Please can you advise on which is best?

dizzylisa

I am looking to buy either a desktop of laptop I have a few choices, it would mainly be for playing The Sims 3 here are the system requirements


FOR WINDOWS VISTA (Service Pack 1)

• Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+ or equivalent
• 1.5 GB RAM of Memory
• At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
• 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• The latest version of DirectX 9.0c

FOR COMPUTERS USING BUILT-IN GRAPHICS CHIPSETS, THE GAME REQUIRES AT LEAST

• Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above (GMA 3-series or higher).
• 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
• 1.5 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista)

SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS FOR PC:
NVIDIA GeForce series

• FX 5900, FX 5950
• 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800
• 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
• 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
• 9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800
• G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150, GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295

ATI Radeon™ series

• 9500, 9600, 9800
• X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
• X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
• 2400, 2600, 2900
• 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
• 4850, 4870

Intel® Extreme Graphics

• GMA X3x00 series (3-Series GMA), GMA 4-Series

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts will not perform adequately.
Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.
Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.
The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.


To me this may as well be in Spanish?

dizzylisa

Would it run on this?

Toshiba

• Intel Core i3 2350M 2.3GHz processor. 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive. 15.6in/39.6cm HD TruBright display (1366 x 768 resolution). DVD Rewriter can save files onto CD or DVD. Built-in Wi-Fi. Black tile keyboard and 10-digit numeric keypad. Touchpad with multi-touch control supporting various scroll, zoom and launch functionalities at your fingertips.
• Multi-Card Reader (supports SD™ Card up to 2 GB, miniSD™/microSD™ Card with adapter up to 2 GB, SDHC™ Card up to 32 GB, SDXC™ Card up to 64 GB and MultiMedia Card™ up to 2 GB - Memory card not included). HDMI socket, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x USB 3.0 port, headphone socket. Built-in 1MP HD Web Camera & Microphone . Windows 7 Home Premium. Rechargeable battery with up to 5h 30min battery life per charge.

Or would I be better with a desktop?

Zoostorm

• Intel Core i3 Processor, 1TB hard drive, 8GB RAM, CD-RW/DVD-RW drive can save files onto CD or DVD. Built-in Wi-Fi. Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System.

andy2004

Should work on either. but you didnt mention which graphics card was in either of the above.

as for your other question would you be better off with a desktop, wrong question.
1. what do i want to do on the computer besides playing this game ?

2. do i want to be able to for instance sit in the garden on a nice day with it ? running of the battery. note: the battery times they give are pretty much fairy tales. for heavy use playing games battery time will go down quicker than for instance playing solitaire and going online.
And with windows 7 installed running aero even quicker so remember to save / autosave when playing to around 10-15min intervals if not running on mains.

With laptops expect to replace the battery every erm 2years depending on how you run it. for instance playing games on battery and letting it drain down to far will result in the battery dying quicker.
rule of thumb. Charge battery, disconnect battery, and run from mains if not going anywhere. the connect battery if you want to sit outside with the laptop, DO NOT PLUG IN THE LAPTOP VIA MAINS OUTSIDE USING THE SUPPLIED ADAPTER. says it on the charger itself.
neighbour did exactly that after i told her not to, and then she wondered by the new charger died.

5 things with desktops, 1 no battery to die, 2 better value for money.
3. Cheap for parts, 4 easier to fix, add to. 5. bigger screen makes it easier to see whats going on in the game.

Cisco001

Desktop would be faster and easier to fix if there is any problem.
However, the desktop you choose with hd 2500.

I suggest you go for £250 zoostorm A6-3670K instead

gonzo127

desktop is usually better for games, however the ones you have posted both use intergrated graphic chipsets, and although it will run on them, it will be in the lowest settings as the intel intergrated graphics are garbage at best when considering games (they are fine for normal usage)

if funds are low and you wish to play games on it you are usually better going for a AMD based system with a A series processor as cisco has pointed out.

anyways if you let us know a budget and what your perference is with desktop and laptop - remembering you would need a monitor keyboard and mouse for a desktop if you dont have them already and we can try and help in a bit more detail

dude0nvacation

Before answering, I'd like to ask you, on which will you be using comfortably? Remember playing a great game can last for some hours or even days, weeks or months. Get something that you will be comfy playing with and then, think of the specs!

Good luck!

Richard78

I prefer Toshiba

MandyAW92

i would go for a Desktop to play any games, but in the laptop ranges Lenovos work well