Hello,
A friend of mine wants to play sims. Because I know from my own experience you can't just play sims on any pc, I asked her to send me her requirements.
She sent me this:
I immediately said it probably wasn't a good idea to play sims 3 on a laptop with those requirements. She only 'has' to play the basegame as a start with possibly some store items and simple pieces of custom content, and not required on the highest settings. She's also willing to tweak her laptop a bit but isn't able to just buy a true gaming laptop - those things cost € 1000 + here. So, my question is, is it possible? Is it possible to tweak some stuff or set certain settings and play sims 3 on a system with these specifications in an 'acceptable' way ?
edit: and, coudl you also teel the min. system requirements to play sims 3 basegame + perhaps one or two eps, some stuff, just not too much, in an acceptable way?
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Honestly, I think that TS2 would be a better choice for that computer.
Back on TS3, let's start with the recommended requirements for all 11 EPs on a laptop and work backwards.
Processor: 2.4 GHz, but over 2.6 GHz would be better. Quad core i5 or higher.
RAM: at least 6 GB, though at least 8 GB would again be better especially on Win 10.
Graphics Card: Must be dedicated, Nvidia GTX 960M or higher within that series, 1050 mobile or higher within that one. Older cards are fine too if they are strong enough, but they don't make new laptops with the older series cards in them. AMD also makes cards of suitable strength within their various series.
Desktops are typically less expensive and can get away with slightly less strength on the components.
If we take away the heaviest hitting EPs (Pets, Seasons, IP, ITF), then we could start cutting some corners here and there on the processor and maybe even the graphics card but on a laptop once you get beyond the base game you can't really cut things back too far.
Does that help at all?
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@GITTE2001 is it you that has a 950m that is ddr5 vram ?
Finding a 950m card that has ddr5 vram is not common though they did make them. We usually advise GTX 960m which is ddr5 vram
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Regardless, I would not recommend a GT 940M card. Far too many players have reported varying experiences with TS3 and that one. Even if it runs the base game well enough, your friend might be very disappointed let's say a year later if they can't have more EPs than originally planned for. If it were the only computer around for 100 miles and someone wanted to play TS3 or if they really had no other viable choices then...maybe, but with some reduced expectations.
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By the way, with this one I recommended to her, there are two ddrx's said: ddr4 (under 'werkgeheugen' or 'workmemory' and ddr5, under 'grafisch geheugen' or 'graphic memory'.
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Computer ram is different than vram ( video ram) , The computer ram is ddr4 , the vram is ddr 3.
I have helped several people with a 940 mx card. The sims games ( both 3 and 4) don't do well with this card overall. Especially if you want to play Pets, IP, Seasons and ITF.