Computer Hope
Software => Computer games => Topic started by: Student098 on September 11, 2011, 08:40:26 PM
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I'm not sure if this is the right thread or not, but oh well...
Anyway, my grandfather recently bought a new laptop for me; it's a Lenovo G575, and I want to buy Sims 3. However, I'm not sure if its AMD Dual Core E-350 processor (1.6 Ghz) has the power to play the game on full settings. So, the question is, can my Lenovo play Sims 3?
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The Brazos platform is just about equal to the K8 platform (Desktop Athlon X2), so I'd say the CPU is good.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4023/the-brazos-performance-preview-amd-e350-benchmarked (http://www.anandtech.com/show/4023/the-brazos-performance-preview-amd-e350-benchmarked)
The Mobility Radeon HD 6310 is a low-midrange GPU-won't handle 1080p videos and even moderately intensive games.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html (http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html)
http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq (http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq)
System Requirements.
The Athlon XPs are on par with the Pentium 4, and the Semprons/Athlon X2s are 1 generation above the XPs, so the E-350 will be fine.
The Radeon HD 6310 will be able to run the game perfectly-if the Sims 3 supports the X300, which will simply be unable to run anything other than 480P videos, it will support the 6310.
In short, yes.
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go to www.canyourunit.com. Run the scan for Sims 3 and it will tell you if you can run the game or not.
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I was thinking of installing Sims 3 as well in my vista laptop but am not sure, co'z I'm considering too in changing from vista to windows 7. Any suggestion where it works better? I believe it would be on windows 7, need your confirmation though. :P
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I was thinking of installing Sims 3 as well in my vista laptop but am not sure, co'z I'm considering too in changing from vista to windows 7. Any suggestion where it works better? I believe it would be on windows 7, need your confirmation though. :P
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/windows_7_gaming/default.asp (http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/windows_7_gaming/default.asp)
A comparison between Windows XP, vista, and 7 gaming performance. Windows 7 gained the favor of the above review because it has optimized memory management, DX 10/11, and supports multi-GPU configs more effectively-XP was designed in 2000, which was a time when multi-GPU configs were for the extreme elite.
What are your system specs? The Sims 3 is not a demanding game and will run on any modern computer in the world. These are its requirements: http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq (http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq) And yes I'd recommend upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista for the optimized user interface and added functionality. Software developers are starting to drop support for XP because of its limitations.
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And after that I bought high configuration Graphic card for my laptop and now it's fantastic for all game. I suggest you that a Windows 7 with Graphic card is a good choice for you.
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There are laptops in which you can upgrade the graphics card? Wow... (does google search) apparently there are! http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/External_Graphics_Card/XG_Station/
An external graphics card for laptops which makes use of an expresscard slot.
I'm curious, ChelseaFrancis-how exactly did you upgrade your graphics card? What solution did you use? was it the Asus XG or something else?
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Thanks guys for sharing such important information regarding this game i did not realized about it but i have now
acknowledge.
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ok i recently installed sims 3 on my laptop i spent about 2 hours just trying to get the game installed and at the very end when i finished everything it still wouldnt let me play i updated everything but it said that "Unable to start game. Device 0 cannot run this title. No supported video graphics card detected. Please check system hardware." what do i have to do??
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ok i recently installed sims 3 on my laptop i spent about 2 hours just trying to get the game installed and at the very end when i finished everything it still wouldnt let me play i updated everything but it said that "Unable to start game. Device 0 cannot run this title. No supported video graphics card detected. Please check system hardware." what do i have to do??
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We would appreciate it if you made a new topic for your problem and did not double post. :)
Are your graphics drivers installed properly? Try going to your manufacturer site and upgrading your drivers. Can you go to Start->Run->dxdiag and post a screenshot?
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Personally, I would recommend using a computer with just a *TAD* bit more processor :)
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you should at least try to install sims3 in your laptop and see what happens. i think yo can play it in your laptop.