Can someone advise me on a laptop to play the sims 3 on please?

ellebee1986

I know this game takes a lot of guts in a machine to play properly as I had to upgrade the graphics card in my old pc to play it. My pc died on me and now I have decided Id like a laptop but I understand that the graphics in a laptop are integrated so cant be swapped and changed like in a pc.
Ive spotted this one, HP G6 which I like the sounds of, can anyone advise me whether it has what it takes to play the sims 3?

• Intel® Core™ i5-2450 processor
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
• 6Gb RAM
• 1Tb hard drive
• 15.6 inch display
• DVD SuperMulti drive
• Integrated graphics
• 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
• SRS Surround Sound
• 3x USB 2.0; HDMI; multi card reader
• Altec Lansing speakers
• HP G6 laptop - Purple

Is there much difference between the i5 and i7 processor as another one Ive seen is the i7 but a but of a leap in price difference.

Thanks

gonzo127

processor will not make massive difference to gaming, your big issue is the graphics adaptor, which the one you have shown will be using the intel intergrated chipset, which quite plainly is garbage and would only just play the sims 3 in the lowest of graphics settings, and could struggle on some of the add ons.

what sort of budget are you looking at as that would be a good starting point and what other uses do you plan on using it for?

ellebee1986

thanks for that

budget is around £600. Main uses are just for browsing and the sims 3 lol thats all I use it for really lol sad I know!

ellebee1986

also Ive gone for laptop as I like the idea of it being more portable around the house etc but I know then Im stuck to buying one with suitable integrated graphics, would another desktop possible be the better option and be able to upgrade graphics card?

gonzo127

ok so more silly questions, do you want to spend all £600 and get the best system you can for the money, or is £600 the max and you owuld prefer to spend less if you can get something which would be 'up to the job' of what you want?

my quick thoughts on rough spec

upto the budget probably looking at
intel corei3/i5 with a dedicated graphics (gt630 ish) card 6gb ram and 500+gb hdd
or a top of the range AMD A10 (trinity) processor with possibility of a duel graphics set up, 8gb ram and 750+gb hdd

for less
lower range AMD trinity A6 processor 4-6gb ram and 500+gb hard drive for £450ish
or i3 with a low power dedicated card (nvidia 610) 4-6gb ram and 500gb+ hdd for £450 ish

ellebee1986

Hmm I think to get the best I can would be nice. Im browsing on very.co.uk at the mo as was hoping to order one of there but its not very specific about the graphics it just says integrated so not very helpful

Cisco001

I would have though there are other machines for £600 with better spec.
Toshiba L850-1EF
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_L850-1EF_1263100.html
http://www.kikatek.com/P269519/PSKDME-00T003EN-Toshiba-Satellite-Pro-L850-1EF?source=froogle#header-section-special-offers

Acer 5755G
https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5755G_1152339.html

Lenovo Z580
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_Z580_1206320.html

xcarlyx

I'd recommend a computer for playing the sims. When I play the sims on my laptop it drains battery really quickly.

ellebee1986

Cisco the lenovo one looks interesting! how good is the brand? never used them before

Carly what laptop do you use? Is that the only fault youve found from playing on a laptop?

Cisco001

BTW, if you don't mind paying £615, you could consider customize laptop.
The main pros is you got a higher resolution screen.
It comes up with £615
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/genesisIV/

Genesis IV: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED 16:9 Widescreen (1920x1080)

Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-3210M (2.50GHz) 3MB

4GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

500GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 3 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)

xcarlyx

ellebee1986 wrote: »

Cisco the lenovo one looks interesting! how good is the brand? never used them before

Carly what laptop do you use? Is that the only fault youve found from playing on a laptop?

a HP one and my game kind of lags too (goes slow on my laptop) my hp has a gaming graphics card aswell