SimCity MBA 2011

eric/ · Feb 15, 2013, 05:57 PM

Do you guys think the 2011 MBA 13 inch would run the new SimCity game?

pgiguere1 · Feb 15, 2013, 06:06 PM

According to EA's official system requirements, you need at least an NVIDIA 9400M or Intel HD 3000.

Your MBA has an Intel HD 3000. You do meet minimal requirements, but I doubt you'll run it with a satisfying framerate unless you're playing it on Low. Maybe Medium at best but I'm not sure given the amount of stuff going on at once.

danistyping · Feb 17, 2013, 05:08 PM

Yeah I'm curious to see how the HD4000 in my 2012 air will handle it. Has anyone on here run the windows Sim City beta via bootcamp or a VM?

ayeying · Feb 17, 2013, 09:39 PM

The game has only been released as a Beta test. No one really knows how it runs since their closed beta only lasts like 1 day.

Totally missed the recent beta because I was partying in Vegas lol

thejadedmonkey · Feb 17, 2013, 09:48 PM

obligatory "Sim City uses an always-on DRM connection".

na1577 · Feb 17, 2013, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by danistyping

Yeah I'm curious to see how the HD4000 in my 2012 air will handle it. Has anyone on here run the windows Sim City beta via bootcamp or a VM?

I have the 2012 Air and have played the game.

Performance is so-so. On the lowest settings, the game is reasonably smooth. You can up it to medium and the game is still playable, but consistently stutters. For the most part, you won't run into problems building your city, but the game uses a lot of transitions and camera movement which can be frustrating when the frame rate drops.

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Feb 15, 2013, 06:06 PM	#2
pgiguere1 macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Canada	According to EA's official system requirements, you need at least an NVIDIA 9400M or Intel HD 3000. Your MBA has an Intel HD 3000. You do meet minimal requirements, but I doubt you'll run it with a satisfying framerate unless you're playing it on Low. Maybe Medium at best but I'm not sure given the amount of stuff going on at once.
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Feb 17, 2013, 05:08 PM	#3
danistyping macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Boston, MA	Yeah I'm curious to see how the HD4000 in my 2012 air will handle it. Has anyone on here run the windows Sim City beta via bootcamp or a VM?
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