Laptop for Sims 4
Hey!!! I want to buy a laptop for Sims 4 (+ a few dlcs, I think around 8 or 9 and maybe mods but i haven't decided that yet) and school. I've already chosen a few but I don't know which one should I...
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Heyy
Idk if anyone is going to read this but well I still haven't brought a laptop because of financial reasons and etc but now there is a sale going so I am probably finally going to buy it. My only problem is that the laptop I wanted is not on sale so I looked for others and I've found a few but I want to make sure which is the best opinion.
Here is the ones I considered :
Huawei Matebook D14(2020) with Intel Core i5
Asus Zenbook 14 with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and AMD Radeon-R7 videocard
Acer Spin 3 with Intel core i5 1135G7 and Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Medion Akoya S14409 with Intel core i5 1135G7 (I've honestly never even heard of this brand but I am curious)
I hope I am not a bother, I just really don't want to mess this up!!!
@csillamphoni The second and third laptops are both good options and as powerful as you'll find for under about 600€. They should be within a few percentage points of each other in terms of in-game performance, so feel free to choose based on price, aesthetics, or whatever else matters to you.
The first one would also be fine if it has an i5-1135G7. But if it has a different processor, I'd stay away. The older i5 models have significantly slower graphics processing than the ones with G7 chips (even the G1 and G4 from a couple years ago aren't comparable), and the processor models that end in U have a different class of graphics chip that's a lot slower.
Medion makes okay laptops, but I've found its support to be severly lacking both in terms of driver updates and in terms of even being able to find what you need on its website. It's possible the company has improved in the last year or so or that it will soon, but I personally wouldn't trust it, and I wouldn't recommend that other people buy one of these laptops unless they didn't have any other decent options. I'm not saying that Asus or Acer offers outstanding support, but both companies do well enough.
- @puzzlezaddict thank you again!! I tried to find what kind of i5 the first one is, but they didn't write it. There is also a Huawei D16 on sale right now but it is over 15 inches, but if it's way better then maybe I buy that (but i honestly don't see the difference)
Anyways thanks for your advice one more time! - @puzzlezaddict So I found out that it's Intel Core i5 10210U so I guess then I probably won't choose that one based on what you said! I am gonna probably choose the Zenbook because it's a little bit cheaper than the acer. (or maybe the Huawei D16 but I have to do a research if it's better or the same haha)
@csillamphoni In case you haven't already found the info, the graphics chip in an i5-10210U is significantly slower than the one in an i5-1135G7. I'd avoid any Intel processor model that ends in U. AMD CPUs that end in U are a different story because AMD only has one class of graphics chip per generation.
- @puzzlezaddict Okay yeah thanks
I have a last question If you don't mind!
I realized now that a Huawei MateBook D16 is also on sale now, it has an Intel Core i5-12450H and well I am curious if it's way better or just little bit better than the Zenbook for Sims 4. I watched some videos and read a few review and everyone said that they are similar but yeah I like to know more perspective!
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