*I now recommend everyone to use the automated graphics card matching program:* www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/106 This will eliminate the first ~20 minutes of this tutorial. *Therefore, you can start the tutorial at **21:17**.* - *IF YOUR GAME ISN'T LAUNCHING, AND IT DELETES YOUR DEVICECONFIG.LOG, YOU LIKELY MESSED UP WHEN EDITING GRAPHICSRULES.sgr.* Lots of people are stating that their deviceconfig.log automatically deletes. This is because you messed up adding your graphics card to the GraphicsRules.sgr file (16:19). You need to compare what you have against mine. Pay CLOSE attention. You more than likely *have an extra ) right before where you're supposed to add your graphics card type (the 'GTX 10??' part), and removing that extra ) fixes most people's problems.* If this does not work for you, please perform a game repair on the EA App. - I keep getting the question, "If I have ___ amount of VRAM, what do I put?" Without further ado, here are VRAM numbers that I didn't include in the video! 1gb - 1024 (will be utilizing all your vram) 2gb - 1024 4gb - 2048 6gb - 3072 8gb - 4098 16gb - 8192

"you don't want internet connectivity on your game" me, a pirate: i don't have a choice

YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE RECOGNITION BECAUSE I JUST DID EVERYTHING FROM THIS VID AND IT SAVED MY GAME!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, I HAVE NEVER PLAYED THIS GAME SO SMOOTH

Dude, 2 years later and this was still so extremely helpful!!! Used it on my Sims 3 and Sims Medieval :) Thank you so much

Also, use Save cleaner! Very important! It cleans your save, deletes all the accumulated bullshit and reduces the size. I play in huge custom worlds with over 200 sims and about 120 service sims. I started with 100 homemade pretty sims and now after all the mariages etc they're up to 200. These files become huge. After cleaning it usually reduces 1/4 of the size or more and it plays amazing. This way your files don't get corrupted and you can keep them for years. (always make back ups every now and then though).

i impulsively just uninstalled all my sims 3 games for a fresh start and forgot how much i struggled doing this the first time around omggg like- why am doing math and coding to play my silly little game 😭😭 thank you so much for this tutorial, definitely a life saver

This has gotta me the the most thorough and indepth fix guide i have seen for any game. Holy shit, thank you so much for taking the time and effort to do this

SO easy to follow! It's a small thing, but the way you use the cursor to point out what you are showing us rather than flinging it around the screen really helped lol. Thank you so much for this!

Just in case people are confused like I was, to find what number you need to put in seti texturememory take your vram, divide it by two, then times that number by 1024. I have 12gb of vram so I did 6 x 1024 and got 6144. Hope that helps

Thank you, thank you thank you! These tricks coupled with Lazy Duchess's smooth patch literally have saved the sims 3 for me

You saved my life! Sims 3 is currently my favourite from the franchise, however the lag KILLS ME everytime since I've started playing it in 2011, which led me to deleting all my saves and restarting again many times. Now I can run it smoothly and you explained everything so well for us Sims dummies! Thank you sm! You got a new subscriber ;)

I’m so loving you atm. Looks and runs so much better. Basically my card was barely being used and looked up everywhere thinking story progression was my problem

just came here to thank you!! i did everything recommended on the video and now my the sims is even more fun to play!!! now my CAS is smooth af srsly i used to spend like hours creating a sim because of how much horrible to download my stuff it used to be, the gameplay is so much more pleasurable like i can actually move the camera freely without fear. you are the best fr you won a new subscriber 💗💗🥰🥰

Didn't know I needed this! Thanks so much for being so patient and thorough!

It is the year 2022 and 1 this all still works 2 THANK YOU! My game has never worked this well before and I appreciate how user friendly you made everything. I know nothing about computers and was able to easily follow this. Also thank you for your Nraas videos, never understood how to use them but now I do.

Thank you so much for making this! I had already applied most of these fixes however my game still wasn't recognizing my graphics card and I had no idea. Safe to say between recognizing my graphics card and limiting my framerate, my game is running a lot better!

girl tysm omfg the graphics card part took me only a trillion years but I finally got it matched😭🥺ty for helping me rediscover the sims 3 entirely!

omg give me a break, i just watched all your past videos, and SPENT 2 days adjusting now you came up with a new video !!! HAHA good job!

YOU ARE A LITERAL QUEEN FOR THIS VIDEO, thank you so much omg 😩💜

the fact that you already had this done and you took an hour to explain tells a lot about your person, thank you so much!! 💚💚

you're an ANGEL for this. back on my sims 3 obsession and this was necessary.

That's the best 'fix the Sims 3 tutorial'! I'm definitely coming back to the game this week after watching your video 😍

Wow. Thank you so much for the video. I haven't really tested my game after applying your tips, yet. But I still wanted to thank you for the work you put into this video.

I used to crash every half hour at minimum; and I'd gotten to the point where I just had to decide whether it was worth the frustration and anxiety of saving every five minutes lol. Since following this guide I have not crashed ONCE. That is HUGE. Thank you so much

THANK YOU SO MUCH! ive tried to do other tutorials and twitter threads advices but i dont know anything about computers so i was messing it up :( now ive already fixed my game and its perfect! thank u so much ily

i want to say a BIG thank you for your tutorials. They are SO helpful ! thank you for taking the time to help us sims newbies :) 💚 much appreciated

I'm totally computer illiterate, like really extremely horrible. Just wanted to say you did such a awesome job of explaining the first video item of installing your graphics card that even I was able to do it! Really thank you very much for taking the time to make a video on this. You made a very confusing topic easy to follow and execute. My game has never looked so good! Very much appreciate it.

i used this awhile ago but i realized i never commented on it. this tutorial is the reason im able to play sims 3 at all right now. without this tutorial i would never know how to get my graphics card recognized. now i can play the game with max graphics settings and get a steady 60 fps. thank you so much

Thank you so much, this video is a bit old now but it worked for me. I got tired of the repetitive gameplay that the Sims 4 has to offer, and wanted to reinstall the Sims 3 but realised it was running worse on my new PC compared to my old and now broken laptop. These fixes solved that for me!

ah! you're an angel, i've been messing with settings all week to get optimal performance & this helped a lot. thank you so much!

Thank you for this! It’s amazing to see how much work you do! And it shows, your videos are always great quality!!!

This tutorial is sooo good. I used it on my own computer, my boyfriend's and my best friend's one. Everybody had different graphic cards etc. but it always worked. Thank you so much for this. 🙏🏼

you are an actual angel, thank you so much for making this video

Thank you sm for this tutorial! Im at work rn currently lol but I am def getting on this when I get home tn 💕

THE EDITING GIRL!!!! this vid is so good

Thank you so so much! You explained everything in easiest way possible!!!! THIS VIDEO HELPED ME SOOO MUCH, I LOVE YOU YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!!! YOU'RE AN ANGEL!!!

You are doing god's work girl!! I've got an RTX 2070, which the Sims 3 config rated as Level 1 (the lowest), and was only using 32 meg of VRAM. No wonder the machine was running hot enough to burn my fingers (though it was running without lag once everything loaded). Much improvements, faster loads (though still incredibly long compared to anything else) and smoother gameplay. I may even swing by the Sims 3 store to pick up some new worlds to try now that it's running so well.

this is the most useful video on this whole site! thank you so much for making the tutorial. with this i managed to get both the sims 3 and the sims medieval to recognise my graphics card!

wow, thanks a bunch. My GC wasn't recognized and I had absolute murder lag in the tombs. Following your instructions, it now loads way faster and runs like a dream :))

I'm Brazilian, these changes made all the difference in my game, now I can play without any kind of lag. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Your tutorial videos are a godsend, and this one is no different. Thank you so much for sharing!!! 😁🙏🏾 I have a 5 YO pc and have done A TON to make my game work well and there were still a few things that I didn’t know about that you shared so, I really appreciate it. 😊

This was so NEEDED !!!! i have immaculate specs and the sims 3 was running like it was the day after thanksgiving XD PLEASE!!!

it worked! i had graphic issues and now everything is fine! THANK YOU, BETTER THAN EA SUPPORT SERVICE.

The clearest explanation of how to edit those sgr files. The ONLY clear one, really. My card is found and matched! Thank you!!!!!

Amazing video, thank you so much!! I've been playing since 2009 and I never knew any of this 😭😭😂 so worth watching the whole thing

Thank you so much!!!

Thanks for your guide! I used to avoid using Bridgeport (even though I love it to death) due to the routing issues but I had no idea a fixed version exists. I just recreated my real family and I am going to give it another go with all these fixes applied. Here's hoping everything works okay 🤞

Thank you so so much for your effort explaining everything and sharing your knowledge! I'm pretty sure you helped a lot of people with this video! Well explained and how you're displaying the information helps so so much understanding the process. So again, Thank you a lot for your effort!!!

Clicked on this video cause I've been wanting to get back into the sims 3 and we have the same desktop wallpaper, kinda trippy but cool lol

Thank you so so much for this!! I love the Sims 3 and have been playing it since I was little. Thank you so so much!! Finally my game can run and not crash after 10 minutes of gameplay haha :D

This is the second time I've used this tutorial (the first was in 2021), and I appreciate it so much. Thanks for making this.

35:50 *SCREAMS* Thank you for showing me where this option is! I think I briefly saw it when I reinstalled the game and had to reconfigure my settings, but for some reason didn't uncheck it. And then I couldn't find it again when I wanted to turn it off. So thank you for showing me where it is!

Thank you so much! I didn't even realize Sims 3 didn't recognize my gfx card. I haven't had a stable and lag free game since 2009. I combined this with the lazydutchess smoothpatch, and it makes easy breezy covergirl lag

Thank you for making this. I needed it🥰🥰🥰

All I knew about was Nraas (and Lazy Duchess' Smooth Patch) bc I haven't played this game since 2021 and I had no clue about the fixed worlds! Definitely installing those now, will be helpful on my new saves :) Thanks so much for making these in-depth and easy-to-follow videos about fixes and mods for Sims 2 and 3 as I love those games and they're a pain to run on modern Windows computers and laptops w/ out crashes and lag

I LOVE YOU OMG. MY GAME RUN SOO MUCH SMOOTHER AFTER THIS. ESPECIALLY AFTER RESET THE WHOLE TOWN. GONNA HELP MY SISTER TOMORROW I MEAN TODAY ITS 4AM LOL. THANK YOUUU

I feel myself like a coder hacking the system hahaha. But thank you, your explanation was super understandable and thorough, really helpful!!!

Very very useful and well explained, thank you. Right now I'm on a Lenovo laptop with an integrated gpu but today they're pretty powerful so balancing it for the game the way you suggested helps me a lot. Not to mention all the other optimizations.

I felt blessed when i found this video, thank you for make this guide

the best guide so far i found,thank you for that

This is so freakin effective!!

This video is absolutely fantastic! Thank you! Would you ever consider making a video on best-practice TS3 CC (folder organizing, using packages instead of sims3packs, avoiding conflicting cc, finding bad cc etc, polycounts)? Your videos are so well explained and thorough I think that would be so invaluable. :)

I caved and downloaded sims 3 again. this is a lifesaver! good work 😊

Yes! It worked! Thanks so much, Ive been trying to figure this out forever!

You are the GOAT. Just finished doing everything and oh...my gosh. Runs smooth like butter!! and my DCBackup....I HAD 5GB SITTING THERE. You just got yourself a new subscriber, found you through the lazyduchess smoothness video.

Thank you for sharing this amazing tutorial! I haven't had trouble with Sims 3 running terribly on my current PC but the better performance definitely helped. If you don't mind answering, how did you get an animated wallpaper on your desktop? It's absolutely stunning!

Thank you soooooo much for the graphic pairings advice, it helped ALOT!

My game runs beautifully now. Thank you so much!

So I've done all these fixes, very helpful guide! Im still getting screen tearing. Do you have a fix or process for that?

My game is running so much better thx!

You are such a kind angel, thank you for this

Thank you for explaining the graphics card situation 😊

I'm not sure if everything has changed since windows 11 came out but almost none of these instructions worked for me

Thank you for your video. I haven't played Sims 4 for about 18 months because I felt it was a big step back from Sims 3. I was going to reinstall Sims 3 again but after watching your video I changed my mind. I am an old man and I don't have the patience to do all that just play a game, I think id is an elderly thing. Thanks again for your time and effort.

Thank you so much! helped the lag spikes tremendously!

Hey girl, I'm following this tutorial (I didn't even know that my game didn't recognize my graphics card!) but at the sections where you're talking about the 'seti textureMemory', my card (AMD Radeon HD 8210) has no vRAM and uses the main memory of my system (this is what the website told me) and I was wondering what I should put instead or if I can put anything at all? Thank you so much for your help! 💫

Thank you so so so so much! This video has helped me so much with my game. You are the real MVP of 2021 🙌🙌🙌 I had over 8 GB in my DCBackup folder 😅. Seriously you are so amazing! My sims 3 lags but I just can’t play ts4. I love have an open world. There’s nothing like it. Thanks for saving my game ❤️

I love your PC's wallpaper. Life is strange before the storm, such a great and underrated game. One of my favourites.

Like the others commenting, I want to say thank you for this video! Seriously… I wish I could keep pushing the like button! You made this whole process so so much easier! Thank you! 💕💕

This video is super well done! Step by step, very detailed. I just had one quick question. Are you require to change the Graphic Cards if your Device Config says: Found: 0, Match: 1 ? I don't really recall having a warning sign for unrecognized video, my game runs smoothly, well except with CC and mods 😏. And just wanted to know if it's an issue if I just end up not modifying that file

I actually play with a chipset laptop that's 3 or 4 years old. I have extra RAM, use NRAAS. I like CC. Yes, big worlds are a challenge. Thank you for your effort putting this all together.

thank you so much for these solutions! it'll help me so much in my game. you just earned a loyal subscriber

These tips have helped so much! I enjoy my game so much more now!

(haven't watched this yet so I'm sorry if you've mentioned it already) *How to make Isla Paradiso not lag* After reseting everything in the city hall using NRaas, *delete the Scott family*. This might sound stupid but they're literally the reason why the game mini-pauses every 3 seconds. Also resetting your town often is crucial because when houseboats are in random places, the games lags more than if they're in their ports. It's so dumb but literally delete the Scott family and you're good to go. Also limit stray cats, dogs, and set horses and deers to 0. They will still appear in game (for me at least) but waayy less often

Hey guys! For everyone who has an AMD Radeon R7 Graphics Card and is confused with the graphics rules part, here is what I typed in graphics rules (be aware to put it into the right section as mentioned in the video!): "*Radeon R7*"))

Thank you so much for this video! it is extremely helpful and you are very good at explaining everything!

omg madi thank you sm for this!! i can finally play with my graphic settings on high and now there’s nearly no lag 🥹❤️

This helped me run my Sims3 again! ♡

omg what how is that lis wallpaper moving ?! that’s so cool

Recommend using WinRAR, as 7zip has an issue of reading the file as having a data error instead of realizing that it needs the next volume. It may be that I'm using an older version, but I don't know..

Thank you so much for this video! You are a lifesaver. I can't wait to play my favorite game again

OMG THANKSS IT'S WORKS ON ME OMG I CAN'T BELIVE IT, MY TS3 NOW MORE SMOOTH AND LESS OF LAGGING ♡

Thank you so much for this! I'm a little confused though at the 18:30 . I have 3GB VRAM for my graphics card. But I don't know how you got the number because half of 8000 is 4000 but you put 4096 so I'm a little confused on what my seti textureMemory should be ha-ha! Thank you!

15:10 i have an amd radeon(TX) vega 8 graphics and you said that i have to put the first 2 digits but i only have one number (8)

thank you so much i finally solved the graphic card issue, great video!

All I'll say is... bless you.

My game already looks so much better that it's unbelievable. Thank you so much for this tutorial! I really love The Sims 3 and being able to play it now after so many years is simply incredible! I have just one question, which is regarding my Graphic Card. It's a GeForce 930M (I have a notebook) and I don't know how I can make it be matched by the game (the game was able to find it, tho not able to match). I know this is a bit late, so if you could answer me on how I should input on the configurations txt file, I would really appreciate it. Thank you once more!

Thank you so much, this has my game running smoother than before!

new sub here, i never really playsed s3 even during its hayday. yet so many people seem to forget these issues with s3...

Thank you so much! I did want to ask, for those with 12gb of vram what number do we place on the seti textureMemory? 18:35