Best graphics card for sims 4, all dlc and future

i don't know anything about nvidia but i can tell you that i have a Radeon RX 580 Series and it works pretty well for the sims. auto defaults to ultra. have minimal lag but i think that's because my cache is full

"telmarina;d-987206" wrote:
A nvidia geforce gtx 1650 ti would be cool to play in ultra?

Hey, that's my exact graphics card! I'm famous :D :D :D

I play in Ultra.

If you play more games than sims 4, than 2060, if not 1650 is good. Sims 4 doesn't have ray tracing.

I was playing in Ultra on a GTX 1060 previously and it was great. I'm on the 1660 now and the new laptop has a much improved display all of which has created a nicer looking sims experience.

I had the same question when I was getting the Omen and my takeaway was the 20 series was base line VR Gaming and wouldn't have really applied to what I do which is older games like Sims 4, GTA Online, COD, etc.

@castiel Unfortunatelly there isn't any laptop with your graphics card in the stores i trust in my country and i am in a hurry... atm my laptop is gone ? and i need one to work from home urgently, so i will have to go with a nvidia.

@elanorbreton @Wolfium thank you! That was my biggest doubt (because i'm a noob ?). I only play sims 4 but i want to play it in ultra. I still remember when i played in ultra a few years ago... it's amazing... the details, the shadows ❤❤❤

Ultra is the best. I first played sims 4 on old laptop with 660 card and had it on high, which was nice but difference is noticeable (no details, shadows).

"Wolfium;c-17810118" wrote:
Ultra is the best. I first played sims 4 on old laptop with 660 card and had it on high, which was nice but difference is noticeable (no details, shadows).

Oh don't tell me ? i have been playing till now in a nvidia mx130... but it did hold ultra until eco lifestyle... after that expansion i had to downgrade to medium otherwise i got impossible lag...

I'm running with an nVidia GTX1080 and I'm able to play on Ultra in 4K too. If you're just playing The Sims then the 2060 might be overkill but in terms of pricing you'd be better going for something like the new 3060 which is due out at the end of the month. It is newer and actually a little cheaper than the 2060. They're really not that much different but at least the 3060 is newer. You can find out more information on them both here...

https://game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=5015&gid2=4801&compare=geforce-rtx-3060-vs-geforce-rtx-2060-super-msi-gaming-x-8gb#:~:text=The%20RTX%202060%20has%20a%2060%20MHz%20higher,As%20a%20result%2C%20the%20GeForce%20RTX%203060%20exhibits

The sims4 doesn't seem to make use of all the GPU power so that's why it lags no matter how good the graphics card is. Buy the better graphics card if you want to play other games. A good CPU is necessary if Maxis will add more autonomy in future DLC, the CPU will deal with simulation lag.

It's too early to predict what graphics card the sims 5 will need. The best way you can prepare is to buy a graphics card that will still support the latest drivers after maybe two or three years from now.

"telmarina;c-17810121" wrote:

"Wolfium;c-17810118" wrote:
Ultra is the best. I first played sims 4 on old laptop with 660 card and had it on high, which was nice but difference is noticeable (no details, shadows).

Oh don't tell me ? i have been playing till now in a nvidia mx130... but it did hold ultra until eco lifestyle... after that expansion i had to downgrade to medium otherwise i got impossible lag...

In my case game started lagging before Island Living. In task manager the game was taking almost all of memory (8GB). Even if I wanted to pause game and go browse, browser loaded slowly as game already clogged so much memory. Sims were standing (lagged) even with actions queued. That's why I think 16GB is necessary for lots of dlc.

"lostatcore;c-17810135" wrote:
I'm running with an nVidia GTX1080 and I'm able to play on Ultra in 4K too. If you're just playing The Sims then the 2060 might be overkill but in terms of pricing you'd be better going for something like the new 3060 which is due out at the end of the month. It is newer and actually a little cheaper than the 2060. They're really not that much different but at least the 3060 is newer. You can find out more information on them both here...

https://game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=5015&gid2=4801&compare=geforce-rtx-3060-vs-geforce-rtx-2060-super-msi-gaming-x-8gb#:~:text=The%20RTX%202060%20has%20a%2060%20MHz%20higher,As%20a%20result%2C%20the%20GeForce%20RTX%203060%20exhibits

I agree. 1650 is pretty fine just for sims 4.