What pc specs dictate allowing 200 max recommended sims?
Apologies if posted in the wrong place or if overly informative.
I am certain I've performed over 50 searches each on google and bing in attempts to answer this question. Neither search utility knows what I'm talking about and both keep giving me results chiefly about minimum system requirements, neither ever coming close to answering the question.
Background: I had a less capable PC which I've now replaced. That one recommended 150 sims max. I bought a new one which is light years beyond it. The new one recommends 150 sims max. I can't make sense of this, which led me to ask myself, and then to search (in vain):
What exactly dictates 150 vs 200 in a pc? Somewhere, some decision internal to the game is being made to tell you, the player, that you should have only 150 max or 200 max. What metric, spec or set of specs is used to make that decision? What PC would a person own or would s/he/they have purchased such that, when you open the game, it tells you that you can have 200 max recommended? LOL, I've tried to ask in over a dozen ways and gotten nowhere. Help! 🙂
@goofylittlerhino Sometimes the spam filter gets a little aggressive, for reasons I at least don't completely understand, but at least I can read your posts now. (Thanks @EA_Jason for that.)
You're right that the CPU rating is the reason for the lower recommended sim limit. The processor itself is more than powerful enough to deserve an uber rating, but the issue is that Sims 4 only uses its base clock speed to rate it, not its turbo. So as far as the game is concerned, it doesn't matter that the CPU can turbo much higher speeds.
As far as what happens when you're actually playing, I'd guess the CPU runs well above 3 GHz; how high exactly would depend in large part on how the manufacturer tuned the system. But the bottom line is that the processor can easily handle 200 sims, or 500, or whatever number you want to use. So can the other components, so yes, you can go ahead and use whatever setting works for you.
Sims 4 will slow down on its own from time to time, and it'll happen more often as your saves include more sims that you've actively played, but it won't be the fault of your computer. The game engine itself just isn't as efficient as we'd like.
If you have other questions, please do ask, I mean that's the whole point of this site.