Computer Specs 2025

Computer specs have not changed that much, I would say that all these packs have increased the CPU and Storage space requirement. More people seem to be having trouble with simulation lag and long loading times depending on how long they have played their save and if they are using custom content. I recently got rid of all my custom content except a few hair styles and it helped my loading times significantly. A good GPU helps when Maxis are making those large neighborhoods, and if you are running it with seasons with leaves and such. If you are playing just Willow Creek and Oasis springs then your GPU doesn't need to render as much. Same thing if you are not building larger lots or play with many sims. I actually uninstalled lovestruck recently because I felt that pack was very demanding for my save which have so many sims.

But to run the game as well as possible I would probably recommend a computer with at least: i7/amd ryzen 7 with 16GB RAM, a GPU with 5GB VRAM and 500GB or 1TB free space on an SSD or even better, a NVME M.2

None of this is required to run The Sims 4, but the thing is that investing maybe $500-$1000 more gives you hardware that can much easier deal with simulation lag, performance lag, allow you to use more custom content and mods and letting you have a smoother gaming experience with much faster loading times.

My old save that I have actually runs much better now but I had to manually change the graphicsrules settings because a patch that was released around Business & Hobbies made my game run incredibly worse, now it runs very smooth.

Janaque​  The specs that matter are a good graphics card, but only up to the level of a desktop 3060 or so, even at a high resolution; and the speed of the processor running single-core or lighter multi-core loads.  Sims 4 can only use four cores, so it doesn't benefit from a CPU with more than 6 (two for Windows and light background tasks); the speed of the cores matters more.

What can also help is changing some values in the GraphicsRules file.  Especially on higher-end machines, you can tell the game to render sims and objects at the highest quality at greater distances to avoid the performance penalty from switching between LODs.  The problems that arise from not doing so affect even the highest-end PCs, so it's not a question of upgrading the hardware to avoid it.

If you'd like help picking out a specific computer, please list your budget and country, as well as any other details that matter to you, and whether you want a laptop or a desktop.  If you'd like a second opinion on something you pick out yourself, feel free to link it.