I read online where someone with this graphics card and 8 gb of RAM has a sims 3 game that is really slow and laggy. One would think that with a powerful graphics card, it would run like a dream. But I was wondering if there is a reason for this and should I be concerned? I've been wanting a computer with this graphics card. Is the game not compatible with the newer GPUs?
According to my reference I always use that card should run good: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements
There are many factors that can influence the game performance and maybe they had a dual graphic card system (with a chip and the card) and the game had troubles recognizing the card and was running on the chip.
If it was just one person, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The processor is also important. Get a i5 or i7 with at least 3.0 Ghz. 8 GB or RAM is plenty for the Sims 3 (since that is a 32 bit application that can't use more then 4 no matter how much you have) but with Sims 4 on the horizon, 12 GB might be better.
I think both should be fine but I'm not really that technical.
If you have the money, it's worth thinking about something faster but I would think that should be good enough. In my experience, it's usually not the processor that's holding people back if they buy a new one, it's usually the graphic card.
