Now I didn't want to start all over from my Mac game, as I had backups from my Powerbook days, along with 2 GB of custom content. Selecting the drivers either under XP or Vista, not the bootcamp ones (which Then installing the latest AMD drivers found here: The 2600 is by all means not a high end card, but it does blow away the recommended specs of the game.Įither Aspyr did not optimize the game as best as it could, or Apple simply just doesn't update the video card drivers properly (I'm assuming a mixture of both).Īnyway, so I got a copy of the PC version from my friend and decided to load it in Boot Camp.Īlthough first, I updated the drivers through AMD by first installing: I suffered the same stuttering many have with just a few sims, flashing blue textures, etc. I recently got a Mac Pro ( 2 x 2.8 GHz, ATi HD2600XT, 6 GB RAM), and thought I might as well try the game out in OSX, as that setup would surely decimate it right? I played a lot on my Powerbook G4, but could not play at high settings or with multiple Sims without lag. So I've always seen threads complaining about Sims 2 performance, mainly from people with iMacs.

I have a similar guide with Crysis, sadly the poor drivers in OSX requires the same measures to be used) MacBook Pro users can do the same, but download the nvidia drivers. (This mini-guide should help all Sims 2 players with either an iMac or Mac Pro as they have GPU's in the same series.

Reddit play the sims on mac