Help! I miss my Sims 3!!

[SimCrazy]

My desktop no longer plays Sims 3 and I'm going to replace it with a laptop. I have added the specs below for what I'm wanting to buy. I believe will be able to play Sims 3 smoothly (hopefully, on high settings also), but would love a second opinion.

ASUS K53SD-DS71
•2.2GHz Intel Core i7-2670QM quad-core processor
•Intel HM65 Express chipset
•64-bit processing
•15.6" diagonal active-matrix TFT color LED-backlit LCD display with 1366x768 WXGA resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio
•6GB DDR3 SDRAM
•750GB SATA/300 hard drive
•NVIDIA GeForce 610M graphics with 2GB dedicated DDR3 SDRAM graphics memory

 

[jaguarskx]

As I have stated, a quad core CPU is overkill for your need since based on what you want to do you will never take advantage of it. Those Lenovos cannot be equipped with a dual core i3/i5/i7 to save a bit of cash.

You can buy the following MSI laptop for $700 and it will still be able to play Sims 3 and likely Sims 4. The drawback (at least for me) is the low resolution 1366x768 screen. However, a 1920x1080 screen is considered a premium which is why you must pay more to get it.

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152378

 

[SimCrazy]

As I have stated, a quad core CPU is overkill for your need since based on what you want to do you will never take advantage of it. Those Lenovos cannot be equipped with a dual core i3/i5/i7 to save a bit of cash.

You can buy the following MSI laptop for $700 and it will still be able to play Sims 3 and likely Sims 4. The drawback (at least for me) is the low resolution 1366x768 screen. However, a 1920x1080 screen is considered a premium which is why you must pay more to get it.

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152378

Thank you! I have been looking and found this Sony VAIO SVE1712ACXB that looks good as well, but not sure if the hard drive and graphics card are good enough.

•500GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive
•AMD Radeon HD 7550M graphics, 2GB dedicated video RAM

 

[jaguarskx]

The Radeon HD 7550M is pretty weak. It is somewhere between a nVidia GT 610m and GT 620m. It is much too weak to play games at 1920x1080 resolution; even Sims 3 which is not that demanding. A 5400RPM hard drive is fine.

 

[jaguarskx]

That 17.3" sony sells for around $900.

For that amount of money I would consider the Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 which I recommended above, or the following 15.6" Dell. The Radeon HD 7730m is not as powerful as the GTX 650m in the Y500 laptop, but it can be more or less shipped immediately. When ordering laptops directly from Lenovo it takes a bit of time since they must assemble it; usually 10 - 14 business days, during the holiday season like now it could be longer since many people buy laptops around this time.

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200695

 

[SimCrazy]

Thanks! I'm going to look into the Lenovo's.