Mac performance not what it should be

They don't stutter and I don't play with other programs.

@mattandphilsims2

Hmm. I highly doubt that they are getting 45-65 fps during actual gameplay. How do you know they are for sure? Do you have a link to the thread?

Couple of other questions:

- Why are you playing on such a low resolution?
- Does enabling laptop mode make a difference?
- Does enabling Retina display make a difference?
- Could you please provide the full specs. of your Mac? Information on what to provide and how is here - https://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-Mac/READ-FIRST-Sims-4-Mac-Help-Guides-and-Troubleshooting/m-p/4612394#M162

@mattandphilsims2

Just to clarify FPS because there seems to be a little confusion in this thread. FPS is affected by hardware, mainly graphics card and CPU, and how the operating system handles the heat produced when playing games. MacOS will throttle power to the GPU and CPU to stop your Mac from overheating and not living a very long life. I'm sure Windows probably does too but I'm not familiar enough with Windows to know.

Make sure your Mac is elevated and air can circulate underneath to help keep it cool. High poly CC will also severely impact performance in the game if your graphics card is not very powerful.

I'm playing at a low resolution because it's the lowest I can tolerate visually, and anything higher further reduces game performance. If I do 1650 or even retina, the game is much slower.

I can't provide specs now because I'm at work, but it's the mid-2015 15inch retina MBP, fully maxed out.

Here is the thread with people reporting high framerates: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/816319/graphics-performance-in-os-x-we-need-your-info/p1

I don't have any CC. I put my Mac on my wooden lap desk.

@pkessler594

Thanks for the info. If you could post the specs. later that would help 🙂

Ah yes, my graphics thread. That was created when just the base game was introduced, before numerous patches were added into the game, extra packs installed, overall graphics rendering improved in the game etc. etc. That thread really is out of date 🙂

But I've been playing since the very beginning and my performance/FPS has been pretty consistently in the low 20s range. In simpler worlds with smaller, simpler lots it's in the high 20s range, but I was seeing everyone there mentioning much, much higher framerates and I wanted to make sure my computer wasn't broken or anything.

Thanks 🙂

@pkessler594

Without knowing your full specs. I would only be speculating so I'll wait until you post them 🙂 I don't know what graphics card/chip you have, CPU, which version of macOS you have, packs you have installed, how big your saves folder is. There are lots of factors at play.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache
16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L onboard memory
2.5GHz - 512GB - 512GB PCIe-based flash storage
2.5GHz - 512GB
Intel Iris Pro Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2GB of GDDR5 memory
Newest version of MacOS

And I have all of the expansions and game packs, and half of the stuff packs 🙂