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Bluebellflora
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7 years ago

Re: Mac performance not what it should be

@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 That thread really is out of date 🙂

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    pkessler594
    7 years ago
    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 🙂
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    Bluebellflora
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    7 years ago
    @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.
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    pkessler594
    7 years ago
    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 🙂
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    Bluebellflora
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    7 years ago
    @pkessler594

    Ok. You should get decent FPS but don't expect 45-60. I have an AMD Radeon Pro 560 with 4Gb VRAM and I get about 35. I have all packs installed and all graphics options set to the highest. All the updates and packs add more strain on the CPU and GPU. The Mac I stated in the thread you linked gets about 20-25 FPS now - there's way more in the game and the later operating systems demand more power. Even though the game is native to macOS it is not fully optimised to utilise the hardware and the power within later OSs 🙂
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    Bluebellflora
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    7 years ago
    @pkessler594

    There is one thing you could try to determine whether processes you have open are having a detrimental effect on your game, boot into safe mode then load it.

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