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@amessysimmer None of those are ideal, to be honest, even for a used laptop. The 950M is the fastest graphics card by a wide margin, and in this category, that could mean the difference between high and medium settings. But a single 111 GB hard drive isn't really enough space for even just Sims 4 (and Windows), unless you plan on never adding much custom content and storing all other data, even screenshots, elsewhere. Even then, it would be cutting things close, especially as more packs are added. And while you could run the game from an external drive, that would slow it down considerably.
If you'd like me to look for other options, just let me know your budget and country, and the site(s) where you're comfortable buying. If you'd prefer to keep looking yourself, the best place to start is with the graphics card:
1050 ti > 1050 > 960M > 950M
Hopefully you won't have to go lower than a 950M though. Another thing to keep in mind is the age of the laptop. You can get a good sense of it by the processor—Intel names its models based on the year they were released, so for example an i5-4xxx was released between the end of 2013 and the end of 2014. Newer is better in that laptops wear out eventually, but it's still not as important as the speed of the graphics card.
After the graphics card, you just need to make sure you have enough storage and RAM (8 GB is fine, less could be a problem). A solid state drive (SSD) will run the game faster than a mechanical drive (HDD), but it's not critical to have one. The more important thing is that you're not going to run out of space with just Windows and Sims 4.
Thank you for your explanation! So are you saying the 950M would be able to run the game on high settings? Cause then I could upgrade the storage if it’s not too expensive..
I don’t know if it’s too complicated for you to search, as it looks like all new laptops are way than my budget..
I was also wondering, does more packs installed, need better graphic card? Or will it be able to run the same quality no matter number of packs?
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