Re: Sims 4 making brand new MacBook Pro overheat!
@Steph71France @njcholaas
Interesting about the i9 CPUs, almost like the OS isn't throttling power as it should when the game is loaded if it's in danger of overheating. What CPU % is showing in Activity Monitor? Which version of macOS are you both running?
I have the current 2019 27" iMac with the 3.6 GHz 8-core i9 9900K and AMD Radeon Pro 580X 8GB and it plays beautifully on maxed out settings. That has better cooling and is a desktop CPU though. I also have the 2017 15" MBP with 3.1 GHz quad core i7 and AMD Radeon Pro 560 4GB, all settings maxed out. It gets hot but I play on a cooling pad and it's fine. I play the exact same game on both with the same Saves, Tray and Mods folders.
Interesting about the i9 CPUs, almost like the OS isn't throttling power as it should when the game is loaded if it's in danger of overheating. What CPU % is showing in Activity Monitor? Which version of macOS are you both running?
I have the current 2019 27" iMac with the 3.6 GHz 8-core i9 9900K and AMD Radeon Pro 580X 8GB and it plays beautifully on maxed out settings. That has better cooling and is a desktop CPU though. I also have the 2017 15" MBP with 3.1 GHz quad core i7 and AMD Radeon Pro 560 4GB, all settings maxed out. It gets hot but I play on a cooling pad and it's fine. I play the exact same game on both with the same Saves, Tray and Mods folders.
