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Tuina1
5 years ago
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Can this iMac run the sims 4?

So I’m planning on buying a used iMac and I was wondering if it can run the sims 4 and the sims 3. The iMac specifications: iMac 21.5” late 2015 1.6GHz dual‑core Intel Core i5 8GB of 1867MHz LPDD...
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    Bluebellflora
    5 years ago
    @Tuina1

    It's not necessarily better, it's just newer. But it has a pretty poor integrated graphics chip which is what a game needs to run well, plus a very low powered dual core processor. I think these machines were designed for educational use so didn't need to be particularly powerful.
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Tuina1
5 years ago

@Bluebellflora 


Thank you for replying. There is another iMac that is in my price range. The iMac from 2013. Will this iMac run the games better? 
iMac specifications:
iMac 21.5” late 2013

2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor

16GB 1600MHz DDR3 memory

1TB (5400-rpm) hard drive

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1GB

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Bluebellflora
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5 years ago
@Tuina1

Hmm, not really. At the time the hardware would have been pretty good but that's now a 7 year old machine. Where are you looking?
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    Tuina1
    5 years ago

    These two iMacs are from Olx, a site were people sell used products. I think I’ll buy the 2015 if it’s better and because it’s newer and it’s still compatible with the latest macOS version Big Sur.

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      Bluebellflora
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      5 years ago
      @Tuina1

      It's not necessarily better, it's just newer. But it has a pretty poor integrated graphics chip which is what a game needs to run well, plus a very low powered dual core processor. I think these machines were designed for educational use so didn't need to be particularly powerful.

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