Computer for all The Sims 3 content

"igazor;c-15725771" wrote:
@KHS12 @CravenLestat The problem with those recommendations is of course not that we don't believe you. It's that HP is just a brand name. Whether it's the best one to be shopping for such purposes may be debatable for various reasons, but they have made and still make plenty of computers that are perfectly capable of carrying the entire game with all content and tons of CC if desired. They also make plenty of computers that wouldn't be capable of getting the base game alone started up without blowing gaskets all over the place (think of the around $199 (US Dollars) super light portable laptop types with weak processors and no graphics card, and the all-in-one desktops that have no cooling system). And they have plenty of models in between. It's the components and specs that are important, not the brand name. What we don't need is players thinking that they can select a computer capable of running the entire game based on brand name alone and waste their money on models that are just never going to work well or for very long.

No, TS3 does not need a 2017 standards official gaming computer to run. It's a 2009 program and wouldn't know what to do with all of that power. But it does have real needs and requirements. Players not accustomed to being able to tell the difference between processors and graphics card types, those who don't know the difference between hard drives and RAM, etc., will not be happy if they make a selection that is far below what can reasonably be expected to carry the game.

My desktop computer is from 2011. A serious gamer would laugh at its configuration, probably (which is why I never invite serious gamers over to look at it). But it is strong enough to have survived the entire TS3 game and I am certain it could run TS4 reasonably well if I put it to the task. As long as things hold up mechanically, age itself doesn't really matter. Heck, that last bit applies to many of us players as well. You know, we didn't all roll off the assembly line last week ourselves either, some of us have developed odd squeaks and groan noises and have needed some parts replacing, but many of us still continue to function well enough through some miracle or other. ;)

Just to note, You, @KHS12 and @CravenLestat have older hardware. The game is older.Your computers are older and they don't make your hardware anymore. This game does not like newer low end hardware. If someone were to go buy a lower end computer now with newer hardware the game won't usually run well. How many people we have seen in Tech that come in with new lower end integrated hardware that can't play the game. People will find out the hard way when they need to replace their low end computers they have now had for 4 years +.