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    I would love to install sims 3 on my HP Pavilion laptop, is it possible?

    StefSimStefSim Posts: 37 Member
    in The Sims 3 Help & Technical Discussion
    Hey Tech-Savvy simmers.. I would love to install Sims 3 on my HP Pavilion laptop, it's a pavilion g6, 2.4ghz,6mb ram, with intel graphics...so is it possible and what settings would I need to use?
    Thanks!!!

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      CodySimsteinCodySimstein Posts: 1,466 Member
      edited August 2011
      Hello,

      Could you post your DxDiag report please?

      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1376.page

      Thanks,

      Cody


      PS. If you truly do have an Intel graphics card, it is unlikely you will be able to play Sims 3 to its full ability.

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      bob007bob007 Posts: 10,062 Member
      edited August 2011
      I'm getting a bad feeling about the Intel graphics thing!
      I do not work for EA nor do I have any association with EA. I am a gamer helping other gamers.
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      StefSimStefSim Posts: 37 Member
      edited August 2011
      how can i copy and paste it? it does say intel hd graphics core i3, 1696 mb memory
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      bob007bob007 Posts: 10,062 Member
      edited August 2011
      I'm getting a real, real bad feeling about the Intel thing. There have been many (that means a lot) of posts about trouble with Intel gpu's
      I do not work for EA nor do I have any association with EA. I am a gamer helping other gamers.
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      StefSimStefSim Posts: 37 Member
      edited August 2011
      Sigh,, well I do have another pc, desktop one.. I'd rather play on my laptop tho,, do you think it could run the old sims 2?
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      gr1zzlygr1zzly Posts: 7,566 Member
      edited August 2011
      StefSim wrote:
      how can i copy and paste it? it does say intel hd graphics core i3, 1696 mb memory

      Copy to a file on your desktop. Click on the reply button on this post. Open the file, click edit, select all, copy.

      Right click on the body of the post, select paste. It will copy every thing to the post.
      Click submit.
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      StefSimStefSim Posts: 37 Member
      edited September 2011
      ok here are the details
      System Information
      Time of this report: 9/9/2011, 19:21:39
      Machine name: BUSINESSPC-HP
      Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
      Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
      System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
      System Model: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC
      BIOS: Default System BIOS
      Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
      Memory: 6144MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 5942MB RAM
      Page File: 2416MB used, 9464MB available
      Windows Dir: C:\Windows
      DirectX Version: DirectX 11
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
      User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
      System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
      DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
      DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
      Display Devices
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      Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
      Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics (Core i3)
      DAC type: Internal
      Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0046&SUBSYS_1693103C&REV_02
      Display Memory: 1696 MB
      Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
      Shared Memory: 1632 MB
      Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
      Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: unknown
      Monitor Id: AUO22EC
      Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (60.042Hz)
      Output Type: Internal
      Driver Name: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumdx32,igd10umd32
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      DDI Version: 10
      Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
      Driver Date/Size: 8/19/2011 18:05:36, 8244224 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
      WHQL Date Stamp:
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      Device ID: 0x0046
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      Revision ID: 0x0002
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      DarkAmaranth1966DarkAmaranth1966 Posts: 13,416 Member
      edited September 2011
      You can but, no guaranteed it will be okay, and a high probability it won't. That GPU does not have the 128 MB minimum dedicated memory the game requires.

      Technically you do have the RAM to compensate but, there are tons of post with similar set ups that have major problems.
      Life is what you make it so, make it good.
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      LuvtehGeeksLuvtehGeeks Posts: 1,663 Member
      edited September 2011
      There's been other people with recent posts with that same setup and it didn't work for them
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      GoldmoldarGoldmoldar Posts: 11,966 Member
      edited September 2011
      Wow on a laptop this day and age with only 64 mb of dedicated ram even with a integrated card. Your other specs look good, but if you wanted a integrated card you should have gotten one with 128 or more. I would at least try to see how well it would play even if it shares memory with the Video card. But keep in mind when you allocate more memory it is taken from your system ram therefore leaving you less system ram. If you allocate 1 Gig System ram to assist with your video card you will have 5 Gigabyte system ram. Video ram is the fastest memory and System Ram is second best. Forget about HD space being used because it is the slowest and is not used to allocate ram for the video card.
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      StefSimStefSim Posts: 37 Member
      edited September 2011
      Do you think I could run the sims 2? I got this laptop on sale and it's for business purposes so I was just hoping I could play sims 3 on it...id be ok with sims 2
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      playerplayermaxplayerplayermax Posts: 1
      edited May 2012
      Hey, Im no tech wiz but I play sims 3 on my computer and the spec is crap : Intel Celeron processor 3gb ram and an Intel GMA X4500 graphics card. It may not run fast but I still play it :)
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      amygooderhammamygooderhamm Posts: 23
      edited October 2012
      Just in case people are wondering, I have this laptop and it runs alright
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