Re: Will this laptop run sims smoothly
@amylouisesxo It's not a bad choice, but you can do better for £400. That laptop has a Radeon Vega 6, which is weaker than a Radeon Vega 8. (AMD's naming strategy isn't great, but this one is easy.)
On the other hand, this laptop does have a Vega 8, to go with its stronger processor. (The specs don't say so, but a Ryzen 3500U comes with a Vega 8.) It has the same 8 GB RAM, and the same 256 GB solid state drive. That's not a lot of storage, but it's more than enough for Sims 4, all its packs, and your saves, builds, etc. The screen is the same 15" and 1920x1080, and it's an IPS-type, which is the highest quality in terms of color and viewing angle. It's not a touchscreen, but that's pretty hard to find for a reasonable price in a laptop that can also run games.
I don't know what the upper limit of your budget is, but just so you have some idea of what's out there, this £500 option would be a significant upgrade. Its dedicated graphics card could handle ultra graphics settings, albeit just barely. Its processor is a bit weaker than the one above (though stronger than the one you found), but still good enough for Sims 4.
There would normally be laptops in between these two in price ones that had entry-level dedicated graphics cards with performance between the levels of the two I linked. But I checked several different U.K. sites, and the cheapest options I could find in that category are £480, and at that price, it would be better to spend the extra £20 and get a significantly better laptop.
