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Nina0568 · 19-12-2008, 04:00 AM

Wow, I'm glad I didn't buy the laptop with the media accelerator. Well is there any particular computer you could suggest me to buy to play the sims 3 game? My laptop I have righ now is an Inspiron 1526 w/the ATI X1200. I was speaking to a Dell agent and they were helping me build a laptop, I told her the requirements I had for it and why I was buying a new laptop and this is what she built for me.

- Studio 1537, Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 2.53GHz, 1066Mhz, 6M L2Cache
- 4GB, DDR2, 800MHz 2 Dimm
- 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

Would this laptop be better? The ATI Radeon HD 3450 is one of the supported cards I seen from the Sims 3 system minimum requirements so I'm guessing it should be fine right? What should I expect from a laptop like this playing the Sims 3 game? I'm sorry if I keep asking so many questions but I just want to make the right purchase in a laptop and if I am going to be paying all that money I want to make sure it runs the Sims 3 at least sorta smooth.

19-12-2008, 04:00 AM	#59 (permalink)
Nina0568 Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sick, Sad World. Age: 25 Gender: Female Posts: 225	Wow, I'm glad I didn't buy the laptop with the media accelerator. Well is there any particular computer you could suggest me to buy to play the sims 3 game? My laptop I have righ now is an Inspiron 1526 w/the ATI X1200. I was speaking to a Dell agent and they were helping me build a laptop, I told her the requirements I had for it and why I was buying a new laptop and this is what she built for me. - Studio 1537, Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 2.53GHz, 1066Mhz, 6M L2Cache - 4GB, DDR2, 800MHz 2 Dimm - 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 Would this laptop be better? The ATI Radeon HD 3450 is one of the supported cards I seen from the Sims 3 system minimum requirements so I'm guessing it should be fine right? What should I expect from a laptop like this playing the Sims 3 game? I'm sorry if I keep asking so many questions but I just want to make the right purchase in a laptop and if I am going to be paying all that money I want to make sure it runs the Sims 3 at least sorta smooth.