Computer specs for Sims 3
I don't know much about computers and specs and I was wondering if this computer was okay for Sims 3. I do have all the Sims 3 expansion and stuff packs that i will like to play all at once with medi...
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@dlarlQma I'd need to know the names of the other games in order to tell you how they'd run. Sims 3 might lag in certain worlds (definitely Isla Paradiso) because of the way the game is programmed and those worlds are built, but the hardware in either computer will not be the problem. (Many worlds can also be fixed, or have been already, so they don't lag, but that's a whole other conversation.) Again though, either way, you'd need to manually limit your in-game frame rates, or you might see performance issues related to an overworked graphics card.
If you're planning to install 20 other games, you'll probably need a larger hard drive sooner or later. But those are cheap too, and almost as easy to install as memory. And in terms of performance, it's much better to get a solid state drive and than install a large mechanical drive later. Windows and many games will be much faster on the SSD, and a 1 or 2 TB HDD wouldn't be that expensive.
For the extra RAM, the best way to go is to get the computer, find the serial number on the installed module, and order a matching copy on Amazon or wherever it's cheapest. Because the speed and timings have to match precisely, that's the easiest way to get exactly what you need.
So here are the games that I currently own
Origin:
Sims 3 (and all the expansion and stuff packs)
Sims 4 (and all the expansion, stuff, game packs)
Alice: Madness Returns
Dead in Bermuda
Plants vs Zombies
Steam World Dig
Unwritten Tales 2
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Steam:
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Back to the Future (Ep. 1 - 5)
Game of Thrones
Life is Strange
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
The Walking Dead (Season 1, Season 2, Michonne, A New Frontier)
The Wolf Among Us
Epic Games:
Batman Arkham Knight
LEGO Batman TheVideogame
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Batman Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
For Honor
Batman Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Conarium
The Walking Dead The Final Season
ABZU
Alan Wake
Celeste
City of Brass
Enter the Gungeon
GNOG
Hyper Light Drifter
Inside
Last Day of June
Limbo
Moonlighter
Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden
Overcooked
Rebel Galaxy
RIME
Stories Untold
The End is Nigh
The Witness
Thimbleweed Park
This War of Mine
Transistor
World of Goo
*Didn't realize I had so many Epic Games, but everything was free except for The Walking Dead
@dlarlQma That is... a long list of games. All of them would run on the computer I linked, or even the one you linked. If you want ultra graphics settings though, five of them—Captain Spirit, For Honor. GNOG, Last Day of June, and Mutant Year Zero—would be close calls, even with the slightly stronger AMD RX 580. High settings should be fine for any of them. (A 580 should always be able to run Sims 4 on ultra, even accounting for future expansion packs, but an Nvidia 1650 might not quite be strong enough. Again though, high settings would always be fine.)
But if you'd like a graphics card that's even a bit stronger, either to give yourself some breathing room or to allow for other demanding games in the near future, I can try to find something a bit better. Just let me know your budget, and I'll have a look around.
You're definitely going to need more than 512 GB of storage as well. But, like I said before, it's extremely easy to install a second drive when you need it, and usually cheaper than limiting yourself to the prebuilt models that come with a large amount of storage included.
is it possible to know the best graphic card (no budget) and best budget friendly graphic card.
@dlarlQma Are you talking about what you would do if you built a computer yourself, or what you might buy in a prebuilt model? I'm guessing you don't really want one of the high-end cards, like the $1,200 2080 ti. If you're just considering how your games would run, an Nvidia 2060 or 2060 Super would be more than enough. An AMD RX 580 would be a budget option that would still run your games reasonably well. Sims 3 only needs an Nvidia 1050 in a desktop.
If you're asking a more specific question though, please clarify.
