My fiance needs a new laptop that is able to play Sims 3.
I'm assuming integrated chips probably don't have the power to play it so I'm just looking for something that hopefully is not too expensive.
She wouldn't need to play it on high settings or anything, just something that can play it smoothly.
Any advice would be helpful!
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Anything with dedicated graphics should do it. I think I remember my old laptop with an nVidia 9200M GS handling it and that's the bottom rung for dedicated cards
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My mom's E6400 with the Intel 4500MHD can run it just fine.
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Well why dont you look into some possible laptops in your price range and tell us what GPUs those have. :] Then we can tell if if you're on the right track.
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Yep, a 4500MHD can play it on low settings.
For high settings, my 8600M GS can almost max it out. -
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Well you can get pretty cheap laptops with dedicated graphics these days. What other things does she want, like screen size, full set keyboard, and what about your needs if you're going to be using it?
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This Game is more to CPU Hogging instead of GPU's.
However, GPU is still needed but not need a very powerful 1. -
Thanks for the replies all!
A little more on what I'm looking for:
15.4" or.. the 15.6". I'm not sure how the 15.6" ones differ really, I haven't kept up on the latest laptop info like I used to.
I think we'd prefer just the standard keyboard, ones with a full set (numpad included) usually seem a little cramped.
Dedicated GPU is probably the way we'll go, so she would at least be able to play at decent settings smoothly and be a little more future proof for other games she might like to try.
Intel is more preferred over AMD, unless we can find a great deal on an AMD that would sway us over.
And we're hoping we can find something for around $600 (less would be best, but we don't want it to melt a week after purchase).
The last time I purchased a lappy I got a barebones Asus and installed the HDD and RAM myself to save a little money, so that's a possibility too. -
Dell Inspiron 15 - $649
Here's the info, cut and paste from Dell's site.
Code:Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T4300 (2.1GHz/800Mhz FSB/1MB cache) Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English Microsoft® Works 9 1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis - Important Information McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) 6-cell battery Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card Integrated 1.3 MP Webcam High Definition Audio 2.0 Jet Black My Accessories Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year WildTangent Games Also Includes Bright, glossy widescreen 15.6 WLED display (1366x768) 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Integrated 10/100 Network Card Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor Napster Link 1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection No ISP requested
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I second that Inspiron 15. The 4330 is a surprisingly capable graphics card, and the system as a whole is quite sturdy.
GPU that can play Sims 3?
Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by silencejar, Nov 22, 2009.