I know my laptop can handle The Sims 4, but what it's estimated limit?
I have been meaning to ask this for awhile. I don't have a dedicated graphics card(at least I don't think I do. I know the laptop I chose to get was more for like office stuff and is a great office laptop) but it runs The Sims 4 on High Settings/graphics etc..although the fan is rather loud when I do. So I tend to play on medium settings...but my question is if I do play on high settings since my laptop seems to run it on high, no lag, no glitches etc....just the fan is loud. Can my laptop like die or maybe over heat from playing The Sims 4 on a lower end laptop? The reviews on the laptop from different websites got reviews such as it is good for light gaming. What does that mean? It can play Solitaire on high settings? Hahahaha Or....
Here is my computer info: (I have several expansion packs, game and stuff packs installed, but there are quite a few I still don't own. Oh and I have some mods and cc installed but nothing crazy)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Processor
Storage: 1 TB HHD and 128 SSD
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics
RAM: 8 GB Ram (which unfortunately can't be updated, but I don't feel I need more than 8 GB?)
Screen: 15.6 Full HD Display
Processor Type: 2.1 GHz base clock, up to 3.7 GHz max boost clock (I have no idea what this means? But it basically says the processor speed is 2.1 GHz)
Hopefully I shared enough or the right info as I like know little about computers still...
I am planning to buy a desktop in the very near future for things like more gaming, I was just wondering since The Sims is the only thing I play right now on PC and plan to until I get a desktop that can handle more etc and have better settings as I don't want anything portable anymore. So like what would be a limit with this? Will my laptop have a shortened life playing it with too many packs installed, not work or like over heat on high settings?
Lol I hope this makes sense....It was a great deal and it plays The Sims 4 just fine..way better than my old 10 year old laptop that finally took a crap from heavy use. I think I rushed into it as I really in need of one, out of a laptop, I don't regret my decision because even if it didn't handle The Sims 4, I would be able to go without it for a year or so, but I knew by the settings it would at least play it on low to medium settings. I bought it in the middle of COVID panic and most laptops were sold out. I almost got like the gaming HP version of this, but it got some terrible reviews and was like $200 more than this laptop. I have also been more into my writing again and other hobbies, that a gaming laptop didn't make sense either. I wanted one that was great for office stuff, but a little gaming.
@xJaimerTheGamerx As long as your laptop can properly cool itself, it should be fine. At high settings, a single frame will take more resources to render, so your graphics chip will be able to render fewer frames per second; but lowering the settings will usually raise fps rather than decreasing the load on the GPU. (That is, as long as you don't manually limit your framerates to something lower than what the GPU can handle.) As long as a graphics card or chip isn't defective and isn't overheating, it should be able to run at 90-something percent core load for hours.
A fan being loud is not in itself a problem, it just means temps have increased enough that the fan needs to work harder. The fan might run at low speed when the CPU is below 50º, start revving up above that, and hit max around 80º; these settings will vary by manufacturer and can be tweaked in BIOS. You don't really need to worry about your the temperature of your processor (and by extension its graphics chip) until it gets into the 90s.
If you'd like to monitor internal temperatures and core load while you play, GPU-Z is a good tool. It's very simple to use, covers the most important stats, and doesn't take up many resources. Hwinfo captures everything, if you ever want to see all the sensor readings. Both tools show realtime stats and have a log function so you can review the data after the fact.
The base clock speed means the speed your processor runs at when under normal load (not idling), and the max boost clock is the max speed it can achieve if necessary. (The speed is really frequency, as in, how many cycles each core can complete per second.) Your CPU may run at or near its boost clock speed while you're playing, but that's normal—mine do the same, even without being anywhere near max load. This is fine, again as long as temps are controlled.
8 GB memory is fine for Sims 4. Since your graphics chip is borrowing from main memory, up to 2 GB if necessary, it's a good idea not to have much else open while you play. But the game shouldn't crash; it's just that switching between tasks takes a bit longer if your system is low on memory and is using its page file to store the overflow.
