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the Sims 3 stuttering badly after installing new video card
So, after having enough with my integrated Intel graphics running 25 FPS on the Sims 3 with medium-low settings, I installed an EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB and fired the computer up. After getting the latest drivers (Which are still the latest) I started up the Sims 3 to find that the screen was flickering, like I was using an old CRT monitor that had seen better days. 1/12 of the screen was bright, and all the other vertical areas of the screen were different in brightness. I figured "Oh it doesn't recognize my card, it's new" and didn't think anything of it. When I started in my household, I noticed that the flickering was more faint but the Edge Scrolling was lagging. It waited 3 seconds to scroll and when it did, it went very slowly half way and the rest it just teleported the camera, as if there was no movement. It just was there. I went into the Graphics settings and turned all the settings to Low, thinking my card was not liking this game at High. And it changed nothing. Everything else is slow and I tested this in a new save so the save isn't bloated.
I'm really stuck here, playing the Sims 2 after some modifications to Graphics Rules.sgr to help with those black rectangles and 800x600 res. What's happening and how can I fix it?