Laptop Question...

xlou89x

Im going buying a new laptop next week, and Im a huge fans of the sims, hoping to get one good enough to run the sims 3
By max budget would be €700..cnt go any higher!
My question is if you have a really good processor will it make up for the bad graphics cards in laptops?

These are the spec for one im considering:

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-460M Processor
- 2.53 GHz (2.8 GHz max Turbo Frequency)
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 3 MB L3 CacheOperating SystemGenuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bitRAM- 4GB installed DDR3 RAMGraphics cardIntel HD graphics

Hard drive500GB SATA

Lord Khan

ummm... why not get a good GFX card in the first place? I mean not a great one but the good one.
GEForce for around euro 60-70.

xlou89x

I thought you could only put graphic cards into desktops?no?

Tech Guy Sligo

Sims 3 needs a graphics card which supports Shader Model 2.0

When you decide on your laptop make sure that the graphics card supports this shader model

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gflood

Most GFX cards in the last 12 months include Pixel Shader 2.0, if in doubt check the box. If it supports X 10, chances are it has PS2. Any fo the Dell Inspiron R15 will do what you need.

gflood

I mean of course Dx11 and this laptop includes GFX card with Pixel Shader 4.0

_http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=ie&cs=iedhs1&kc=HDP&l=en&m_30=321942&oc=N00XL501&rbc=N00XL501&s=dhs

for 649

xlou89x

thanks guys..only thing is iv to buy the laptop is Pcworld because i got a voucher for there for xmas! so at the minute the only have the one dell model, which wont run sims!

Hoping to head into pcworld wednesday and get it sorted!