Will these specs run the Sims 3 + All the expansions and 40MB Worth of CC?

[SimsGangsta]

I was wondering if these specs would be good enough for me to play TS3 With all expansions included


>RAM 8 GB
>Hard Drive 500 GB SATA
>Graphics Card Description GeForce GTX 560M
>Graphics Card Ram Size 3 GB

Screen Size 17.3 inches
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Max Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory Speed 1333 MHz
Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Chipset Brand NVIDIA

Wireless Type 802.11B, 802.11G, 802.11n
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 3
Number of USB 3.0 Ports 1

[KhaineGB]

You should be fine.

I run the base game + all expansions + all stuff packs + a ton of store content on a slightly lower spec laptop than that.

It can get a little laggy after a while... you might have to reboot every 3-4 hours or so. I've also found large houses with lots of people can be a little bit of an issue, as is Isla Paradiso. If you don't mind using mods, I recommend Overwatch, Error Trap and Register to help with that (Register can be used to remove a lot of the wild animals, which really, really helps in Isla Paradiso).

[SimsGangsta]

You should be fine.

I run the base game + all expansions + all stuff packs + a ton of store content on a slightly lower spec laptop than that.

It can get a little laggy after a while... you might have to reboot every 3-4 hours or so. I've also found large houses with lots of people can be a little bit of an issue, as is Isla Paradiso. If you don't mind using mods, I recommend Overwatch, Error Trap and Register to help with that (Register can be used to remove a lot of the wild animals, which really, really helps in Isla Paradiso).

Hmm..Thanks for the great advice. I'm about to buy it today off craiglist, what do you think about that?

[KhaineGB]

See it working first, and if paying cash, take someone with you.

That's the best advice I can offer.

[SimsGangsta]

I bought it, and dude it runs the Sims so much faster than my desktop. It loaded base game in a minute flat. I'm talkin town and everything.

[SimsGangsta]

Help, it lags with all expansions...Occasional hiccup from scrolling etc. How do you have your cpu setup?

[KhaineGB]

That's just The Sims for you. I get that on my desktop and laptop after several hours of play... haven't really found a way around it other than clearing out cache files every so often.

[MrsFlynn]

Hi SimsGangsta,

I'm sorry to hear your getting lag and glitches in your game. Something that helps me with playing Sims 3 is to play it for short periods of time, say no more than an hour or 2. Then get out of the game, clear cache files. Restart the computer. To help with refreshing everything.

Some more helpful tips can be found here:

Topic: Tips to help with Sims 3 Crashing
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,20732.0.html

MrsFlynn

[SimsGangsta]

so I found out my game runs flawlessly with all expansions without mods..but ive become accustom to playing ts3 with mods..its almost unbearable. Turns out i have like 300 mbs of mods, i decided to test it without them and it ran fast and smooth. i had nraas and a bunch of other fancy mods from popular modders like shimrod etc. so the question is how do i go about this? btw i combined all my mods into one package file already so thats not the case

[KhaineGB]

I'd check your mods and make sure there aren't compatibility issues.

[SimsGangsta]

I'd check your mods and make sure there aren't compatibility issues.

They're actually all fine I used the delphy tool to check and it said everything was okay, do you personally have mods in your game and if so how much?

[KhaineGB]

Yep.

Most of the Nraas ones, pose player, a no sparkles for vampires remover, no more hidden brooms for witches, unlocked computer games, no whining on motives and that's about it. Comes to about 62mb in total.

[SimsGangsta]

Yep.

Most of the Nraas ones, pose player, a no sparkles for vampires remover, no more hidden brooms for witches, unlocked computer games, no whining on motives and that's about it. Comes to about 62mb in total.

I notice the most significant change when I delete Nraas Storyprogression mod the game feels more smoother and looks so as well

[KhaineGB]

You might need to tweak your SP settings then. I think you do that from city hall.