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    is this good enough?

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      tbluetblue Posts: 474 Member
      edited February 2013
      oh i also use some of nraas mods and have some store content
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      Kat2211Kat2211 Posts: 628 New Member
      edited February 2013
      http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements#Desktop_Graphics_Card_Compatibility_and_Recommendations
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      blunote00blunote00 Posts: 18,476 Member
      edited February 2013
      tblue wrote:
      is this desktop good enough for sims 3 and all ep

      http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Alienware---X51-Desktop---6GB-Memory---1TB-Hard-Drive/6912556.p?skuId=6912556&productCategoryId=pcmcat143400050013&id=1218812711766#tab=specifications
      Not bad. But if you're going to spend $999 for it then why not just get it from the source with a better processor (i7) and 8 GB of RAM for $1079?

      http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-x51/pd.aspx

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      10eliblue10eliblue Posts: 2,280 New Member
      edited February 2013
      1,000 Wooping Bucks? I don't have that kind of Money! Since my Family Divorce, money has been sort of limited. My Mother says it will start to get more limited during the Summer.
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      tbluetblue Posts: 474 Member
      edited February 2013
      thanks for the advice blunote00
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      tbluetblue Posts: 474 Member
      edited February 2013
      will sims 3 run on windows 8?
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      sunshineandsimoleonssunshineandsimoleons Posts: 8,413 Member
      edited February 2013
      10eliblue wrote:
      1,000 Wooping Bucks? I don't have that kind of Money! Since my Family Divorce, money has been sort of limited. My Mother says it will start to get more limited during the Summer.

      Very off topic and unnecessary... :roll:


      I don't see why it wouldn't run on windows 8, but I've never used it so I can't give accurate advice. I found this though, which may help:

      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/517437.page


      Oh, and alienware computers are amazing. Hopefully one day I'll be able to customize and own one! I've never seen one in person, but from what people say about them, they run games very smoothly.
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      tbluetblue Posts: 474 Member
      edited February 2013
      thank you brookesaywhatx

      does anyone else use windows 8 and if so do you have any problems running sims 3
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      windweaverwindweaver Posts: 7,375 Member
      edited February 2013
      I've got the aurora by alienware. It's not as good as that one, so you should be fine. Geez, I paid a lot more for mine too....grrrr. lol.
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      nakedglovesnakedgloves Posts: 57
      edited February 2013
      Just want to put my two-cents in here, I have almost the exact same build (I have 16 GB of RAM though) and I bought all of the parts and assembled it myself. It's a lot cheaper and very easy :)

      I do not recommend buying that model of Alienware (or any model of Alienware other than Aurora) due to known overheating issues.

      All of the specs of that computer are wonderful for The Sims 3 and all expansions though. Like I said, I am running almost the same configuration and all of my settings are maxed and I have a high resolution texture mod installed as well, no lag or overheating.
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      taylor7878taylor7878 Posts: 151 Member
      edited February 2013
      I play sims on windows 8 laptop and have had no problems at all,
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      ceejay402ceejay402 Posts: 24,507 Member
      edited February 2013
      tblue wrote:
      thank you brookesaywhatx

      does anyone else use windows 8 and if so do you have any problems running sims 3

      hey tblue, so win 8 is a mixed bag..there have been some recent updates that have caused many problems in different gaming communities..though it doesnt mean u will have problems or that i think all cant be overcomed.

      personally im avoiding win 8 and perhaps this is a helpful suggestion that if u buy from manufacturer u just contact customer service to see if they can just give u win 7 instead..or buy it separately the prices have dropped and in my opinion its such a great OS...

      overall many use it but then again many of us are avoiding it..

      HTH
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