Sims 3 Poor Graphic Quality
I've been playing Sims 3 since it launched and it is my favorite of the Sims games because of all the customization options (and fairies!). I previously invested a lot of time and money in it. I haven't played it for several years (I switched over to Sims 4 eventually, several years after it came out), but wanted to reinstall it on my new computer and play it again. When I did, it does load and I can technically play, but the graphic quality is terrible. I have tried everything I can think of - followed the pinned post about Running Sims 3 in Windows, limited in-game framerates, changed the graphic settings in game, tried compatibility mode, followed instructions about how to make sure the game recognizes my video card, etc. It does recognize the video card, it now lists the GPU as 5 and the texture memory as 1040 (used to be 32MB), and the graphics are somewhat better. Sims were basically potatoes, worse graphics than original Sims by quite a margin, but now look more like Sims when zoomed in, but everything is still a bit unfocused/poor quality and no details really show up, even with the camera zoomed in all the way. As you can see from the attached screenshot, the Sims and items in their house are identifiable, but clothes are painted on, and things are a bit pixilated, while things like wants and buffs are perfectly fine. When zoomed in, while they are better, they have blur around their eyes and other details, and they're not as crisp as they used to be on my old computer.
I don't know what to try anymore. I really want to play Sims 3 again, but I don't know how to get it back to decent quality graphics like it used to have. It baffles me a bit because this computer and graphics card are quite a bit better than the old one I used to play Sims 3 on. Any suggestions?
OS: Windows 11 Home 64-bit
System: Alienware Aurora R16
BIOS: 2.12.0
Processor: Intel(R) Core(T) i9-14900KF (32 CUPs), ~3.2 GHz
Memory: 32768MB RAM (20123MB available)
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Monitor: Dell S2722DGM
Current Display Mode: 2560 x 1440 (32 bit) (59Hz)
