Will this laptop play the sims on medium-high settings?

[xcarmenxp]

http/www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RD3M27764

I found this laptop, with an Intel 520 hd graphics card. I've been told that there are problems with Intel cards because they are integrated but I like the laptop. Also, will the fact that it's an HP affect the game at all? I don't really like HP laptops but this one looks pretty good. It's 700 (in canada) and it's i5 which I've been told is good. Yes, I know that a gaming laptop or a desktop would be better but I like this one for the specs and price. Also I plan to have The Sims 3 base game, Supernatural, University, Seasons and maybe Ambitions.

Graphics
GPU/VPU: Intel HD Graphics 520
Video Memory: Shared system memory
Graphic Type: Integrated Card

CPU
CPU Type: Intel Core i5
CPU Speed: 6200U (2.30 GHz)
Core Name: Skylake
Number of Cores: Dual-core Processor
CPU L3 Cache: 3 MB

 

[dabeste]

Hi.
This Laptop should be able to run the Sims 4 on medium settings on 1376*768 resolution with a framerate of about 40fps, which means it would be relatively smooth.
So the Sims 3 shouldnt be much of a problem for this Laptop.

This GPU is a iGPU, which means it sits on the same chip as your CPU. This means CPU and GPU have to share the same memory, so you have a potential bottleneck there.
Since this laptop is only coming with one RAM-Module, i would you to buy a second module (it should have the same specs as the first one), which would allow your memory to run in dual-channel mode and double its bandwidth, resulting in maybe 5-15% more gaming performance.

You can look up framerates on this site:
http/www.notebookcheck.com/Intel-HD-Graphics-520.149862.0.html
(sorry it's german, but you can scroll down and just look up which framerate the 520HD can do usually for certain games)

HOWEVER:
I'm not quite sure if this laptop is a good deal. Unfortunately i don't really know any canadian hardware shops, so i can't really help you there.
You're usally paying like +100$ for Windows 10 only. If you're not a total noob with computers, you should get a laptop without OS, buy windows 7 for 20$ and upgrade it to win 10, saving you around 80$ which you could invest in better hardware.