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I would say I've got a good level of understanding when it comes to PC performance. However, for the last 5 years or so, my world has been on Mac. After playing the not so great port on Mac on Steam, I'm keen to come back to the 'proper' world of SC4 on PC, playing with the new DLLs that have emerged and re-finding all the old BATs I used to enjoy But, I'm looking for some advice on getting SC4 to perform at its absolutely best. I've played around with wrappers, 4K, widescreen, and found that on my old laptop, which wasn't exactly slow, I wasn't getting great performance with graphics mods. I'd love to be able to BAT again, but I don't think it's so easy to get the best BATting tools up and running on modern windows versions. I want to reach out and ask the community, in a semi-hypothetical scenario, if money were no object, what would the ideal PC look like to get SC4 performing at scarily-fast, lightning-pace loading, and ultra high framerate even with lots of buildings, trees, automata etc, all in HD? Processor - would a super-high clock speed be better than a lower GHz multi-thread? Memory - is more necessarily better? Would ancient DDR2 do the job? SSD - would this make a difference? Graphics card - I've tried to force the game to use an Nvidia card before, with no noticeable difference – what's the approach here? OS - does Windows 11 make for a worse overall experience? That includes running lot editor, old editing tools like Andreas' multi tool Maybe the ideal SC4-specific PC is a top-end machine from the 2010s, running XP or 7? Or maybe a gaming behemoth from 2024 can do the business better? Maybe a top end gaming machine isn't built to copy with a 2003 game? Any examples of PCs that absolutely eat SC4 for breakfast without breaking a sweat greatly appreciated!
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Hello Simtropolis Community! I am looking to buy a new Windows laptop and I would appreciate your input. Along with the usual Office functions, my goal will be gaming (SC4, possibly Civ 3 and eventually Cities Skylines) and graphics/dtp (Adobe). These are the machines (all Dell) that I am considering. and I'm hoping to purchase a new machine this weekend, since there's a sale going on. Inspiron 5000 Gaming with Win10 Pro 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Quad Core (6MB Cache, up to 3.8 GHz) 8GB, 2400MHz, DDR4; up to 32GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5 128GB Solid State Drive (Boot) + 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive (Storage) 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display 74WHr, 6-Cell Battery (Integrated) "optimal cooling" Ports 1 HDMITM 1.4a 3 USB 3.0 including 1 with PowerShare 1 2-in-1 SD (UHS50) / MMC 1 RJ-45 1 Kensington Lock 1 Headphone/Mic Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming with Win 10 Pro 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ Quad Core (6MB Cache, up to 3.5 GHz) or 17-7700HQ Quad, 6MB up to 3.8GHz) 8GB, 2400MHz, DDR4; up to 32GB or 16GB, 2400MHz, DDR4; up to 32GB 256GB Solid State Drive or 128GB Solid State Drive (Boot) + 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive (Storage) 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti with 4GB GDDR5 74 Whr, 6-Cell Battery (Integrated) Ports and Slots: Combo Jack (Headset/Mic, USB 3.0 port, USB 3.0 Powershare port, HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, Noble Lock Security Slot, Power, 8.USB 3.0 port, Media Card Reader front-firing speakers, a subwoofer and Waves MaxxAudio® Pro. maximum cooling feature Inspiron 17 7000 2in1 with Win 10 Pro--I'm considering two machines which share the following specs 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.5 GHz) 16GB, DDR4, 2400MHz NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 940MX 2GB GDDR5 17.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Truelife LED-Backlit Touch Display with Wide Viewing Angles 56 WHr, 4-Cell Battery (integrated) The differences are the HD and port/slots: 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive; Ports: SD, SDHC, SDXC Card Reader (specified), USB 2.0, Noble Lock Slot, DC Power In, USB Type C, HDMITM 1.4a (specified), USB 3.0 with PowerShare, Audio Jack 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive + 128GB Solid State Drive (for about $40 more); Ports: SD Card Reader, USB 2.0, Noble Lock Slot, DC Power In, USB Type C, HDMI, USB 3.0 with PowerShare,. Audio Jack XPS 15 with Win 10 Pro (priciest) 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor (6M cache, up to 3.8 GHz) 16GB DDR4-2400MHz; up to 32GB (additional memory sold separately) 512GB PCle Solid State Drive NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) InfinityEdge, Non-touch Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1 Battery: 97WHr Ports: SD card slot, USB 3.0 with PowerShare, Battery gauge button and indicator, Kensington lock slot, AC power, HDMI, Thunderbolt™ 3 (2 lanes of PCI Express Gen 3) supporting: Power in/charging, PowerShare, Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps bi-directional), USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps), Native DisplayPort 1.2 video output, VGA, HDMI, Ethernet and USB-A via Dell Adapter (sold separately) | 8. Headset jack (I'm not planning on buying the Dell Adapter) I like aspects of each machine, bigger screen for one, SSD, cooling feature, (SC4 and flash games are dangerously hot on my present machine), and graphics card. I just wish they all came on one machine. I would consider upgrading my existing machine but the motherboard on my TOSH Satellite is pretty archaic by today's standards so much so that a previous Win 10 update knocked out the functionality of my native keyboard. I got a new one and it has the same issue, so I'm using a wireless one after breaking a USB keyboard. Thank you all for your help! Diana
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Hello guys! what do you think about this pc i want buy? mb:GIGABYTE Z270X-Ultra Gaming - Intel Z270 cpu:Intel Core i7-7700K gpu:Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix, 8GB GDDR5 RAM:Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3000 MHz and some ssd for this game... i know there are so many people who know much more about pc than me, thats why i am posting it here. Is it good choice? Or can I get something better or make some combination? I plan high detailed city with cca 50-60 mods, over 1000+ assets. How many people should I handle without bigger drops? Can we say 200k at max.? Thousands thanks!
