3 years ago
Will it run? Sims 3/4?
Hi! would this laptop be able to run sims 3 or 4 (one at a time, probably moreso sims 3), alongside 3 or 4 expansion packs? HP Stream 11-ak0517sa 11" Laptop - Intel® Celeron®, 64 GB eMMC overview ...
@upsydaisysims Are you willing to buy a used laptop on Ebay? To be honest, buying a new computer for €250 would be wasting your money. Anything in that price range is going to run Sims 3 and 4 very poorly, even on the lowest settings, and might well not run either game at all. And the laptop wouldn't be upgradable either. It's not a question of being a casual player and accepting less-than-ideal performance; the games might constantly freeze and crash and make playing effectively impossible.
And to be precise, Sims 3 is actually the more difficult game to run at the lower end of the spectrum. Sims 4 is as demanding, if not more so, on higher settings, but it will run okay on some lower-end laptops that couldn't handle Sims 3 with more than the first few expansions. But laptops in the €250 range aren't even going to handle Sims 4 well.
So if you're not interested in a used computer, I'd suggest saving up or otherwise waiting until you're comfortable spending more like €400-450. Prices will depend on sales and other factors, but I would fully expect to find a good-enough laptop for both games in that range.
Apologies, I should mention the specific laptop is currently on sale. It was originally 300 euro, which I know is probably still not enough.
thanks everyone anyway!
@upsydaisysims You're right, unfortunately: €300 is still not enough for a laptop that will run Sims 3 and 4. If you're shopping in the future though, please do post back, whether you'd like help finding something suitable or want a second opinion on whatever you've picked out.