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Rianixx
3 years ago
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Can I play The Sims 4 using my Intel Pentium Silver laptop?

My device specifications: Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N6000 @ 1.10GHz 1.11 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
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    puzzlezaddict
    3 years ago

    @Rianixx  Yes, you can play, but perhaps only on low graphics settings.  Your computer's graphics chip is below the minimum requirement for Sims 4, although many people do play on similar machines.  Just don't expect smooth, reliable performance.

    In your position, what I would do is buy the base game only, or a bundle of the base game and an early expansion (Get to Work or Get Together would run best) when I had time to test right away.  If the game ran so poorly I didn't want to play, or if it crashed constantly, I'd request a refund, which is possible, and granted automatically, within 24 hours of the first time the game is launched.  (It also has to have been less than 14 days since the purchase.)

    If the game ran fine, I'd only add one expansion at a time and keep testing.  While a single EP is unlikely to completely break the game when it's otherwise been running fine, I'd still avoid Cats & Dogs, since that seems to be the most demanding and the most unforgiving.  Stuff packs are fine, and most game packs are as well, although I'd treat the newer ones (anything released in 2019 or later) with the same caution as an expansion.  When I started to see performance issues, I'd stop adding content, I mean other than stuff packs.

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puzzlezaddict
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3 years ago

@Rianixx  Yes, you can play, but perhaps only on low graphics settings.  Your computer's graphics chip is below the minimum requirement for Sims 4, although many people do play on similar machines.  Just don't expect smooth, reliable performance.

In your position, what I would do is buy the base game only, or a bundle of the base game and an early expansion (Get to Work or Get Together would run best) when I had time to test right away.  If the game ran so poorly I didn't want to play, or if it crashed constantly, I'd request a refund, which is possible, and granted automatically, within 24 hours of the first time the game is launched.  (It also has to have been less than 14 days since the purchase.)

If the game ran fine, I'd only add one expansion at a time and keep testing.  While a single EP is unlikely to completely break the game when it's otherwise been running fine, I'd still avoid Cats & Dogs, since that seems to be the most demanding and the most unforgiving.  Stuff packs are fine, and most game packs are as well, although I'd treat the newer ones (anything released in 2019 or later) with the same caution as an expansion.  When I started to see performance issues, I'd stop adding content, I mean other than stuff packs.

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