@xxlMarii This is not the laptop I'd have recommended for Sims 3, especially not at this price point (the site is showing $680), but it might be fine if you never buy Pets or Seasons. I wouldn't tell you not to try in any case; the worst that can happen is the game is unstable and you decide not to play or to deactivate one or two expansions.
If I had to guess, I would say that this laptop can probably run the packs you own without too much trouble, and that the other expansions aside from Pets and Seasons would be fine too. However, long-haired pets and horses might be a problem, or any pets at all, or rain and snow. I can't give you a better answer because I haven't heard from anyone else with this graphics chip, and benchmarks are averages that don't necessarily reflect the performance in any given game.
In your position, I'd try it out, and if I were satisfied with the current performance, I'd add expansions one at a time, testing to see the effect of the new content. You'll probably see performance drop off at some point; the question will be whether adding more content is worth it after that. And that depends on your personal preferences.
I would also suggest testing in Sunset Valley as well as whatever other worlds you'd like to use. SV is as stable an EA-made world as any, and you might find that some content is usable there while you can't really play properly in another EA world or a custom one.
I got it for about $300 with taxes when it was on sale, but it hasn’t come yet. I am considering returning it when it does come though.
I had a budget around $400 (maybe up to $500), do you think I would be able to get something better with that price? Because I would really want to have Pets and Seasons in the future.
@xxlMarii $300 is a great price for that hardware, and it's not easy to find something at that price that's any better. This is better though, from a Sims 3 performance standpoint:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/5262667268
You'd also get twice the memory, which, while not strictly necessary for Sims 3, is great to have in general or for multitasking while gaming. On the flip side, the screen is likely not as pretty, although some of that is subjective.
If you're willing to go to $500, or close, this laptop would run all Sims 3 content on ultra graphics settings, minus the two (water and high-detail lots) that need to be turned down to lighten the load on the game engine. 12 GB memory is more than enough since the laptop would use the Nvidia graphics card's video memory for graphics-related processing.
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/loq-laptops/lenovo-loq-15arp9/83jc0001us
I see a lot of other options in the $350-450 range that are about as good as the first one except for having only 8 GB RAM. If you want to keep the price down and don't like the first laptop for one reason or another, they're viable options; let me know if you'd like a list of these. If you're willing to go to $450 though, you might as well spend a bit extra and get a proper gaming laptop, i.e. the Lenovo LOQ above.
Could I have the list as well please? I would like to also play The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, and I was wondering if it would be able to work with both. I know TS2 is older, but I was guessing it still has a fair amount of load on a laptop.
