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#1 Old 1st Jun 2014 at 9:07 PM
Default the sims 4 requirments
I'm so excited for the sims 4 as I'm sure you all are! I know we don't know much on the game yet, but I have a laptop, and a desktop and I would like an idea of which computer would probably be best for the sims 4.
Desktop:
intel core i5 3.0
Intel HD graphics
Windows 8.1
6 GB
100 GB

or

Laptop:
intel core i5 1.8
Nvidia 720 gt
Windows 8.1
6GB
500GB

Thanks!
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#2 Old 1st Jun 2014 at 9:18 PM
The specs haven't been released yet, so there is no way to tell what it will run on as of yet. However, given their commitment to running on low end machines, you might be OK, but no way to be sure as of yet.
Field Researcher
#3 Old 1st Jun 2014 at 9:38 PM
Both your computers should run it atleast on minimum. Maxis is noway going to require you to have a quad core or something like that.
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#4 Old 1st Jun 2014 at 9:46 PM
Quote: Originally posted by TanookiMark
Both your computers should run it atleast on minimum. Maxis is noway going to require you to have a quad core or something like that.


Actually, i5's are quad cores. They don't do the hyperthreading of i7's to give you a pseudo-8 core chip. My bet, the minimum will allow for an i3, which is only a 2 core, but does offer hyperthreading for a pseudo 4-core experience. The video specs are likely a bigger issue, although based on the graphics we've been shown, and the elimination of CAST, along with detailed textures, suggests they're going for a decent run on integrated graphics systems. Which means either of the 2 machines the OP posted will likely be just fine. Still, we don't KNOW that yet. Only an assumption.
Field Researcher
#5 Old 1st Jun 2014 at 10:05 PM
Quote: Originally posted by eskie227
Actually, i5's are quad cores. They don't do the hyperthreading of i7's to give you a pseudo-8 core chip. My bet, the minimum will allow for an i3, which is only a 2 core, but does offer hyperthreading for a pseudo 4-core experience. The video specs are likely a bigger issue, although based on the graphics we've been shown, and the elimination of CAST, along with detailed textures, suggests they're going for a decent run on integrated graphics systems. Which means either of the 2 machines the OP posted will likely be just fine. Still, we don't KNOW that yet. Only an assumption.

Wrong, i5 and even i7 could be dual cores depending on which model you have. They are series existing out of multiple processors.
His i5 is a dual core as example http://ark.intel.com/products/64903/

Just to add I don't get the whole elimination of detailed textures thing. Yes, the style maybe more cartoony but that doesn't mean it is going to be lighter for your computer. And it is surely not cheaper. Polygon count =/= artstyle. The Sims 4 could still have higher and more detailed texturs than the Sims 3 ones though.
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#6 Old 2nd Jun 2014 at 12:13 AM
Its not the CPU you need to worry about it is the video or the lack of a video card which both Sims 2 and Sims 3 tends to burn up.
Will Sims 4 be the same way no one knows yet for they have not put out what specs are needed to play.

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#7 Old 2nd Jun 2014 at 12:30 AM Last edited by eskie227 : 2nd Jun 2014 at 12:30 AM. Reason: typo
Quote: Originally posted by TanookiMark
Wrong, i5 and even i7 could be dual cores depending on which model you have. They are series existing out of multiple processors.
His i5 is a dual core as example http://ark.intel.com/products/64903/

Just to add I don't get the whole elimination of detailed textures thing. Yes, the style maybe more cartoony but that doesn't mean it is going to be lighter for your computer. And it is surely not cheaper. Polygon count =/= artstyle. The Sims 4 could still have higher and more detailed texturs than the Sims 3 ones though.


Actually, his i5 3.0 desktop is a quad core. It's the low voltage i5 for laptops that the OP listed that are configured as a hyperthreaded 2 core. Much as mobile versions of desktop video chips are way underpowered in comparison, and the reason some feel the labeling of those chips is misleading, as say, for example, the 660M from Nvidia will not play like a 660 on a discrete card in a desktop. Just as that laptop i5 is probably closer to a power optimized i3, in a manner of speaking. And yes, there are low powered i7's with 2 cores as well. Again, raising questions of marketing tactics at labeling mobile chipsets following desktop conventions, as they are not equivalent. That however, is a completely separate discussion. So I will stand corrected at mischaracterizing his laptop as a 4 core, as it is a mobile chip. His desktop, however, does provide 4 cores.

As the stated goal of the artstyle was to allow appeal to a range of users, including those with low end hardware, I would also suggest those choices were made based on items like poly counts and textures that would decrease the rendering overhead. I would be truly surprised to find that the cartoony style was chosen with the expectation of high rendering demands for users hardware, but rather because they "liked it" better.
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