What Graphics Do You Play On?

"DeKay;c-15931000" wrote:

"BabySquare;c-15930947" wrote:

"DeKay;c-15930795" wrote:
a crazy beast rig.

just out of interest, what sort of system specs would such a rig have?

I think you probably need at least a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080, maybe even two of those. Even with one GTX 1080, you might not get a nice 60fps on the game if you're playing it on Ultra.

You can read more here if you want to know roughly the cost of it:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2990895/hardware/the-state-of-4k-gaming-what-you-need-to-know-from-pricing-to-performance-needs.html

Sims 4 can display 4K with a single GTX 1070, GTX 1080, GTX 1080ti on ultra settings no problem. Other more demanding games is a different question. Some games don't support SLI (dual cards). I could be wrong but Sims 4 does not support SLI last I heard.

I took out mods and cc and back to Ultra... it looks good on other settings though so I'm sure I'll revisit mods soon and probably end up bumping it down when I notice some problems again but want to keep playing with them.

"OEII1001;c-15928615" wrote:
Ultra. Game is very well optimized. My card's fan never spins up, even with other applications running.

It's probably more a case of using quite simple graphics compared to other dx9 titles:

https://s2.postimg.org/ezbvgjykp/Screenshot_1220.png

https://s4.postimg.org/4vvx4hjlp/Screenshot_432.png

"Simasaurus09;c-15931119" wrote:

"DeKay;c-15931000" wrote:

"BabySquare;c-15930947" wrote:

"DeKay;c-15930795" wrote:
a crazy beast rig.

just out of interest, what sort of system specs would such a rig have?

I think you probably need at least a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080, maybe even two of those. Even with one GTX 1080, you might not get a nice 60fps on the game if you're playing it on Ultra.

You can read more here if you want to know roughly the cost of it:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2990895/hardware/the-state-of-4k-gaming-what-you-need-to-know-from-pricing-to-performance-needs.html

Sims 4 can display 4K with a single GTX 1070, GTX 1080, GTX 1080ti on ultra settings no problem. Other more demanding games is a different question. Some games don't support SLI (dual cards). I could be wrong but Sims 4 does not support SLI last I heard.

I was told that the Sims 4 might have some fps problems with in 4K but then again, there's already some fps problems even on 1080p. I think it will still be good to have a good enough power supply for 4K tho. Yeah, I'm not too sure about the dual cards for TS4. It's probably going to just use one card even if you have two. :D

"DeKay;c-15931218" wrote:

"Simasaurus09;c-15931119" wrote:

"DeKay;c-15931000" wrote:

"BabySquare;c-15930947" wrote:

"DeKay;c-15930795" wrote:
a crazy beast rig.

just out of interest, what sort of system specs would such a rig have?

I think you probably need at least a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080, maybe even two of those. Even with one GTX 1080, you might not get a nice 60fps on the game if you're playing it on Ultra.

You can read more here if you want to know roughly the cost of it:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2990895/hardware/the-state-of-4k-gaming-what-you-need-to-know-from-pricing-to-performance-needs.html

Sims 4 can display 4K with a single GTX 1070, GTX 1080, GTX 1080ti on ultra settings no problem. Other more demanding games is a different question. Some games don't supporkt SLI (dual cards). I could be wrong but Sims 4 does not support SLI last I heard.

I was told that the Sims 4 might have some fps problems with in 4K but then again, there's already some fps problems even on 1080p. I think it will still be good to have a good enough power supply for 4K tho. Yeah, I'm not too sure about the dual cards for TS4. It's probably going to just use one card even if you have two. :D

Sadly the frame rate issue will always be there until they fix it (if they fix it). The power supply will need the appropriate wattage for the card. Slapping in a new card isn't that simple. CPU, motherboard, desktop case size, and even cooling should also be accounted for. If a game does not support SLI and the player has duel cards, it won't see the second card. 4K will shrink the UI with Sims 4. Editing the options.ini file to adjust UI size is a bit glitchy but doable I hear.

https://puu.sh/wYv3v.png
I used to be super hung up on "Uncompressed Sim Textures" because I didn't actually notice a difference until I decided to start taking close-ups of my sims.

Windowed Fullscreen because I like to multi-task... :tongue:

ultra

When my pc was on it's last legs I had to turn down everything (except view distance because I couldn't stand living on the set of "The Mist") but since my fiance built a new pc, I run everything as high as possible.

If you're looking to help performance, I found 3D resolution and reflections were the first thing to drastically help my gameplay. To be honest I didn't find laptop mode to help my gameplay, but I don't entirely understand what it was meant to do...it may not have done anything because I didn't play on a laptop?

"Karilan;c-15932906" wrote:
When my pc was on it's last legs I had to turn down everything (except view distance because I couldn't stand living on the set of "The Mist") but since my fiance built a new pc, I run everything as high as possible.

If you're looking to help performance, I found 3D resolution and reflections were the first thing to drastically help my gameplay. To be honest I didn't find laptop mode to help my gameplay, but I don't entirely understand what it was meant to do...it may not have done anything because I didn't play on a laptop?

Laptop mode actually helps a lot cuz it takes away moving shadows and nice rendering of your sims.

ULTRA HIGH EVERYTHING MUHAHAH

But in all seriousness I have a decent PC built specifically to keep up with the current 'next gen' games or w/e.

Back on my old macbook I could play on medium setting though which I thought was pretty good considering the absolute state the poor thing was in (it died about a year ago, i'd use it when i was travelling to play sims because i'd bought a long life battery for it)