Question by kris84tine: What notebook would be capable of playing the sims 2 and 3 when that come out?
My laptop just broke and I noticed notebooks are a lot cheaper wanted to find out if there was a notebook capable of playing the sims games on as I know they are very big platform games and not all systems are big enough. Any help appreciated.
Best answer:
Answer by wollybutt
It’s really about the graphics. Most laptops and Notebooks only have integrated graphics, not a ‘proper’ dedicated card. If you are looking at a Notebook that has Vista you need one of the following cards:
ATI Radeon 9800 and above. (9800, X550, X600, X700, X800, X850, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950)
NVidia 6000 series and above. (6600, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8800)
OK cards:
These are early DirectX 9 cards and budget cards that may not support all The Sims 2 graphical features.
ATI Radeon 9600, 9700, X300, X1300
NVidia 6200, 7100
This modthesims2 link tells you in more detail what cards are recommended for each expansion: http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:System_Requirements/MTS2_Recommendations
Dedicated parts drive up the cost of the Notebook, so if you find one that has a dedicated card it probably won’t be cheap.
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