Hi @GraceyManor
Can you test the new card on any other game you could play previously without issues to see if that game suddenly has any issues you were not experiencing before? That might provide a clue re another bad card?
A lot of players with newer cards also get their cards recognized by the game have you tried that at all? If not take a look at the following link for an explanation. It did not work for me but it has helped others players.
https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=26753.0
There is an easier method to get your card recognized but as the download was from another player I would prefer to ask permission to see if i can link the download if you want to go that route. Once downloaded this small program will adjust your graphic card settings so the game recognizes your card.
The links I am talking about are in @zeegee's post above in this thread but I will post the links for you to read here.
Display Driver Feedback Form. this is the form we are using to send Nvidia information about our sims 3 game issues. A player somewhere was experiencing the same issues as we are and thought he/she had tracked the issue down to a Display Driver issue specifically withing Nvidia graphic cards.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewHJk1xP-C5elLBRCDLTLpNQZ9eiefrdZmUGP9hMCN6gKssA/viewform
this link is a further forum thread discussing these issues.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17636333/#Comment_17636333
the 3rd link is a Nvidia forum discussing the same issues with some further links and when I get some further uninterrupted time i am going to reinstall my origin 3 game and try work thorough everything bit by bit in the hopes of resolving my own graphic issues which is on my sims not my worlds or other objects.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/395894/horrible-color-banding-texture-handling-and-dither/
I hope that might provide some insight into this Display Driver issue that may or may not be creating your type of issues. My advice especially as a migraine sufferer is to read a little at a time where you are able then try a few fixes that are shown to see if they help and if they do great and if not it's possibly back to the drawing board unfortunately.
