The Sims 4 System Requirements

The Sims 4 is a game that simulates the daily life of people. It was launched by EA and played on operating systems like Windows, Mac, PS4, and Xbox One. As mentioned before, gamers can do everything as in the real life such as dating, finding jobs, or working. 

The system requirements for this game are not very high, but it doesn’t mean that you can randomly choose any components to run it.

For example, you need a PC that is priced at least $1000, otherwise, the games will be lagging. Or if you have a GPU that is not really good, it cannot handle the images and your watching experience may be really terrible. 

Being aware of the importance of system requirements now, aren’t you? Here are some recommendations about minimum and ideal system quality to play The Sims 4 smoothly. 

On Windows PCs

Minimum system requirements

  • OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit)

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E 4300 or AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+

  • RAM: 4GB

  • HDD: 15 GB available space

  • Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 / ATI Radeon X1300 / Intel GMA X4500

  • DirectX: 9/10/11 

  • Monitor’s resolution: 1024 × 768

Recommended system requirements

  • OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)

  • CPU: Intel Core i5 or later / AMD Athlon X4

  • RAM: at least 4GB

  • HDD: 15 GB available space or larger

  • Graphics card: GTX 650 or later

  • DirectX: 9/10/11 

  • Monitor’s resolution: 1920 × 1080

On mac

Minimum system requirements

  • OS: macOS X10.11

  • CPU:  Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 

  • RAM: 4GB

  • HDD: 15 GB available space

  • Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 

  • DirectX: 9/10/11 

  • Monitor’s resolution: 1024 × 768

Recommended system requirements

  • OS: macOS X11

  • CPU:  Intel Core i5 or later

  • RAM: 8GB

  • HDD: 18 GB available space or larger

  • Graphics card: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better 

  • DirectX: 10/11 

  • Monitor’s resolution: 1920 × 1080

What prebuilt gaming PCs should you have to play The Sims 4?

Combining all requirements that we’ve just mentioned above, you can easily figure out that the minimum price of a prebuilt gaming PC which can handle The Sims 4 is around $1000.

Remember that The Sims 4 is not the only game that you play. Therefore, $1000 maybe not be the final station. 

Due to the increasingly high price of some components like graphics cards or RAM, the budget you have to spend for your gaming PC may be higher. Don’t be shocked if it reaches $3000 or over.

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