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Ultra setting players : what do you play on?
EnjoyfulSimmer
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This is less about what you play on and more about your specs. But maybe a post like this might help some of the people who come here asking about computers. If you run sims 4 on ultra, as I do, answer the questions and it might help someone.
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Memory:
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How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? :
Other notes/comments:
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Notebook or Desktop: Notebook
Cpu: i7 8750
Gpu: GTX 1060
Memory: 16gb
Storage: 1 TB HDD + 256 gb SSD
How does it run? : Excellent
Laptop or Desktop: Desktop
Cpu: Intel i5
Gpu: Nvidia 1060
Memory: 16GB
Storage: 1TB Seagate internal HHD, a secondary 250GB HDD (forget the manufacture had this HDD for atleast 3 computers)
How does it run? : Great! Plays 3 perfectly, plays 4 fine - loading times are about the same for each game. Plays Cities:Skylines (which was why I built it in the first place)
Other notes/comments: Thinking about adding an SSD, and maybe updating the OS to windows 10, but I'm not sure yet.
Notebook or Desktop: Both
Cpu: Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Laptop - i7 7700HQ
Gpu: Desktop - GTX 1070 8 GB Zotac AMP Edition
Laptop - GTX 1050 Ti
Memory: Desktop - 32GB
Laptop - 8GB (Hubby bought and surprised me with my laptop for mother's day. Had I picked it, I would have went with 16GB of RAM, but I will be adding that soon).
Storage: Desktop - 1TB SSD (Game installed on) 2TB HDD
Laptop - 128GB SSD (Again, I'll likely upgrade this eventually to 500GB or 1TB SSD) and 1TB HDD (Game installed on)
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : Desktop - Like a dream with reshade.
Laptop - Great. Can't comeplain, but see note below.
Other notes/comments: A ton of tech people will tell you there is no difference between playing on a SSD and an HDD, but I know the difference. I didn't have an SSD at all for my last laptop and I don't game on my SSD on this laptop, but I always have with my desktop and I can tell a difference between the two. My main goal is to get a bigger SSD for my laptop so I can put my game on the SSD for it. I understand the specs are different between my desktop and laptop, but I copy my entire sims 4 folder over, I play with the same exact mods and cc, same saves and I can tell a difference when I'm playing on my desktop vs my laptop. For what it's worth.
Notebook or Desktop:Laptop
Cpu: i7 6700HQ
Gpu: GeFroce GTX 960M
Memory:8GB
Storage:I think 1TB but I don't really have much on my computer, HDD and SSD
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : The game? Very good. But nowadays I have too much CC, almost 10GB, and sometimes it lags a little but only for a few seconds and then it works perfectly again. The rare few second lags I get don't bother me when playing but if it starts happening too much I'll delete a bunch of CC or remove it completely.
Other notes/comments: I should have bought the GTX 1000 something machine. It was only a little bit more expensive but would have made such a difference.
I dont mean to be rude or butt in but I'm not sure what tech person told you this but as a professional computer repair technician I can tell you any computer tech worth their salt knows an SSD is faster than a HDD. It's all in how an SSD is built. I'm not sure what a 'ton' of tech people entails, or if 'tech people' means hobbyists, but I would be wary of taking their advice in computer matters in the future.
Notebook or Desktop: Desktop
Cpu: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad-Core
Gpu: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 16 GB
Storage: 1 TB
How does it run? Great without lag at all, of course this computer isn't a year old yet.
Notebook or Desktop: Desktop.
Cpu: i7 8700K
Gpu: GTX 1080
Memory: 32 GB
Storage: 512 GB SSD
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : Excellent for the most part, but with some inexplicable performance hiccups. I’m steady over 100 FPS 95% of the time except for the odd drop to the 40 FPS range panning around San Myshuno.
You can see it ALL over these old tech forums, by multiple tech people and all over AHQ. Just saying. I was told, a few times, that I didn't know what I was talking about when I said Sims 4 benefited from an SSD over an HDD.
Notebook or Desktop: Notebook
Cpu: Dual Intel i5 Core with Turbo Boost
Gpu: Honestly, I don’t know what this is.
Memory: 8GB (Might upgrade to 16GB when I have the money)
Storage: 256GB SSD with 200GB of iCloud as well.
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good?: Excellently. I didn’t even think it would run The Sims as well as it does!
Other notes/comments: nil.
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Notebook or Desktop: Desktop
Cpu: i7 7700K
Gpu: GTX 1070 8 GB
Memory: 16 GB
Storage: 1 TB M.2 , 2 TB HHDD , 250 GB SSD
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : It defiantly meets requirements and runs just fine without a hitch until I hit those random FPS drops.
S3 simblr: http://simplysimming.tumblr.com/
S4 simblr: http://simlogic.tumblr.com/
Notebook or Desktop: Gaming Desktop
Cpu: Intel 8th Gen i3-8100 Coffee Lake Quad Core @3.60GHz
Gpu: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Memory: 8 GB
Storage: 1 TB HDD
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good?: Excellent!
Other notes/comments: Bought this brand new in September 2018. Runs like a dream, no lag whatsoever. However, I do still have the Sims teleporting glitch other Simmers have reported that was introduced in a patch. But it's extremely random, not game breaking, just annoying. My game is completely vanilla, no cc, no mods.
If you're looking for a great entry model, budget gaming desktop, this one is perfect IMO. It's all upgradable too so can see this desktop lasting a long, long time for me.
Notebook or Desktop:Desktop
Cpu: i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz
Gpu: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Memory: 16 GB
Storage 1 TB
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : Excellent
Other notes/comments:Available space 804 GB
Computer Manufacturer + Model : Dell G3
Notebook or Desktop: Laptop
Cpu: i7-8750H @ 2.20 GHz
Gpu: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB
Memory: 16GB 32 supported
Storage: 512 GB SSD
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : Excellent
Other notes/comments:
Notebook or Desktop:Desktop
CPU: i7 -6700 3.40 Ghz
Gpu: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Memory: 16GB
Storage: 1TB HDD 240MB SSD
How does it run: Excellent, very smooth.
Other: Bought this PC back in 2016, its been a great gaming rig.
How are you gonna attack them, but believe the same thing? Do you even realize they we're saying they knew there was a difference even though others say there isn't? You quote the part of their comment that let's you act superior, and you're basically saying the same thing they did. They weren't saying they were taking anyone's advice. Did you even read the comment, or just stop where you quoted?
I’m seeing some sub-mid-range specs in here claiming excellent performance (which I define as a minimum of 60 FPS with no drops) and I’m wondering how that’s possible in San Myshuno during a rainstorm when a festival is on.
Notebook or Desktop: Desktop
Cpu: Ryzen 7 1800X
Gpu: EVGA GTX 1080
Memory: 16GB
Storage: 2TB
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : Runs smoother than a hot knife through butter on a nice hot summer day about to spread that all over a piping hot baked potato.
Which specs exactly are you referring to, just for constructive conversation purposes?
Computer Manufacturer + Model : MSI GV62 8RD-200
Notebook or Desktop: Notebook
Cpu: Intel Core i5 8th Gen 8300H
Gpu: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050Ti
Memory: 8GB
Storage: 1TB. SSD
How does it run? Average? Poor? Excellent? Good? : Excellent so far, I've only had it a week tomorrow.
Other notes/comments:
I was pretty apprehensive about getting this laptop after reading some reviews. Some were great, some not so great. I have been loving it so far. I went from an i7 to an i5 and I was really worried about that but I haven't noticed much difference. I am not super computer knowledgeable so maybe there is a huge difference I am not noticing. Best of luck to you in your search, I know it can sometimes be stressful.
60FPS with no drops is simply impossible. The game uses DirectX 9 and it will quickly run into draw call bottleneck on large lots with lots of objects. Because DX9 only uses one thread to push draw call / doesn't scale performance with multi-core processors, no CPU in existence can maintain 60fps in this game.
FPS has little relevance to TS4 performance anyway. You can have 60+ FPS and yet the game experiences massive simulation lag, as rendering is decoupled from simulation.
I have 16gb ram , i7 8750 and a GTX 1060. The only thing more mid range is the gpu i guess. But its more than sufficient for Sims 4 @So_Money
Someone else could look at it compared to theirs and think it's garbage.
What good is collecting information if we can’t use it to make observations and draw conclusions? And the only possible conclusion I can draw from the information collected so far (given the wide range of specs) is exactly what I observed - that each of us must differ greatly in our assessment of what constitutes excellent performance.
We certainly can’t use the information to arrive at a baseline set of specs to run the game on Ultra with such a variance in specs claiming the same level of performance.
Anyway, I apologize for derailing the thread. Carry on.
Keep in mind excellent to you was 60fps with no drops.
Well, I wasn’t intending on entering into a drawn out dialogue on the subject, but if you insist...
Given the parameters you have set, “excellent” must be considered peak performance. In general, a steady 60 FPS is considered to be the first optimal performance target in gaming, unless a higher refresh rate monitor is in play (which in my case it is). I have not been able to achieve this baseline standard, for many of the reasons outlined in the post @elelunicy above, which is why I described my performance results as “mostly” excellent.
If you want me to single out specs from the thread, it’s easy to see that an i3 is below what I would consider mid-range (it doesn’t even meet the recommended requirements for Seasons), a two year-old i5 is borderline, and so is a MacBook Air. I suspect that these machines aren’t capable of achieving what I consider to be peak performance.
But, of course, individual standards will vary and that was the point I was making earlier.
And average FPS doesn’t mean much to me. I average in the low 100’s but I have drops into the 40’s and that is what keeps me from rating my own performance as “excellent”.
I hope you’re satisfied with this response because we’ve already wasted enough time discussing a completely innocuous comment of mine.