Sims 4 mac advice

"David_Wharton;12430093" wrote:
"Processor
1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache
Configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 4MB shared L3 cache."

Someone explain this to me!

Sure. Your processor has 1.3 GHz. The system requirements call for 1.8 GHz. And remember that these are the minimum system requirements, not the recommended requirements.

"ewilson1114;12430103" wrote:

"David_Wharton;12430093" wrote:
"Processor
1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache
Configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 4MB shared L3 cache."

Someone explain this to me!

Sure. Your processor has 1.3 GHz. The system requirements call for 1.8 GHz. And remember that these are the minimum system requirements, not the recommended requirements.

That's only for the PC version though.... it could to be suit a mac.

Just to compare, I am sitting here typing this on my almost three year old iMac, which has a 2.7 GHz i5 processor. It is also my TS3 machine (via Bootcamp) and plays it beautifully, or at least as well as any computer can run that game. I know it's not really fair to compare a desktop to an ultra-portable, but there's quite a jarring difference between 1.3 GHz and 2.7.

"David_Wharton;12430142" wrote:


That's only for the PC version though.... it could to be suit a mac.

If you are running a game through Bootcamp, it is the PC version's requirements that are relevant. A Mac running Windows via Bootcamp IS a PC while it is booted up that way.

"igazor;12430200" wrote:

"David_Wharton;12430142" wrote:


That's only for the PC version though.... it could to be suit a mac.

If you are running a game through Bootcamp, it is the PC version's requirements that are relevant. A Mac running Windows via Bootcamp IS a PC while it is booted up that way.

Exactly.

We must have the same iMac, igazor -- got mine the day after Pets came out (my old one conveniently picked that day to finally die). I Boot Camped Win7 on it and it plays it smoothly (well, with a little help from the good folks at NRaas :D ). Also handles the Sims 4 CAS demo well, as you can see in my avatar (which is me if I was about 30 years younger). I could probably go ahead and get Sims 4 and put it on there. But I'm still holding out hopes for a Mac version, plus I'm waiting to see what direction this game takes.

If I didn't run bootcamp and waited for the mac version..... would the minimum requirements change for Sims 4?

"David_Wharton;12430233" wrote:
If I didn't run bootcamp and waited for the mac version..... would the minimum requirements change for Sims 4?

I can't know for sure, but looking at the Sims 3 requirements, the Mac ones were actually a little higher than the PC ones.

"David_Wharton;12430233" wrote:
If I didn't run bootcamp and waited for the mac version..... would the minimum requirements change for Sims 4?

That's entirely possible. The number of ways in which they could arrange a port of the product to OS X are almost infinite, so we would really have no way of knowing until such a port was released.

Thank you both for commenting.