To expand on the graphics card recognition thing, there is a app from Nexus that will add your graphics card to the files that Cororon is talking about. It was last updated on the 7th of this month, so whatever card your new computer has should be supported.
Link to the app (you need an account to download): https://www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/106
Video instruction from the creator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj2wrA1WQiw
Basic instruction:
-Download the app and run it.
-Click "The Sims 3 Directory" and navigate to the base game's installation directory. Yours will be something like: D : /*whatever folder you made to install the game in*/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3 If you want to ensure you're in the right place, just look for the files the app will be editing: GraphicsRules.sgr and GraphicsCards.sgr (Speaking of these files, make sure to back them up just in case).
-Click "Apply." The program will confirm that the files are present and ask you if you want to replace them. Click "Yes."
-To make sure it worked, go to your user folders (e.g. My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3) and look for "DeviceConfig." Open this in Notepad and look for the line that begins "Name (Database):" You can hit ctrl+F to type it in and find it, but it is also just really close to the top so not hard to find. Next to this, you'll find the name of your graphics card (Geforce RTX 2060 in my case), next to this ensure that the brackets say and you're good to go. :smile: For reference, here's what the line should say in its entirety (your card will be different, obviously):
Name (Database): GeForce RTX 2060
EDIT: obviously, your D drive won't have any spaces between the D, the colon, and the slash but I had to put it to avoid the D: face and :/ face :lol:
