Does The Sims 3 run well on Windows 10?

"igazor;c-17534911" wrote:

"McTosh;c-17534709" wrote:
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When players hear "any modern GPU can run TS3" and see a laptop on sale for $200-300 at an office supply store or online, they see that the hardware is new and think it must be a fine investment for the game. It will not be.

Ah I see what you mean. Potatotops are another animal all together, yes I totally agree with you there. When I say GPU, I am of course talking about dedicated desktop graphics. The majority of people on desktops today will have at least a medium range card, which 10 years ago would have been more than high end by that time's standards. GPUs have really come down in price so I can't see anyone in this age having a GPU that can't handle a 10 year old game, when an RX 580 only costs ~£120 (that's how much I paid for mine). That's where I was basing my comment from :)

But yes, don't buy a laptop thinking you could run all eps + mods, even so-called "high end" "gaming laptops" (cringe) are low end compared to a half-decent proper PC.

"KevinL5275;c-17535504" wrote:
Speaking of newer cards, I'm getting an AMD R9 380 today to replace my AMD 7770. It is a better card but will Sims 3 recognize it, or will I have to do some tricks to get it to work?

http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements

It'll just default to high settings now. EA made a change ages ago that just defaulted any unrecognized card to high settings assuming it's better than the cards of 2013. The Graphics rules thing isn't necessary anymore, when you boot up the sims for the first time it'll tell you as such you'll get a popup saying "your card has been unrecognized so your settings have been defaulted to high". You'll only see it once, the game just assumes your card is better than anything listed.

A lot still do the rules thing though out of habit.