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What specs do you need for Sims 4?

Joe Ford

What specs do you need for Sims 4?

The Sims 4: Recommended Requirements

  • CPU: Intel Core i5 | AMD Athlon X4.
  • RAM: 4 GB RAM.
  • HDD: 15 GB available space.
  • GPU: NVIDIA GTX 650.
  • OS: 64-bit 64 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10.
  • Screen Resolution: 1024 × 768 or better.
  • Direct X: DirectX 9.0c Compatible.
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection.

Why is Sims 4 so large?

Size on your Applications folder depends on you base game + packs installed. 25GB for The Sims 4 is normal, the game has so many assets and with lots of packs installed the game is huge. You can’t do anything to prevent this, if you want to play The Sims 4 with all your packs installed the game needs that space.

Can I play Sims 3 from an external hard drive?

Games such as the Sims 3 can still be installed and run from an external hard drive, however, as long as you make sure that you have the hard drive connected to the computer that the game was installed from.

Can you play Sims on external hard drive?

Re: Can you play sims 4 with an external hard drive? Yes, you can play The Sims 4 with an external hard drive but it will load slower, that “problems” are reduced if you connect it to your 3.0 USB ports but still going slower.

Can you put games on D drive?

Most games should work fine if installed on another drive. To do this, create a new folder on the D drive and name it something like Games if you are installing directly from a DVD or such. When the game is installing, it will ask you where you want to install it to.

How do I move a game to my SSD?

To move an installed game once you’ve added a second library, right-click it in your Steam library and select “Properties”. Click the “Local Files” tab and click the “Move Install Folder” button. Select the Steam library you want to move the game to and click the “Move Folder” button. You’re done.

How do I move Windows to SSD?

Here’s what we recommend:

  1. A way to connect your SSD to your computer. If you have a desktop computer, then you can usually just install your new SSD alongside your old hard drive in the same machine to clone it.
  2. A copy of EaseUS Todo Backup.
  3. A backup of your data.
  4. A Windows system repair disc.

How do I put games on my SSD?

How to install/ migrate Steam games on an SSD

  1. Close your Steam Client and make sure that Steam.exe is not running in Task Manager.
  2. Go to the game that you wish to copy from HDD to SSD.
  3. Right-click the game folder > select Properties to see how much space it really takes up.
  4. Make sure that have this free space on your SSD.