GPU Memory 1

[xcascam]

I have a GTX 980 Ti, obviously not in the game's database. So I followed that guide over on the wiki for getting the game to recognize new cards (basically edited GraphicsCards and GraphicsRules and added in my card's name), and now DeviceConfig says Found 1; Matched 1. So that's all find and dandy. Then I noticed that the DeviceConfig lists my GPU memory as 1, while everything is max. I did some Googling and the only workaround I could find was to go into GraphicsRules again and edit these lines:

seti gpumemLevelUber 4
seti gpumemLevelHigh 3
seti gpumemLevelMedium 2
seti gpumemLevelLow 1

And I changed all the values to 4 so no matter what it thinks my VRAM is uber.

Then I noticed that in DeviceConfig, next to Texture Memory, it said something like 32MB <<OVERRIDE>>. So I looked around and changed these lines:

seti textureMemory 32
setb textureMemorySizeOK false

to

seti textureMemory 1024
# setb textureMemorySizeOK false

Now next to Texture Memory it says 1024MB.

That's all I've done. I can run the game pretty much at a constant 60 FPS, with occasional microstutters but I've come to believe these are just part and parcel of The Sims 3.

Thing is, I've read that these workarounds for texture memory and GPU memory either don't really do anything or can be harmful to your GPU/CPU. I'm at a bit of a loss here. Does anyone think they could enlighten me on how this works and whether or not I'm taking the right steps to get my GPU recognized and optimized? Thanks

[MrsFlynn]

Thank you for your question. We'll need to do a little research on it, and get back to you.

[Flynn Arrowstarr]

Hi, xcascam.

The tweaks you made shouldn't hurt your graphics card as it isn't utilizing the full power of the card and therefore not stressing the card. Where some concern would come in is if you were trying to do this type of tweaking with an underpowered graphics card to force it to run at higher settings than it can manage. There are programs you can download that will help monitor your graphics card's temperature and fan speed, but you shouldn't have to worry about that too much in this instance.

Hope this helps and happy Simming!

Flynn