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harlienoir's avatar
7 years ago

Will this laptop work for sims 4?

Im looking into buying a refurbished gaming laptop. The specifics are in the screenshot ive posted. The seller says it works with games like fortnight? 

Im hoping it will work for sims 4 plus expansion packs! 

8 Replies

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    This is far from a gaming laptop. Only 128GB harddisk, only supports DDR3 RAM and only integrated graphics. However it will likely be able to run the Sims 4 at low to medium settings.


    Look for specs like these:


    High end

    CPU = Intel I5/I7 generation 7 or better AMD Ryzen 8 or better
    RAM = 8GB DDR4 or more
    HDD = 250GB SSD with secondary HDD for storage.
    Graphics = Geforce 1060 6GB or equivalent AMD card


    Budget

    CPU = Intel I5/I7 generation 5 or better I3 generation 8 AMD Ryzen 5 or better
    RAM = 8GB DDR4
    HDD = 1TB Hybrid drive
    Graphics = Geforce 1050 or Geforce 1060 3GB or equivalent AMD card

    If you find one you like and want an opinion feel free to post a link.

  • Ok thanks!

    Theres this one too, i know its not DDR4 but it has a much bigger harddrive memory?

    Im on a very low income so im limited in choice! 

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    Well at least it has sufficient hard drive space. Graphics are not mentioned so likely builtin and thus won't perform much better than the other.in this regard. The screenshots are somewhat limited in their information. It is much better to post a link so I can look at all available info.

  • Ah ok thats interesting, I actually have a Dell XPS L502x which ran sims 3 fine for years but after i upgraded it to the free windows 10 upgrade it would always crash. The laptops not working now, do you think it would be worth getting it fixed instead? 

    Thanks again! 

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    That will depend on what is wrong but most likely the answer will be no. Laptops are very integrated with most things soldered to the main board so if something is wrong with one of those parts the entire board needs replacing which will cost about the same as a brand new laptop.

    If it is only because of a failed Windows 10 upgrade then it can be reinstalled clean from external media such as an USB stick that you can prepare on another PC.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Minimum Requirements:

    • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.0 GHz Dual Core required if using integrated graphics)
    • ram: 2 GB
    • os: Windows XP
    • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon X1300 or Intel GMA X4500
    • Dedicated Video RAM: 128 MB

    Recommended Requirements:

    • CPU: Intel Core i5-750 or AMD Athlon X4
    • CPU Speed: 3+ghz
    • ram: 4 GB
    • os: 64 Bit Windows 7,8, or 8.1
    • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or better
    • Dedicated Video RAM: 1024 MB