Hi, Fiona. Welcome to the forums.
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Any of the three laptops will play The Sims 4 pretty well. The main difference between the three is the graphics card and the amount of memory included. Here's the main differences summed up:
- ASUS - Best overall video card (GTX 960M with 2 GB), smaller solid state drive (128 GB), no touch screen, weight - 5.3 pounds.
- Lenovo - "Worst" overall video card (GTX 860M with 2 GB), no separate solid state drive, touch screen, weight - 4.9 pounds.
- Acer - Middle video card (GTX 860M with 4 GB), biggest solid state drive (256 GB), no touch screen, weight - 6 pounds.
I put worst in quotes as it is relatively the worst of the three as it comes with half the memory of the Acer. However, the GTX 960M out performs both 860M chips by a slight margin.
Overall, I think the ASUS is your best bet with the Acer a close second. The Acer is the heaviest of the three (you mentioned you travel), so you'll want to consider that as well. The Lenovo will also play the game just fin and is the lightest of the three, but the ASUS has - in my opinion - the best overall specifications for The Sims 4 and pretty much any other game you throw at it.
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For comparison sake, here is what MrsFlynn and I have -
MSI GE62 Apache Pro. It has the GTX 960M with 2 GB, 16 GB memory, 256 GB solid state drive and a DVD burner and is about the same weight as the ASUS. It plays The Sims 4 quite nicely on Ultra settings.
Hope this helps and happy Simming!
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Flynn
Hi everyone!
I kind of feel like an idiot for asking this but I want to make sure if I spend the money on a new laptop that it will be able to handle The Sims 4 and whatever expansion packs they come out with. I definitely want a laptop since I travel out of town for work a lot. My budget is around $1,000. A couple that I've been looking at are:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-g-series-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-128gb-solid-state-drive-matte-black/1312416015.p?id=mp1312416015&skuId=1312416015
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-1tb-8gb-hybrid-hard-drive-silver/2675011.p?id=1219553909754&skuId=2675011
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-aspire-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-256gb-solid-state-drive-black/1312280166.p?id=mp1312280166&skuId=1312280166
Thanks! And any other suggestions are much appreciated!
Fiona