So I’ve posted previously regarding which laptop to buy to run sims 4 and all expansion packs and I was looking at the HP Omens, to which helpful simmers advised against! Then I was looking at custom but they’re slightly out of my price range, my budget I’m hoping is around £900-£1050! I’m finally ready to purchase and these are the two I have been looking at:
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/7257014
ACER Predator 17.3
Intel Core i5 7300hq quad core processor.
16GB RAM.
128GB and 1TB HDD and SSD storage.
NVIDIA GTX 10 series 1050ti graphics card with 4GB RAM.
Or
https://www.debenhamsplus.com/p/1222206/msi-gp72-leopard-pro-core-i7-16gb-1tb-256gb-ssd-17.3-inch-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-dvd-sm-windows-10-gaming-laptop?refsource=DEadwords&refsource=Deadwords&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2dWi2ObK1gIVxrjACh1AJgogEAkYASABEgIjV_D_BwE
MSI GP72 Leopard Pro Core 17.3
Intel Core i7 7700HQ Processor
16GB RAM
1TB + 256GB SSD storage. 17.3
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 2GB RAM.
They seem very similar but which one is better? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
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The second one has a better processor and a larger SSD on C drive.
Thankyou for the reply!! I don’t play any other PC games except the sims, so it will be purely for sims 4 + expansions! Would it run better with the higher processor or video card vram?
"It's just called a phone."
"What an impractical name."
I don’t know what makes it more powerful, is it the processor? This is why I don’t ask for advice in shops, they always make out you can run sims on anything but you can’t! Thanks for the reply.
"It's just called a phone."
"What an impractical name."
Intel Core i7 7700HQ 2.8-3.8GHz
16GB DDR4 RAM
128GB SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Rogers Ignite 70u internet
Your very welcome . The MSI would no doubt be the better choice for better processor and the larger ssd. You don't need more than 2gb vram for the sims on your vido card. You should be able to play on ultra and it meets recommended requirements
Cale where are you going with bottle necking. ???? They are trying to pick out two laptops. Bottelnecking is cause by the video card being stronger than the processor. Both the laptops they posted are fine and they are not going to bottleneck.
I'm just telling them for future reference as it doesn't hurt for more knowledge and yes they will be fine, but sorry for not helping.
Intel Core i7 7700HQ 2.8-3.8GHz
16GB DDR4 RAM
128GB SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Rogers Ignite 70u internet
The laptops would also be under warranty so you cant touch anything in the laptop including switching out a hard drive
We are not talking about a desktop where you can switch out hardware . Laptops come with the hardware that is in them and you are stuck with video card and processor. Neither one of those laptops will bottleneck. It's not even a subject that should come up in this thread. The op is just trying to choose from two laptops
"It's just called a phone."
"What an impractical name."
I found one on newegg and it was the only one unless it was an error. I went even to NVidia site to look and found not one even mentioning 2 gb.
Then they should get the one with the i5 if they only want to play Sims 4 because all 1050 Ti's are 4GB unless that is a custom one and not like you need 4GB for Sims anyways and I highly doubt even a mobile i5 is going to have much problems with The Sims 4. A bit smaller SSD but thats fine as Sims 4 is useless on an SSD, they could keep Documents on the SSD if Sims 4 is their only game but putting it on the HDD is a better choice. If they are going to play other games than the i7 laptop with a slightly larger SSD (not really a big deal, just a "bonus" I guess as its only 256GB and your entire library isnt going to go on that ) and that has a GTX 1050 Ti too which has to be 4GB as I have never ever seen a 2GB GTX 1050 Ti. There is 2GB GTX 1050 and also a 4GB GTX 1050.
Intel Core i7 7700HQ 2.8-3.8GHz
16GB DDR4 RAM
128GB SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Rogers Ignite 70u internet
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gtx-1050-1050ti-mobile,33291.html
Both the 1050 and 1050ti mobile versions come in 2GB and 4GB.
16GB hyper X fury
MSI GTX 1080
MSI gaming M5 mobo
Evga 750 supernova
Corsair hydro h110i GT
Corsair obsidian 750D
500GB SSD
6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
LG 34" ultra wide
Thanks for that info.
Thats interesting. . The OP should get the i5 and 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD one as its cheaper, dont mind the extra VRAM as Sims will be fine on 2GB.
Intel Core i7 7700HQ 2.8-3.8GHz
16GB DDR4 RAM
128GB SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Rogers Ignite 70u internet
The i5 7300Hq is capable of playing the game fine on ultra, so you don't need to worry too much about that, However the Acer does have a small SSD.. but then again the sims 4 does not really benefit from the SSD.
Both would be good, However i'm just not sure how well a 120Hz screen will do, if you cannot hold the 120fps then you may suffer from some stutter or choppiness.
16GB hyper X fury
MSI GTX 1080
MSI gaming M5 mobo
Evga 750 supernova
Corsair hydro h110i GT
Corsair obsidian 750D
500GB SSD
6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
LG 34" ultra wide
If it was for me I would agree and depending on the warranty I would check and see if upgrading HHD/SSD or memory will void the warranty being not all companies void warranties if upgrading memory or HHDs/SSDs. I hope the OP get his money worth with either choice he makes.
Judge for yourself, game has questionable optimization also and that dreaded Dx9 from 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj3r4Nuz15I
By the way if you dont want to watch building skip to 2:40 for live mode.
EDIT: Go fullscreen or on the YT video on YT itself to actually see the frames counter.
EDIT 2: Thats on a fairly barren lot if I say so myself The frames are all over the place going from 120 to 180 in seconds and back again also and I doubt anyone plays on a lot like that so its hard to judge
Intel Core i7 7700HQ 2.8-3.8GHz
16GB DDR4 RAM
128GB SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Rogers Ignite 70u internet
16GB hyper X fury
MSI GTX 1080
MSI gaming M5 mobo
Evga 750 supernova
Corsair hydro h110i GT
Corsair obsidian 750D
500GB SSD
6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
LG 34" ultra wide