Will this Laptop work with the Sims 3?

Does that really say an 80 GB SSD? How much free storage do you have? Between Sims 4 (even just the base game) and Windows, there might not be much space left. If you're not sure, open a File Explorer window and click This PC in the left panel.

But as far as Sims 3 goes, it unfortunately wouldn't run very well on this laptop. The processor is okay although not great for TS3—it might be fine if you didn't run anything else while playing. But the integrated graphics chip wouldn't be able to handle the demands of Pets and Seasons, or possibly Island Paradise and Into the Future either. Some people play on lower settings on hardware like this, and they're okay with the results. Other people get constant crashing and say it's basically unplayable.

Normally I'd say try the base game, maybe add World Adventures, Ambitions, and however many stuff packs you want, and see how it goes. But definitely check the storage situation first. While it's not really dangerous to run out of space, apps and even Windows will start to lag and often fail to update. You should try to have over 20 GB free at all times, including while you're playing or running other apps. So you'd probably want more like 30-35 GB free after you install a game like TS3 but before you've created any saves or downloaded any content.

"puzzlezaddict;c-17354195" wrote:
Does that really say an 80 GB SSD? How much free storage do you have? Between Sims 4 (even just the base game) and Windows, there might not be much space left. If you're not sure, open a File Explorer window and click This PC in the left panel.

But as far as Sims 3 goes, it unfortunately wouldn't run very well on this laptop. The processor is okay although not great for TS3—it might be fine if you didn't run anything else while playing. But the integrated graphics chip wouldn't be able to handle the demands of Pets and Seasons, or possibly Island Paradise and Into the Future either. Some people play on lower settings on hardware like this, and they're okay with the results. Other people get constant crashing and say it's basically unplayable.

Normally I'd say try the base game, maybe add World Adventures, Ambitions, and however many stuff packs you want, and see how it goes. But definitely check the storage situation first. While it's not really dangerous to run out of space, apps and even Windows will start to lag and often fail to update. You should try to have over 20 GB free at all times, including while you're playing or running other apps. So you'd probably want more like 30-35 GB free after you install a game like TS3 but before you've created any saves or downloaded any content.

Thats just what the spec website said, but it wasn't official and could be a typo, or wrong. Thanks, though. I'll look further into it.

"puzzlezaddict;c-17354195" wrote:
Does that really say an 80 GB SSD? How much free storage do you have? Between Sims 4 (even just the base game) and Windows, there might not be much space left. If you're not sure, open a File Explorer window and click This PC in the left panel.

But as far as Sims 3 goes, it unfortunately wouldn't run very well on this laptop. The processor is okay although not great for TS3—it might be fine if you didn't run anything else while playing. But the integrated graphics chip wouldn't be able to handle the demands of Pets and Seasons, or possibly Island Paradise and Into the Future either. Some people play on lower settings on hardware like this, and they're okay with the results. Other people get constant crashing and say it's basically unplayable.

Normally I'd say try the base game, maybe add World Adventures, Ambitions, and however many stuff packs you want, and see how it goes. But definitely check the storage situation first. While it's not really dangerous to run out of space, apps and even Windows will start to lag and often fail to update. You should try to have over 20 GB free at all times, including while you're playing or running other apps. So you'd probably want more like 30-35 GB free after you install a game like TS3 but before you've created any saves or downloaded any content.

The one I have is 256GB SSD.

Okay, but how much do you have free? You should see something like "x GB free of 256 GB total."

If you have 50 GB or more free, and you want to try, go ahead and install the base game (~7 GB), World Adventures and Ambitions (another 6 GB total), and however many stuff packs you like (100-200 MB each). Don't expect to be able to use ultra or even high settings though. You can try the default values for your card and adjust from there. Water and high-detail lots are by far the most demanding settings, so it's best to leave those on low; I set them at the second settings from the bottom, even though everything else is maxed out. It will also help to lower the in-game resolution, which you may want to do anyway to make the UI readable.

A decent (if rough) metric is your in-game framerates. Open the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and enter "fps on" without quotes. A number will appear in the upper right corner, and it will give you some idea of how your graphics card is performing. Your fps will vary somewhat depending on what world you're playing in and even what's on screen, but you can compare the same location across settings easily enough and get an idea of what the card is and isn't capable of handling.

If you like how the game runs on your preferred settings, you can try adding more packs, one at a time. But using all packs together is probably not going to work out very well. If you add a more demanding pack and the game starts to lag, or you get significantly lower fps, you'll know not to push it any further.