Sims 4 on MacBook
I currently use The Sims 4 on a MacBook Pro 2015 (2.7 Ghz Intel i5, 8GB 1867 MHz DDR3 RAM, Intel Iris HD 6100). However, I have noticed that it has started becoming sluggish and stuttery and I am th...
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No one knows how the new ARM equipped Macs are going to perform yet although I'm hoping people will start posting comments when they start shipping this week (I have the bog standard entry level MBA on order) 🙂
No one knows how the new ARM equipped Macs are going to perform yet although I'm hoping people will start posting comments when they start shipping this week (I have the bog standard entry level MBA on order) 🙂
I have also tried The Sims 4 on an MacBook Air with M1 and tried a side-by-side comparison with my mid-2020 13-inch MacBook Pro (high-end with four ports) by having identical graphics settings (including Retina display on but Laptop Mode off) and making my Sims do almost exactly the same tasks. After 10 minutes in each, I noticed that the MBP battery life dropped by 8% and was usually playing around 35-50 FPS (it did go occasionally to 60 but not too often). Meanwhile the MBA M1 battery for some reason rose by 1 point (86 to 87% though I think there might have been an error in the battery's reading of the percents). Also, the FPS of the MBA M1 has gone smoother, much less lag and stayed close to 60 most of the time.
Is this what was expected?
