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Re: Sims 4 and the New 2018 MacBook Air?

@sarahfelldown

It will probably run it although how well is debatable.

The new MacBook Airs have dual core, low end processors and underpowered integrated graphics. They are not designed for gaming but portability. You may find you can play well but the more packs you add the slower your game will become and you will have to lower your graphics settings in order to get smoother gameplay.

The new MacBook Airs do support Thunderbolt 3 enabled external graphics cards. However they are still several hundred £/$ and won't help with the heat that the dual core processor will produce as it struggles to render and process the game.

If you want to game on a Mac laptop you need to get a high end 15" MacBook Pro with dedicated AMD graphics. Another option would be the Touch Bar 13" MacBook Pro with quad core processors, although they still only have integrated graphics.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    Sims 4 works surprisingly well on my new Macbook Air 2018. I think the game looks good when I turn off retina resolution, choose a little bit lower resolution and select other graphical options to "high".
  • I've just bought a new 2018 Macbook Air - I'm debating getting Sims 4 just because I miss it!

    How did you change the graphic settings so it worked? Also I know it's a couple of months on....are you still getting on ok with it? I have toyed with the idea of a cheap Windows laptop with the right spec just to play Sims 4! Thanks 🙂

  • Hi, 
    how many expansions do you have, I want to buy a new macbook air, but I really want to run my sims 4.

  • Can you tell me how you did it? I’ve tried downloading it on origin and steam and it doesn’t work