@KarinaJackson07 If you really want to play with all expansions enabled, then no, a Radeon Vega 8 would probably not be able to handle the load. Everyone's experience is a bit different, but in general, I wouldn't expect you to be able to use Pets and Seasons on a laptop with that chip.
I was trying to help someone a few months ago with a 2500U (a few percentage points slower) that had the same Vega 8 chip in it. This person ran benchmarks while playing, and despite using low/medium settings, their GPU core load would eventually rise to 98% and the game would crash. Temperature was reasonably well controlled. We tried a number of tweaks, but nothing fixed the problem—the most it did was postpone the crash. If I remember correctly, they were playing with Seasons, but not all three of the other demanding packs (Pets first, then Seasons, then Isla Paradiso and Into the Future).
The slowest version of the Nvidia 1050 is about 250% faster than a Vega 8, and more specifically, it's a separate component that's built to handle the graphics computing the game requires. The two are really not in the same class in terms of what can be expected of them. While most games scale down appropriately (more or less) to adjust for weaker hardware, for some reason Sims 3 does not, and it runs much more poorly than it should on components that should theoretically be able to handle low or medium settings. Or at least that's what happens with the more demanding EPs.
There are higher-end laptops with dedicated card like the Nvidia 1050, but of course they're much more expensive than bulkier gaming laptops with the same hardware. So if you want to keep cost down, you'll need to choose between being able to play with the packs you want and having the convenience of a lightweight portable laptop. Whether the tradeoff is worth it is up to you.
