New PC, graphics seem low.
I went to play the Sims 3 for the first time yesterday after installing it on my new computer. When it loaded, all of the textures were low quality and blurry despite having almost all options set to...
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@puzzlezaddict thank you for your help, its beyond appreciated. I did all you suggested and then tried to change the settings again back to higher. Problem persists. This is the new device config and I will include some screenshots. Nothing I appear to be doing is helping to resolve the issue and it seems so slow to load any textures and load in general.
=== Application info ===
Name: Sims3
Version:
Build: Release
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 4 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 3700 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 4534 RAM: 32480 Adjusted RAM: 31968 Cores: 12
=== Machine info ===
OS version: Windows 8 6.2.9200
OS prod type: 0
OS major ver: 6
OS minor ver: 2
OS SP major ver: 0
OS SP minor ver: 0
OS is 64Bit: 1
CPU: AuthenticAMD
Brand: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6-Core Processor
Family: 15
Model: 1
Cores: 12
HT: 0
x64: 0
Memory: 32480MB
Free memory: 20126MB
User: fairy
Computer: ELAINE
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
Name (database): AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT [Found: 1, Matched: 1]
Vendor: ATI
Chipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 747e, Board: f4751da2, Chipset: 00ff
Driver: atidx9loader32.dll, Version: 32.0.11021.1011, GUID: D7B71EE2-373E-11CF-E17D-78FF50C2ED35
Driver version: 1011
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 6144MB
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
=== Options ===
AnimationSmoothing 1
LightingQuality 3
GeneralReflections 3
TextureQuality 3
VisualEffects 3
TerrainQuality 3
EdgeSmoothing 3
ObjectHiding 0
AspectRatio 0
ForceSquarePixels 1
SimQuality 4
TreeQuality 4
DrawDistance 3
MaxActiveLots 8
NumMaxActiveLotOptions 6
AdvancedRendering 1
AudioQuality 3
Audi🤭utputMode 1
VoiceLevel 255
SoundFXLevel 255
MusicLevel 255
AmbientLevel 255
FocusMute 1
VoiceMute 0
SoundFXMute 0
MusicMute 0
AmbientMute 0
EdgeScrolling 0
@sblackrose The main issue here is that the lots aren't loaded in high-detail mode. This is normal in general—the game lets most lots look like a blurry mess to save resources. Increasing the number of high-detail lots helps in theory, but there are two problems with this. One is it does still take some time to render each lot, so you'll see a delay if you're panning the camera. The other is that Sims 3 can only use 800 MB VRAM, so information gets swapped out as necessary, meaning that you probably can't have more than about 4 high-detail lots at once (depending on their size and complexity) even if you increase the setting. It also means that previously-rendered lots get swapped out and have to be rendered again.
If this is a problem for you, I would suggest trying the DXVK wrapper. You can find a discussion of it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sims3/comments/1cyrct7/dxvk_and_vram/
I can't offer anything better than that myself because I haven't personally tried it, but I do hear good things... once people get the settings right. It can take some experimenting. But the important detail to remember is that your computer can absolutely handle whatever options you choose; it's just about keeping Sims 3 in check.
Since you have a new AMD GPU, I would also suggest this graphicsrules.sgr edit to make shadows show up:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/The-Sims-3-No-shadows/m-p/12226819#M255715
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