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Fyesmin98
6 years ago
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Re: Is this laptop gonna run the sims 4

Hii! I'm buying a laptop soon and i really wanna be able to play sims 4 smoothly  I saw this laptop but idk if it’s gonna be good enough? CPU, Memory and Operating System: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U proc...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    6 years ago

    @Fyesmin98  I'm guessing this is the first one you found?

    https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3068984

    If so, it's not a bad choice at all.  In fact, it's the best option I found on either site for under £400.  Given your budget, that's probably the best you'd be able to do on any site, unless you were willing to buy used from Ebay or something.  New laptops capable of ultra settings, at least without any lag, are usually £600 and up, although I did see one on sale for £500 earlier this week.

    This laptop won't run Sims 4 in ultra, but it should run the game on medium-high graphics settings reasonably well, as long as you make sure it can cool itself properly while you play.  (Put books under the corners or use a laptop tray.)  Reducing the in-game resolution would also let you raise other settings a bit, but you can experiment and see for yourself what settings make the biggest difference for you.  At this level, it's not a question of whether the computer will run the game at all, it's about managing the settings (and the cooling) to get the best experience possible.

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puzzlezaddict
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6 years ago

@Fyesmin98  I've split your post into its own thread, since the thread you originally posted in is several months old.

The answer depends on what you mean by "smoothly."  Given the specs you've listed, you wouldn't be able to play on ultra graphics settings, at least not without significant lag or delays in rendering.  Medium settings would be fine, maybe even with one or two turned up to high.  It would also depend on what resolution you intended to use while playing—the higher the resolution, the worse the performance, all else being equal.

It's also worth noting that the hard drive, though very fast, is not all that large.  There's more than enough storage for Sims 4, all packs, and all of your content, but it would be difficult to also fit another similar-sized game, or a large collection of data such as music or photos.

I'm not sure how much you'd like to spend, so I can't say whether this is a great choice for the price, or whether you could do significantly better.  If you want to know what your options are, just post your budget and country, as well as any other features that matter to you, and I'll have a look.

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kerimoore93
5 years ago
@puzzlezaddict wrote:

@Fyesmin98  I've split your post into its own thread, since the thread you originally posted in is several months old.

The answer depends on what you mean by "smoothly."  Given the specs you've listed, you wouldn't be able to play on ultra graphics settings, at least not without significant lag or delays in rendering.  Medium settings would be fine, maybe even with one or two turned up to high.  It would also depend on what resolution you intended to use while playing—the higher the resolution, the worse the performance, all else being equal.

It's also worth noting that the hard drive, though very fast, is not all that large.  There's more than enough storage for Sims 4, all packs, and all of your content, but it would be difficult to also fit another similar-sized game, or a large collection of data such as music or photos.

I'm not sure how much you'd like to spend, so I can't say whether this is a great choice for the price, or whether you could do significantly better.  If you want to know what your options are, just post your budget and country, as well as any other features that matter to you, and I'll have a look.

Hi I’m also confused on which laptop to purchase and can’t find any relevant info online, would either of these laptops run the sims 4? Thank you 

Acer aspire 3 A315-23 AMD Ryzen 5 3500U / 8 ram / storage 512gb SSD

Acer aspire 3 A315-23 AMD ryzen 3 3250U / 8 ram / 128gb SSD

Thank you 

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    puzzlezaddict
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    5 years ago

    @kerimoore93  The first one is a much better choice than the second, and it's also a good price for the hardware.  While it's not a gaming computer, you won't find one in that price range, at least not unless you're willing to buy on Ebay.  (Otherwise, gaming laptops are more like £650 and up, even including sales.)

    The first laptop should handle all Sims 4 packs together on medium graphics settings, maybe with a couple settings on high if you don't end up installing all the expansion packs.  The second doesn't really have enough storage—although it could technically hold all of Sims 4 and your saves, you wouldn't have room left over for anything else aside from some small apps like browsers.

    • kerimoore93's avatar
      kerimoore93
      5 years ago

      Perfect! Thank you so much!

      It’s just for the sims 4 base game & maybe some mods/ cc if it can handle it! 

      Thanks again 🙂

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      kerimoore93
      5 years ago

      Another question if you don’t mind,

      I have another laptop in mind, it’s very simular to the previous two but if worst comes and the others are sold out, will this laptop run ts4 as it’s only 4 ram? I know that’s recommended but I’d like to know how it would run. 

      acer aspire 3 A315-23 / ryzen 3 3250U / 4 ram / 256GB SSD


      if so, how will it run on low or medium settings? Will it hold cc/ mods? 

      I still want to go for my first choice but unfortunately with Covid and lockdown the store is closed and only does deliveries so I want a few options from a reputable store purely for the sims 4 only 🙂 thanks again for your help! 

      • puzzlezaddict's avatar
        puzzlezaddict
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        5 years ago

        @kerimoore93  This laptop isn't nearly as good as the first one you listed, although it should still run Sims 4 on low-medium settings.  Where the 4 GB RAM would hurt is if you wanted to run most of the expansions and/or play with larger households: more sims and more info about those sims mean more data needs to be loaded into RAM.

        If you want a backup plan, this one would also work well:

        https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1959318

        Its hard drive is smaller than the first one you listed, but its hardware is otherwise the same.

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