Is this a good laptop for Ultra settings?
Hey all, hope you're staying safe! Believe it or not I have been simming a bit more during this whole quarantine things and I ended up buying up the rest of the stuff packs I dont have. I'm sadly find...
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The thing with laptops is you cannot change the hardware.
So even if the processor is good enough in my opinion (it has low clock speed but 6 cores) and the graphics card can achieve high settings on 1080p with fps around 60 or ultra settings on the same resolution but definitely lower fps than 60, still the hard drive space is a little low. Even though it is enough for all Sims 4 packs you cannot install another hard drive 'cause you can't modify the hardware in a laptop.
So if in 1-2 years you want to install more programs or the Sims 5 comes out you may have to start deleting stuff and that's troublesome.
Same with the RAM. 8 Gbs of RAM is enough for The Sims 4, though it could bottleneck with the processor. Still in 2020 8GBs of RAM is pretty outdated and isn't worth investing in.
If you want to play the Sims 4 in high settings then this laptop is fine but if you want to spend that much money and really invest in a good system for the future then I would recommend looking around a bit more.
Alternative options are: getting a PC because they are usually cheaper and have higher specs. I currently own a PC I got for 699$ and it has higher specs than this laptop
Or you can invest 100-200$ more and get a more powerful machine so you don't have to worry about new releases being too demanding for your system.
So even if the processor is good enough in my opinion (it has low clock speed but 6 cores) and the graphics card can achieve high settings on 1080p with fps around 60 or ultra settings on the same resolution but definitely lower fps than 60, still the hard drive space is a little low. Even though it is enough for all Sims 4 packs you cannot install another hard drive 'cause you can't modify the hardware in a laptop.
So if in 1-2 years you want to install more programs or the Sims 5 comes out you may have to start deleting stuff and that's troublesome.
Same with the RAM. 8 Gbs of RAM is enough for The Sims 4, though it could bottleneck with the processor. Still in 2020 8GBs of RAM is pretty outdated and isn't worth investing in.
If you want to play the Sims 4 in high settings then this laptop is fine but if you want to spend that much money and really invest in a good system for the future then I would recommend looking around a bit more.
Alternative options are: getting a PC because they are usually cheaper and have higher specs. I currently own a PC I got for 699$ and it has higher specs than this laptop
Or you can invest 100-200$ more and get a more powerful machine so you don't have to worry about new releases being too demanding for your system.
