Laptops cheap for Sims 4
I’m looking for a laptop that runs sims 4 good. I need it to be cheap as possible (£100-£200 possibly). Just found out my laptop isn’t good enough for sims urgh. I don’t use CC that much (I have the ...
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@Puzzleadict I think I’ve asked this but oh well! Is there anything I can do to upgrade my current laptop. Also the 5 year old one I currently still have. The screen broke hence me buying this new one. It seemed to run pretty ok. I was planning on completely re booting it and then re installing the sims to see if it worked fast (when I hook it up to my tv, I know the graphics won’t be good but it is just to see if it works fast.) I’m fine with low graphic setting to be honest it doesn’t bother me to much. If it then runs smooth Lyn I was thinking about getting the screen fixed. If not there’s no point in getting it fixed.
@Finfish12 The laptop you provided specs on can't be upgraded beyond maybe adding more RAM and possibly a new hard drive. The latter wouldn't make a difference; the former would technically help, but your other hardware would still lag far behind. The bigger issues are your processor and lack of a dedicated graphics card, and for both, you're stuck with your current setup. (This is true of most laptops, even the well made ones.) I don't know if the base game only, without any packs installed; would run on the lowest settings; part of that would depend on other factors I can't see from your specs, as well as an element of randomness. But it certainly wouldn't be able to handle Seasons, or Cats & Dogs, or maybe even the older EPs.
The laptop you mentioned in Other Sims Games, the one with the AMD Radeon 530 graphics card, would likely run all your packs on low settings. But it wouldn't run very well. Even on the very lowest graphics settings, you'd still likely see drops in frame rates, which would cause camera stutter and delays in rendering; and lag, as in, your sims would stand around doing nothing for a few in-game minutes before following their instructions. The stutter is (mostly) due to a weak graphics card; the lag is because of a weak processor (and also not enough RAM, but 8 GB would be sufficient).
I really don't think even this stronger computer would give you the experience you're looking for. Even on the lowest settings, play wouldn't be smooth, the game wouldn't be responsive, and you'd probably get a lot of freezing and crashing.
Personally, I'd save up for the better computer and wait until I could play the game properly. The experience will be much better, once you get there, and you won't have wasted your money on a laptop that can't do what you're asking of it.
Thank you so much you have been such a help! I will probably save up!
@puzzlezaddict @Would connecting a monitor with HDMI to the old Lenovo laptop work?
@Finfish12 It doesn't matter what monitor you use for the game; the laptop still wouldn't be able to run it properly. The issue is the laptop's internal hardware, not the display. Not that it matters in this case, but HDMI is often not the best choice for connecting a monitor to an outside screen. (Whether it works well enough will depend on the computer.)
@puzzlezaddict Fair enough. I have used HDMI before it’s not the worst. Thuan you again.
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