Just to warn you this may go on for quite a while
A few month ago i bought the sims 3, for my computer. I installed it, and it was very slow, due to my slow computer. So i lowered the graphics to make it run better. It did randomly crash, but not as often as i expected. Then some patches came out and i literally just cudnt play at all due to crashing. Then for some reason i gave up playing, probz due to the crashing. And now i am at uni. This weekend i visited home, and my dad had uninstalled everything, wipsed everything off the comp, then started from scratch, to make the computer run faster. Yes, it is generally MUCH faster, but even without the patches the sims 3 is barely working..
Anyway, i wondered whether some people could tell me what spec of computer would be good for playing the sims 3 (plus EPs). And then recommend a couple of computers/laptops. However it cannot cost too much please. So i want it cheap but good..
Just give me your recommendations please
Happy Simming :>
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Of course it depends on your budget also.
Are you looking to build a whole new computer? Because if not you would need to know how much ram you can add to the one you have. but it depends on the board and how much each slot can accept/hold...
I play on a laptop and really don't know much about computers- can you tell? I do know that you have to know what you want to do and what you have to start with.
Might be best to go to a computer site and ask or at least to the Technical section.
Good luck with it by the way.
I'd recommend that, too. You don't necesseraly have to spend a lot. My laptop was only about £150, and it runs the Sims 3.
Here's a link to my thread with two basic gaming pcs available in UK.
An internet search should turn up more but shop assistants are not always up to sorting requirements suitable for TS3. :?
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/123126.page#1526299
Oops, edited to add url as the link went missing!
Not seen the initialization failed message at all, but I have had a problem with downloading store items before. Are you fully patched? My problem went away after I got the patch.
Happy Simming,
Calimero :-D
So would I.
My laptop ran TS2 and expansions and runs TS3 perfectly but cost six times more. Now available at a lower price of course.http://ezinearticles.com/?Sony-VAIO-VGN-AW11M-H-Laptop-Review&id=2215699
I dunno if that helps much?