves the age again - what makes them think I am old?? And for the complete double standard, I still claim a "senior moment" now if I forget something.

I am Googling...most everything I have read says my SLI setting is correct at Single GPU.

Would it be bad to change the global settings for vertical sync on?

igazor

It wouldn't be a bad thing to try. The worst thing it can do is not work any better than what you already have in place.

1need4kaffee

Ok. There has to be something really simple I am doing wrong. Is there a hidden decimal on the FPS counter? It is still running in the high 200s and low 300s. This is nuts!

1need4kaffee

So thinking about the potentially glaringly obvious to all but me...would I have to reboot for the changes to take effect? There was no prompt for this so I have not rebooted my computer.

igazor

There is no decimal point on the in-game fps display, the one that shows up in a small dark circle. There is on some other tools that provide fps displays. Rebooting, again not sure since I don't use these tools, but worth a try?

We'll get this hammered down somehow. You can't be the only player on that hardware set and there are many more tools that can be used if the Nvidia ones are going to be stubborn (MSI Afterburner, for example). I just don't have any first-hand experience with them or with the dual card setup.

igazor

Ah, did we cover this yet? If relying on Nvidia's vsync, the game must be in full-screen mode. That flavor of vsync doesn't work in windowed mode.

1need4kaffee

Yes, I read that and I play in full screen. Plus Inspector is supposed to be the fix for windowed games and it didn't work either. Just for grins I asked my husband (I am the more techie of us) and he has found a solution. He is buying me a new monitor with built-in v-sync and super-fast FPS. Guaranteed to reduce tearing. ROFLMAO!!!

In a more serious note, I would still like to figure this out. I hate when the computer wins.

phoebebebe13

This might be a job for @chesterbigbird

chesterbigbird

Sorry if it's already been posted somewhere.. Can you tell me your specs?
BTW nice puppy

1need4kaffee

Thank you! He's a neurotic with a drool problem, but we love him! Abbreviated DXDiag. Let me know if I cut out something you need.

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1need4kaffee

@chesterbigbird Is that a Beagle in your pic? I had an awesome Beagle growing up. He was so loyal and fierce! But gullible....His housemate was a wire terrier mix and when she wanted the beanbag to herself she would go to the back door and bark like crazy. Sam would think there was a squirrel on the back fence and take off! Shoot, even the squirrels made fun of him. They would sit on the back fence at the mid-point of the yard and taunt Sam to come get them. Then when he took the bait they would race to the corner and run him into the fence. Hours of fun for all!

And thank you for your help!

chesterbigbird

1need4kaffee wrote: »

@chesterbigbird Is that a Beagle in your pic? I had an awesome Beagle growing up. He was so loyal and fierce! But gullible....His housemate was a wire terrier mix and when she wanted the beanbag to herself she would go to the back door and bark like crazy. Sam would think there was a squirrel on the back fence and take off! Shoot, even the squirrels made fun of him. They would sit on the back fence at the mid-point of the yard and taunt Sam to come get them. Then when he took the bait they would race to the corner and run him into the fence. Hours of fun for all!

And thank you for your help!

LMAO @ that squirrel game
She is a beagle X Jack Russell, I have been told by my Dad who had 2 pure beagles that she is mostly beagle.. Naughty loud but smart and loveable
She just had her 2nd birthday yesterday, I have had her since she was 4 weeks old.. love her like crazy

chesterbigbird

OK so have you made sure your Nvidia driver is up too date? And i prefer not to download or use Nvidia GeForce Experience as it can cause some issues.

1need4kaffee

Although I updated them May 23rd and the latest driver came out May 22nd, I was a month out of date. They are updated now and it didn't make a bit of difference. I set it to Vsync on and it is still running at 200 - 300 fps. And if I lower my graphics settings in the game it pushes 400 fps.

phoebebebe13

I did not check if this was asked. Are you in full screen mode or windowed mode?

1need4kaffee

Full screen. I have also tried Nvidia Inspector and that has not capped my frame rate.

phoebebebe13

You should be in full screen. Chester will be on later and maybe she has some other ideas. That 1.69 patch gives some issues with getting vsync to work and I don't know why.

igazor

Maybe it's time to try Afterburner or RTSS, pending Chester's additional thoughts. It's that dual card thing that's bugging me. There's something that sounds very familiar about this, the SLI option not being honored, something like that, but I can't remember exactly what players have done to get past this hurdle before.

phoebebebe13

@igazor SLI does not work on this game. One card would have to be disabled

igazor

phoebebebe13 wrote: »

@igazor SLI does not work on this game. One card would have to be disabled

Yes, I know that. But how, exactly? The OP has said this:

"I have dual GTX 680s in an SLI configuration but SLI is set to Single GPU for TS3 - I think I read other modes didn't work with TS3? If this is not the case please let me know."

Is "set SLI to Single for TS3" a different procedure from "disabling the card"? Should the second card be disabled from within the Device Manager before playing the game, or something more along those lines?