Budget desktop for Sims 3
I've been looking at some answers on here to figure out which desktop to buy but I'm not very literate with this stuff so I'm getting pretty confused! I like to play the Sims 3 (I don't plan on upgr...
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Thank you for taking the time to reply to me @puzzlezaddict I've had a look at what I may be able to purchase using discounts and payment plans and I'm considering the following Dell desktop:
Do you think this will run TS3 successfully?
Thanks again for your help 🙂
@Player_ehet0eph While the processor is more than good enough for Sims 3, its graphics chip is not. There are some integrated chips that will run the game, all packs included, but they're around 80% faster than this one. So while you might possibly be able to play on this computer, I wouldn't count on it.
For comparison, these computers have the faster graphics chips I mentioned:
https://www.box.co.uk/DT.VV3EK.003-Acer-Veriton-Essential-N-Intel-Core-i5-8_3628971.html
https://www.box.co.uk/11R8000DUK-Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M75s-Gen-2-11R8000D_3941998.html
I don't know whether you could or would want to get financing for either of these, or whether it's worth doing so just to play Sims 3. But if you're interested, these would be good alternatives.
Hello,
I’ve been looking for a thread that will help me figure out whether or not the computer I want to buy is good enough to run the sims 3 and all of its EP’s and SP’s and I think I’m in the right place. The computer I want to buy is called Ideapad gaming 3 AMD with the following specs:
- Processor
AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800H Processor (3.20 GHz, up to 4.70 GHz Max Boost, 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 16 MB Cache)
- Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64
- Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3050 Ti 4GB
- Memory
8 GB DDR5 4800MHz
- Storage
512 GB PCIe SSD Gen 4
Thank you all for the help
@sativsim Yes, that computer is more than good enough for Sims 3, in fact it's a bit of overkill. That's not a bad thing at all, in fact it'll help buffer the inevitable fps drops.
The one thing you'll definitely want to do is manually limit in-game framerates. There's no point in doing this until you have the game installed on the laptop, since you need to test in-game to make sure the settings worked. But when you're ready, feel free to ask for help with the process.
@puzzlezaddict wrote:@sativsim Yes, that computer is more than good enough for Sims 3, in fact it's a bit of overkill. That's not a bad thing at all, in fact it'll help buffer the inevitable fps drops.
The one thing you'll definitely want to do is manually limit in-game framerates. There's no point in doing this until you have the game installed on the laptop, since you need to test in-game to make sure the settings worked. But when you're ready, feel free to ask for help with the process.
Thank you so much! 🙂
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