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    Would these specs work with Get Together?

    oopsdaiesoopsdaies Posts: 37 Member
    in Mac - Technical Discussions
    I just wanted to know if these specs would work with the Get Together expansion pack:

    IMac 20-inch, Early 2009

    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB

    Memory: 2 GB

    Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo


    I'm not so sure about the memory though, but I know most of them meet the requirements.

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      Lunder89Lunder89 Posts: 155 Member
      As far as I can tell from the official system requirements, neither your memory amount or graphics card meets the requirements for the Sims 4.

      So interesting question, are you playing sims 4 on your iMac?
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      oopsdaiesoopsdaies Posts: 37 Member
      Yes, and it works just fine with the Get To Work expansion pack.
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      BluebellFloraBluebellFlora Posts: 7,110 Member
      oopsdaies wrote: »
      Yes, and it works just fine with the Get To Work expansion pack.

      That's astonishing given that your Mac doesn't meet the minimum requirements to play the game. What version of OS X are you running? Do you have all the graphics options set to low/medium in game?

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      oopsdaiesoopsdaies Posts: 37 Member
      Version 10.9.5

      Sims: High

      Objects: Low

      Lighting: Low

      Reflections: Low

      Visual Effects: Low

      Edge Smoothing: Off

      3D Scene Resolution: High

      View Distance: High


      So, the majority of my settings are on low.
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      Lunder89Lunder89 Posts: 155 Member
      Impressive. However turning 3D scene resolution and View Distance to low, you should be able to get some of the other into the medium setting.
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      oopsdaiesoopsdaies Posts: 37 Member
      @Lunder89 Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to try it out. :smile:

      But do I have enough memory to get another expansion pack?
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      oopsdaiesoopsdaies Posts: 37 Member
      And if my computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements what should I do?
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      Tremayne4260Tremayne4260 Posts: 3,126 Member
      You can always buy more memory for your Mac. It's fairly inexpensive to find. I usually use Other World Computing or another computer site to buy more memory. Buying it from Apple is usually very expensive.
      Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'til Morning.
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      AlanSimsAlanSims Posts: 713 Member
      I have a Late 2009 iMac with 9400M NVIDIA Graphics card and 12 GB RAM (Used to be 4, extended it to 12 gb) and it works well. The island gets a little laggy if I have too many Sims at a time. It's also running on low specs and Sims/Objects? on High.
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      oopsdaiesoopsdaies Posts: 37 Member
      @Tremayne4260

      One question: Have you encountered any problems with that site?
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      Tremayne4260Tremayne4260 Posts: 3,126 Member
      Nope. OWC is a good site for ordering. I ordered memory for my current iMac and a disk drive from them as well. Both work wonderfully.
      Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'til Morning.
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