Sims 3 on this laptop?

Sooo, I played sims 3 once and now I'm hooked and I have to have it lol. My hp pavillion just took a crap so now I'm in the market for a new laptop. I've been looking for one that fits the minimum requirements for the game (I can 110% guarantee that Sims 3 will be the only game I play on this comp as I am in no way a gamer). I don't know very much about computers (hince the name "ihavenoidea" lol) so I was hoping that you guys could help me out. Here's the specs (copied and pasted from website, sorry if there's more info than you need) on one laptop that I am seriously considering:

Model
Brand ASUS
Model N61Vg-A1

General
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53G
Memory Size 4GB
Hard Disk 320GB
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
Video Memory 1GB DDR2 VRAM
Card slot 1 x Express Card

CPU
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU Speed P8700(2.53GHz)
CPU FSB 1066MHz
CPU L2 Cache 3MB

Chipset
Chipset Intel PM45

Display
Screen Size 16"
Wide Screen Support Yes
Resolution 1366 x 768

Graphics
GPU/VPU NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
Video Memory 1GB DDR2 VRAM
Graphic Type Dedicated Card

Hard Drive
HDD 320GB
HDD RPM 7200rpm

Ports
Card Slot 1 x Express Card
USB 3
Video Port 1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI
Other port 1 x E-SATA
Audio Ports 1 x Microphone-in jack
1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF)

Audio
Audio Integrated Sound card
Speaker Internal Speakers

Supplemental Drive
Card Reader 8-in-1 card reader, SD, MMC, MS, MS-Pro, mini SD w/ adapter, MS-Duo, MS-Pro Duo via adapter
Webcam 1.3MP

I just want to make sure that Sims 3 will run smoothly on this system. Thanks in advance for the help guys!

-Stephanie

 

The Sims 3 will run fine on that computer; it's really not that graphics hungry a game and if you've looked at screenshots, there isn't that much of a difference between low and high settings yet it increases performance significantly.

 

The game runs fine on my sister's gma 4500mhd equipped laptop so you shouldn't have any troubles with it on that configuration.

 

oh awesome! Thanks so much, esp. for the quick replies. You guys rock!

 

lol it can certainly play a game like sims

 

Sims 3 and its expansions run absolutely fine on high settings on my ancient siggy laptop. So...yeah, your's will be okay, too.

 

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