\"michelei;c-16778835\" wrote:
@igazor you are fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing your time and your knowledge. You are greatly appreciated!
\"michelei;c-16778835\" wrote:
@igazor you are fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing your time and your knowledge. You are greatly appreciated!
\"igazor;c-16780080\" wrote:
MSI is a major laptop manufacturer. Their market niche is much more expensive gaming laptops, but even their \"lower end\" models tend to be just fine. The one I linked to above, although not over the top ready for much more demanding games, would have the same quality build and cooling system required for sims games. Mid to lower range laptops from other makers really intended more for office/school type tasks and streaming video, web surfing, that kind of thing, quite often not so much again until we get into the over $900 USD price tiers.
To run all of TS3 on better than medium graphics settings on a laptop, this is what one should look for:
Processor: i5 quad core or higher, for a laptop in some cases an i7 or higher should be sought, or the AMD equivalents. The newer H series i5s like the one above are also fine. The U series processors are made for ultra low power consumption and battery usage, they should be avoided.
RAM: At least 8 GB. 16 GB would be nice to have to run other programs at the same time as the game and for future proofing, but that's not essential and usually more RAM can be added later if required.
Graphics Card: Must be dedicated, not integrated, on Nvidia at least a 1050 mobile or higher if on the current range of cards or again the AMD equivalents. Older cards are fine too if they are strong enough (e.g., 960M or higher on that series, 860M or higher on that one), but it would be odd to see older series cards on a newer laptop these days. The also new but weaker MX 130/150 cards should be avoided. Stronger cards like the 1070 and higher would be fine too, but very expensive additions and sims games can't really use all that graphics power.
Drive Space: Solid State Drives (SSDs) are nice, and TS3 happens to be a game that can take advantage of them (not all do, TS4 does not for example) but still very expensive over a certain size. Regardless of whether SSD, standard HDD, or some combination, at least 512 GB in size so as to not keep bumping into drive space restrictions as time goes on.
And the unit must have a decent case and cooling system so as to not fall apart or overheat with \"too much\" usage.
\"igazor;c-16780080\" wrote:
MSI is a major laptop manufacturer. Their market niche is much more expensive gaming laptops, but even their \"lower end\" models tend to be just fine. The one I linked to above, although not over the top ready for much more demanding games, would have the same quality build and cooling system required for sims games. Mid to lower range laptops from other makers really intended more for office/school type tasks and streaming video, web surfing, that kind of thing, quite often not so much again until we get into the over $900 USD price tiers.
To run all of TS3 on better than medium graphics settings on a laptop, this is what one should look for:
Processor: i5 quad core or higher, for a laptop in some cases an i7 or higher should be sought, or the AMD equivalents. The newer H series i5s like the one above are also fine. The U series processors are made for ultra low power consumption and battery usage, they should be avoided.
RAM: At least 8 GB. 16 GB would be nice to have to run other programs at the same time as the game and for future proofing, but that's not essential and usually more RAM can be added later if required.
Graphics Card: Must be dedicated, not integrated, on Nvidia at least a 1050 mobile or higher if on the current range of cards or again the AMD equivalents. Older cards are fine too if they are strong enough (e.g., 960M or higher on that series, 860M or higher on that one), but it would be odd to see older series cards on a newer laptop these days. The also new but weaker MX 130/150 cards should be avoided. Stronger cards like the 1070 and higher would be fine too, but very expensive additions and sims games can't really use all that graphics power.
Drive Space: Solid State Drives (SSDs) are nice, and TS3 happens to be a game that can take advantage of them (not all do, TS4 does not for example) but still very expensive over a certain size. Regardless of whether SSD, standard HDD, or some combination, at least 512 GB in size so as to not keep bumping into drive space restrictions as time goes on.
And the unit must have a decent case and cooling system so as to not fall apart or overheat with \"too much\" usage.
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