Hi. I just purchased a new laptop and I was wondering if it could play my much-awaited game, SIMS 3. Here's the system requirements of the game that I copied from the Sims 3 official site:
FOR WINDOWS VISTA
* 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* 1.5 GB RAM
* A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
* Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
* At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:
* Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above
* 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
* 0.5 GB additional RAM
Here's the specs of the laptop I bought:
Satellite U405-S2915 Laptop : Detailed Product Specs
Processor*
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400
Operating System*
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (SP1, 64-bit)
Processor Type*
Core™2 Duo
Processor Number*
T6400
Processor Speed*
2.0GHz
Front Side Bus*
800MHz
Memory Size*
4096MB
Memory Speed*
PC6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM
Display Size*
13.3" widescreen
Display Type*
WXGA with TruBrite® Technology
Display Resolution*
1280x800
Graphics Engine*
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Graphics Memory*
128MB-1340MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory
Hard Drive Size*
320GB
Hard Drive Speed*
5400rpm
Secondary Hard Drive Size*
None Available
Optical Drives*
DVD-SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive supporting up to 11 formats
Wireless LAN*
Intel® Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/g/n)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth® V2.1 + EDR
Webcam
Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezel
FM Tuner with Antenna
FM Tuner with Antenna
Input Devices
85 key US keyboard, Media button, CD/DVD Buttons (Play/Pause, Stop, Prev Track, Next Track), TouchPad pointing device, Mute button
Security
HDD Recovery
LAN
10/100 Ethernet LAN
Audio
Standard stereo speakers, Built-in microphone, Microphone jack (mono), Headphone jack (stereo)
AC Adapter
75W (19V 3.95A) Auto-sensing, 100-240V / 50-60Hz input
Battery Type
Li-Ion (4800mAh)
PC Express Slot
1-ExpressCard™ Slot
USB Ports*
2-USB (2.0) with Sleep and Charge, 1-eSATA/USB (2.0) combo port with Sleep and Charge
iLINK
i.LINK™ IEEE-1394
Media Port
Choice Of: 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter, S/P DIF output port (shared with headphone port)
Software*
TOSHIBA ConfigFree®, TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator, Microsoft® Office Trial Home and Student 2007 Edition (60-day trial), TOSHIBA DVD Player, Norton 360™ All-In-One Security (60-day Trial), PowerCinema for TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA Face Recognition, WildTangent® Orb™ Games Console, Hard disc (HDD) recovery, Microsoft® Works Version 9.0, Ulead® DVD MovieFactory® 5 for Toshiba, TOSHIBA Speech System, TOSHIBA Disc Creator
I hope you can help me with this. Thank you so much SFA staff:)