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justnelle

11 years ago

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Gaming Computers

A list of gaming computers and websites that would work well with the sims games ?

Anonymous
11 years ago
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The Sims only or a gaming computer for multiple games.

The Sims4 doesn't require to much muscle to play, so there are a lot of options.

If your looking for a "gaming computer" you'll want to compare GPU (Graphics Cards) not whoevers sticker is on the front.

Desktop & Mobile Heirarchy

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Compare 2 GPUs side by side (desktop or mobile)

http://gpuboss.com/

Mobile Benchmarks

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

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For Light Gaming (including The Sims4)... 740 nVidia or R7 260x

For Average... 750ti / 760 or R9 270x

For demanding 770 or better... R9 285 or better

That's my 2 cents... I've seen some pretty low end systems that say they can run The Sims4 really good so anything with a desktop dedicated GPU of ~$120 from the last few years should play this game nicely.

Get the biggest/best GPU you can budget for.

Consider purchasing a computer with Intel HD Graphics with an Open PCIex16 slot. Then just purchase your GPU separate.

Computers sold with big GPUs... tend to cost a lot... I don't buy prebuilt systems ever but I'm willing to bet you'll get a bigger GPU for less money doing it that way (buy computer + buy GPU seperate).

Anonymous

11 years ago

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@justnelle

Just to add to this... since we didn't talk about CPUs at all.

High-end CPU + Low-end GPU = not very good gamer

Low-end CPU + Mid-High GPU = fine

Rule of thumb is games like High Clock Speeds (Ghz) and not very many cores. Things have been changing over the years and high-end games are using more cores now.

Also it depends on the game though. Generally it's the GPU but some games really tax the CPU heavy.

i5 Quad-Core no HT is probably where I'd look for most people on a budget.

AMD's 8350 8Cores are a strong contender and I wouldn't be afraid of one. I'd expect similar performance to a i5 quad no HT though.

*edit* Personally I would only ever pair AMD CPU with AMD GPU, not nVidia. Intel I'd pair with either one... that's just what I'd do... doesn't feel right having AMD CPU with nVidia GPU

If you want to overclock and feel like a "god of electricity"... Pentium Anniversery Edition is only 70$ and it overclocks like crazy.

Only 2-cores though so future proof it is not.. but an amazing "bang for the buck" when overclocked heavily.

Since dual-cores are more-less dead, I would bet this dualcore is the best gaming dualcore maybe ever.

On the higher end... I'd only be looking at Intel CPUs. To save money some Xenon's are rebadged i7's for $100 cheaper just missing the integrated graphics (that won't be used). Example: i7 4790 vs E3-1230v3, basically the same thing one is just cheaper... ironically it's the xenon.

On the super high end... X99 woot woot all aboard

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RAM... doesn't really matter what type or how fast. I usually will run my RAM even slower than what its rated for but tighten the timings.

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SSD's are amazing... I wouldn't ever want to use a computer without one again. I have probably close to a dozen. Everything in the house that takes HDs has SSDs (gaming systems, laptops, desktops).

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TL/DR

Don't go spend $400 on a CPU and $100 on a GPU... if you do something like that spend the $400 on a GPU and the $100 on a CPU.