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Sims 2 on iMac

Eric Lewis

Eric Lewis

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Feb 4, 2007
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CANADA? eh?
So as you prop already know

i orderd a 20'' 2.0ghz iMac 1gb ram

I want to play the sims 2 under bootcamp
and i will install (sims2,openforbusiness,nightlife,university,h&m) and its around 15gigs(ill make the windows partion around 30gigs!)

right now im using
HP Pentium 4 1.6ghz
512mb ram
and a 128mb nvidia graphics GeForce MX 4000

right now the sims 2 loading takes a while longer but overal there is hardly any lagging..its just slow when there is 8+ people on lot....

so would the iMac with XP? be better then what i have? Thanks
 
It'll run like lighting in Boot Camp. You can turn all the settings to high as well. You might worry about the screen resolution though. The HD 2400XT is mostly limited in that aspect. I would have suggested spending the extra money to get the Mobility HD 2600XT
 
Eidorian said:
It'll run like lighting in Boot Camp. You can turn all the settings to high as well. You might worry about the screen resolution though. The HD 2400XT is mostly limited in that aspect. I would have suggested spending the extra money to get the Mobility HD 2600XT
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i already ordered it...i guess i can always get another 1gb stick of ram and that will speed it up a bit..

so the iMac is that much better then the older PC?
 
FYI, Sims 2 is available for Mac OS X and runs quite well in my experience. Same with Boot Camp, but I prefer the Mac OS. Either way it will run well on your new iMac--Did you order 128MB Video RAM or 256MB Video RAM?
 
Steve1496 said:
FYI, Sims 2 is available for Mac OS X and runs quite well in my experience. Same with Boot Camp, but I prefer the Mac OS. Either way it will run well on your new iMac--Did you order 128MB Video RAM or 256MB Video RAM?
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just the standard baseline 20'' iMac..its coming next thurs/fri!

see i already have all the expansions for windows...so it would cost alot to buy them all under mac again
 
Eric Lewis said:
i already ordered it...i guess i can always get another 1gb stick of ram and that will speed it up a bit..

so the iMac is that much better then the older PC?
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The iMac is much better then the older PC. Adding more RAM won't improve frame rates.

Steve1496 said:
FYI, Sims 2 is available for Mac OS X and runs quite well in my experience. Same with Boot Camp, but I prefer the Mac OS. Either way it will run well on your new iMac--Did you order 128MB Video RAM or 256MB Video RAM?
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I ran Sims 2 just fine on my X1600 128 MB at all high settings at 1280 x 800.

I don't see a reason for the OP to buy the Mac version if they already have the Windows one. They ordered the stock 20" model with the ATi HD 2400XT.
 
Eidorian said:
I don't see a reason for the OP to buy the Mac version if they already have the Windows one. They ordered the stock 20" model with the ATi HD 2400XT.
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Right, assuming they already have a copy of Windows XP or Vista too. Just throwing it out there so the OP knows its available for OS X.
 
I have just bought a 20" iMac, 1 GB, 800 MHz, 2.4 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo.

Will sims2, nightlife, open 4 business, pets and bon voyage work on my iMac??

Please comment!!
 
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