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dajancikas1
Test Subject
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#1 Old 28th Dec 2013 at 1:35 AM
Default Will this laptop be able to handle sims 3 with all eps and ~8gb custom content?
Alienware M17x R3
Monitor
17.3 FHD (1920x1080)

Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor 2.90 GHz Turbo Boost (6M Cache, minnimum speed 2.00 GHz)
Graphics card
2GB ATI Radeon HD 6990 + Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Hard Drive
1TB 7200rpm SATA
RAM
8GB (2x4GB) 1333MHz DDR3



Thanks for your help
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marka93
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#2 Old 28th Dec 2013 at 4:21 AM
How about a link to that laptop for I have never seen a laptop having both a video card and onboard graphics.

If it does have the HD 6990 then your in very good shape.
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ajaxsirius
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#3 Old 28th Dec 2013 at 6:47 AM
Marka93 the Intel graphics listed aren't onboard, they're embedded into the CPU itself.
Nysha
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#4 Old 28th Dec 2013 at 10:25 AM
The 6990 should be great for TS3 in theory, in practise however it is known to microstutter. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's a problem. Otherwise, though, that laptop is great for TS3 - although you could probably get it for half the price if you ditched the Alienware branding.
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ajaxsirius
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#5 Old 28th Dec 2013 at 1:51 PM
Nysha the 6990M isn't a dual GPU card like the desktop 6990 so I don't think it suffers from the microstutter problem the desktop card has. It's basically an underclocked desktop 6870.

source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...ption,3118.html
dajancikas1
Test Subject
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#6 Old 28th Dec 2013 at 3:14 PM
Oh, thanks for your answers,friends Do you know how much (for example) it could take to load all eps with lots of custom content (~8gb)?
Nysha
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#7 Old 28th Dec 2013 at 4:24 PM
Thanks, ajax - I totally forgot to check.
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ajaxsirius
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#8 Old 29th Dec 2013 at 6:41 AM
Quote: Originally posted by dajancikas1
Oh, thanks for your answers,friends Do you know how much (for example) it could take to load all eps with lots of custom content (~8gb)?


I don't understand your question. What do you mean "how much could it take to load all eps"? How much time?
dajancikas1
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#9 Old 29th Dec 2013 at 11:40 PM
Quote: Originally posted by ajaxsirius
I don't understand your question. What do you mean "how much could it take to load all eps"? How much time?

Yes Can you imagine I'm only about to start playing sims 3 I have so much catching up to do, should I buy all eps? I heard people didn't like Katy Perry ep very much. I'm also wondering how long it will take to adjust to sims 3 and when will I finish exploring all eps, that's so much to do
ajaxsirius
Scholar
#10 Old 30th Dec 2013 at 5:53 AM
Well if you're talking about load times, 8GB of custom content and all EPs will definitely take a long time, even with the laptop listed above. You can cut the load times in about half by using a SSD instead of a traditional hard drive.

As for which EPs or SPs to buy... It really depends on you. Maybe read a bit more about them and ask in the Sims 3 discussion forums.
 
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