Sims 4 Lagging After Update
Okay so my Sims 4 is lagging. Not super bad but like enough to be irritating and not really fun to play. It makes CAS a freaking nightmare. I've tried everything I can think of. I've uninstalled mult...
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@Hrrng327 The Argos websites you linked doesn't have a great selection. The laptop you linked isn't bad; it's the equivalent of the £630 HP laptop from box. In fact, a similar model is also £630 on Argos. The thing about this laptop is it doesn't have a solid state drive, so Windows would run slower, and most apps would load more slowly. Still, once an app like Sims 4 was loaded, it would run fine. Having the small SSD in the Acer you linked would be nicer, but it might not be worth the extra £70 to you.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1690000
But to get better hardware than these laptops on Argos, you'd need to spend over £800, which your mom probably doesn't want to do. On the other hand, if she's willing to consider Amazon, there are a couple of good options now available there. This HP is back-ordered a bit, but it's £625 and has a large solid state drive, so you'd get the benefits of the extra storage and the faster speed. Its processor and graphics card are essentially equivalent to the ones in the Acer you found and the HP above.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Pavilion-15-bc508na-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B07V38SGNR
This Asus is £700 and has a much faster graphics card. Its processor is a bit weaker than the ones above, but still more than strong enough for Sims 4. Its solid state drive is smaller, but still large enough for all your Sims 4 content.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Gaming-R5-3550H-GeForce-Windows/dp/B07S2ZLNS2
@puzzlezaddict yea unfortunately she wont consider amazon as she has like coupons and deals with argos where she can pay monthly for it instead of in one go. Is there only one good laptop that you have find on argos?
@Hrrng327 Yeah, the one you found is probably the best you're going to do on Argos, unless you go to £800 (for only a slightly better graphics card) or even £850. The laptop you're considering isn't bad at all, and it's certainly a massive upgrade over your current one. Just make sure to keep it elevated while you play, so it can cool itself properly. As long as it stays cool, it should at least be able to handle a mix of high and ultra graphics settings, even with all packs installed.
- @puzzlezaddict So spoke to argos and the one i sent you the link to is being disconnected and out of stock in my area. The link you sent - im guessing it is good but what do you think the downfalls of it are and are they easy to improve?
@Hrrng327 The £630 laptop I linked has most of the same specs as the one you were considering. The main difference is that it doesn't have a fast solid state drive, only a slow mechanical drive. All of your apps would still run just fine, only they'd load more slowly, and the same goes for Windows. It's not a big deal, more like an inconvenience.
You could upgrade in theory, as in, you could add an SSD to the laptop. But in practice, that might be more work than you want to do. At the very least, you'd need to physically install the new drive and reinstall Windows onto it to get the benefits. And if the laptop only has one slot for a hard drive, you'd need to remove the existing one first, and so you'd need to have a way to transfer your data from the old drive to the new one. This isn't difficult by any means, but it is work, and you'd also need to redownload any apps (like Sims 4) you wanted to install.
If you really like the laptop that's out of stock, this one has the same specs, including the small fast SSD, and it's also £700:
- @puzzlezaddict So out of the two available ones - which one would you personally get?
@Hrrng327 I would absolutely get the one with the SSD. Windows will start up much faster, apps will load faster, and it would be a better experience overall. But since the upgrade costs £70, I figured it was worth considering whether the faster hard drive is worth it to you. And just to reiterate, once you start playing Sims 4, meaning the game is loaded and you're looking around the world, you won't notice any difference, except perhaps when your sims travel and you see a loading screen.
- @puzzlezaddict hiya so I have just updated sims on my current laptop for the legacy settings and it has come up with this. I have changed the game properties to the 64 bit not the legacy bit but its still not working
here is the pic
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