Will it run sims 4

maryreed17​  This laptop should be able to run all current Sims 4 packs together on high-ultra or ultra graphics settings.  The impact of custom content will depend on how the cc is made, as in, whether it's more demanding than regular game items.  But you can always experiment with the cc and the settings.

I checked a few different sites and didn't see anything better for the same price, and the options with the same graphics card are gaming laptops, so they'd be larger and heavier.  The cheapest model I found with a faster GPU, one capable of ultra settings with some room to spare, is a bit more expensive and also a gaming laptop:

https://ao.com/product/fa506nchn003w-asus-laptop-black-99955-251.aspx

I'm not saying you need an upgrade over the one you've linked, only that it's available if you want it.  But if you're fine with potentially "only" high-ultra settings and you like the laptop you found overall, it's a perfectly viable option.

Is there a drastic difference in the two? I could stretch the budget up but I ONLY play sims 4+ sims 3 (sometimes) so would it be worth it? 

maryreed17​  I can't tell you whether it would be worth the extra money because I don't know what your priorities are.  In absolute terms, an RTX 3050 mobile is around 45% faster in gaming than a 2050.  But the results can vary widely from one game to the next, and they can vary depending on the settings within a given game.  And in most games, the gap is not nearly that large, more like 20%, with a few outliers in which the 3050 is somewhere in the range of twice as fast.

I can tell you that Sims 3 and 4 run great on a 3050 (aside from the occasional system issue that's not the GPU's fault), and I can tell you that I haven't run into any unsolvable issues involving a 2050, so it's probably fine as far as both games go.  But I can't tell you how much better you'd like the performance of the 3050, or whether you'd notice the difference at all.

What I will say is that if you're coming from a low-end laptop, the improvement will be dramatic and highly enjoyable even if you have to turn down a few settings.

Yeah I'm coming from a lenovo ideapad from like 2009 or something, but I've had two people tell me that it'll start crashing If I use too much cc and tbh even just that has put me off purchasing because I'm very worried about paying so much since it's my mother paying for my birthday, I'd like to be able to have both sims 3 and sims 4 downloaded on it but I'm worried since its not a gaming laptip it won't work 

maryreed17​  The game shouldn't crash on either computer if you use too much cc, provided that cc isn't itself broken in some way.  It actually shouldn't crash at all, again aside from broken third-party content, on any computer that meets the requirements and where the graphics settings aren't turned up too high, and where there isn't some underlying system issue.

The gaming vs. non-gaming laptop designation has its uses, but the important details can get lost.  The two things that really matter are the hardware and the cooling.  You can have gaming-level hardware in a non-gaming laptop, it's not all that uncommon, and then the only important question is whether the laptop can properly cool that hardware.  It doesn't matter what category the laptop falls into beyond that.  People who say some game will crash on a "non-gaming laptop" without going any further are taking a shortcut that can lead to misrepresenting the situation.

The Acer Aspire you linked has the lowest-level gaming graphics card currently available, but again one that is capable of handling Sims 4 on high-ultra to ultra settings.  The laptop is also presumably not defective and is built to be able to cool its components, so although I wouldn't let it sit on a blanket while playing, I would also not expect overheating to be a major issue.

Having said all that, the Asus is more powerful, even if by a relatively small margin.

This really is your call, and I guess your mother's.  Neither choice is bad, and if the extra money is a major factor, you can choose the cheaper option without worrying you'll lose too much performance because of it, let alone not be able to play.

I just purchased the asus, it looks good but will the 4gb dedicated graphics card be okay on it? I'm assuming so. I'm no good with laptops. Thanks for ur help

maryreed17​  Sims 4 shouldn't use more than 4 GB of video memory unless you really pile on the high-resolution custom content.  Last I checked, it used less than 3 GB most of the time on my computer, running on ultra graphics settings and at a resolution of 2560x1440, which is more than this laptop's screen supports anyway.  And if it does run out of dedicated VRAM, a graphics card can always borrow from main memory (RAM) where necessary.

Congratulations on your new computer.