Since I have to get a new laptop (my old one is broken), I found an offer from this notebook here that I actually really like:
Lenovo Ideapad C340-15IIL 81XJ003HGE
Since many of you probably don't want to search now, here are a few basic information about the notebook:
Display size: 39 cm (15.6 "), glossy
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD)
Processor: Intel® Core i5-1035G1 (4x 1.0 GHz, 6MB cache), Turboboost (3.60 GHz)
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics
RAM: 8 GB DDR4 (2666MHz / 4GB soldered)
Hard disk: 256 GB M.2 SSD PCIe
Drives / Card Reader: Without / 4in1 Card Reader (SD / SDHC / SDXC / MMC)
Network: WLAN 802.11 ac 1x1, Bluetooth 4.2
Connections: HDMI, 2x USB 3.1 Type-A, 1x USB 3.1 Type-C (Gen1), audio combo jack
Input devices: keyboard without numeric keypad, fingerprint reader
Camera: webcam 720p
Operating system: Windows 10 Home
Warranty: 2 years Lenovo manufacturer warranty
Color: platinum
My question now: is this notebook sufficient to play sims 3 or sims 4 on it? I have all the expansion packs and plan to play with custom content files or mods at high settings. A PC is too impractical for me because I want to take the notebook with me, and my wallet is simply too empty for a gaming laptop.
If the notebook is not good, I would be very grateful for justification and possibly other suggestions, but not over 700 euro.
But if you want something special to gamble, there are better offers but to work and a little ledge is fine
Will run somehow, but with a bit of a cut. For high / max. Details and mods (probably HD or what there's, I don't know exactly) you will hardly be able to avoid a laptop with a dedicated card.
On medium settings in low resolution. So just in poorer quality. For occasional gaming, you should take a device with a dedicated graphics chip. For 700 euro one should definitely be found.
That could be scarce. With high settings you will probably not be able to play and depending on what you want to use for mods you can forget about that.
You need gaming laptops to gamble, that's what they're there for.
But for 700 euro you won't get a smart one.
Do you know where I might have to look around for something like that? Unfortunately I'm not at all in this laptop world and a little unsure of what is good or bad 🥺
https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/...abadb29577 goes with this here already a few things for 770 but yes you're basically right
Yes and normally it costs 900;)
But Sims is the only game I'm going to play on it. Everything over 700 euro is really hard for my heart 😟
It will work
I understand that. But you can't expect miracles. It will work, but what quality is difficult to say.
https://www.notebookcheck.com/...--bersicht you see what you can expect from the different graphics chips.
This notebook would easily meet the minimal system requirements of Sims 4 despite the apparently very low base clock rate of ~ 1.0 Ghz, but unfortunately it will not be enough in terms of the optimal requirements and your wishes.
https://www.giga.de/...-eurem-pc/
To what extent your mods will put additional strain on the system, unfortunately I can't tell you. For maximum details in 1920 × 1080, it is not enough for Sims 4 without mods.
In the price range up to 700 euro you should choose something in the following direction:
https://www.cyberport.de/?DEEP=1CAH-09Y&APID=117
Thank you! Are there any disadvantages to the laptop from your link? I like it very much.
I have now not looked at the exact information on weight and battery life of the two models, so you would have to look at your suggestion yourself.
With my suggestion, ASUS specifies a battery life of up to 8 hours, which in practice with normal display - brightness in office / or web mode can also drop to about 4 to 6 hours depending on the intensity of use, but what would be perfectly normal.
In this regard, almost every manufacturer tries to present his product in the best possible light with settings that are optimized in an extremely unprofessional manner.
When gaming, you may have a significantly shorter battery life due to the Geforce GTX, but this is explained by the fact that the render performance of the Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 is several times higher than that of the Intel UHD in your proposal. You will need this additional graphics performance if you want to be able to play Sims 4 with mods in FHD resolution on (D) a new notebook.
Probably the notebook I propose will be louder and warmer than your suggestion, at least in game mode, but unfortunately nothing comes from nothing.
For Web & Office you can easily work with the Windows energy saving profile with my suggestion. (Even my old HP - Probook 650 G1 with the dual-core Intel Core i5-4310m with 256 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM easily handles these tasks @ Throttle to 1.0 to 1.5 Ghz easily)
Another (minor) disadvantage in my proposal compared to yours:
It does not have a multicard reader, but only has a micro SD slot… But for something like that there are quite cheap external USB peripherals.
In addition, I do not know whether the Asus book supports fingerprint for verification.
However, there are clear advantages in your sense:
- really clear! Higher graphics performance, and you need that for Sims 4 with mods
- Anti-glare display, which is useful when working in bright environments. (Your suggestion has a reflective display)
- Backlit keyboard if you want to type and paddle in the dark
- With 512 GB SSD twice the size of your proposal.
So far the most important differences in detail between the two devices according to your query, without delving too incomprehensibly into technical subtleties, which will probably hardly interest you anyway.
Thank you very much, it really helped me a lot!
My pleasure. 😉
