What could this laptop run (games wise)?

My g/f just got a laptop and wants to play the sims 3 on it, Specs are

Core i3-350m
4 gb DDR3 1333mhz
Ati 4330 (512mb?).

It's a dell inspiron/inspiron 15. Obviously the primary purpose of this laptop is not for gaming but can this thing run the sims 3? Native screen res is 1366x768 btw.

EDIT: Just like to add it's running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit).

Chess.

look u can run the sims on anything

u could probably also play a few rtses and older games on that

Couldn't resist.:D But what kind of games are you into...FPS, RTS, RPG? I've always had problems with my laptop and gaming. Which is why I'm upgrading to a desktop, with the help of this board. Just want to say the people on this site are great when it comes to helping with questions. Learned more here than anywhere else. But anyway back to TC question.

The ram is good...But that gpu, thats if'y.

The ram is good...But that gpu, thats if'y.

XXsKiTzOidXX

Couldn't resist.:D But what kind of games are you into...FPS, RTS, RPG? I've always had problems with my laptop and gaming. Which is why I'm upgrading to a desktop, with the help of this board. Just want to say the people on this site are great when it comes to helping with questions. Learned more here than anywhere else. But anyway back to TC question.

XXsKiTzOidXX

I won't be gaming on it, just my g/f. For now she only wants to play sims 3 (girls and their sims aye). And yeah the gpu isn't that great. I'm assuming it's not that much better (if at all better) than intel integrated gpus. But if it can run the sims at a reasonable framerate (doesn't have to be on high settings of course) then that would be swell.

So the general consensus is that it can run sims 3. Any idea how well it will run at what settings?

My g/f just got a laptop and wants to play the sims 3 on it, Specs are

Core i3-350m
4 gb DDR3 1333mhz
Ati 4330 (512mb?).

It's a dell inspiron/inspiron 15. Obviously the primary purpose of this laptop is not for gaming but can this thing run the sims 3? Native screen res is 1366x768 btw.

EDIT: Just like to add it's running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit).

October_Tide

Far Cry 2 on ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neu1DfKugbE&feature=fvw

heya tc

guildwars (highest w/ good NPC textures off)

BiA: hells highway: medium - high

wh40k: dowI

TC: r6v: 1

TES IV oblivion

bioshock 1

singularity

any source engine game (hl2, css, portal, tf2, the eye, dod: source)

sanctum

wc3

starcraft II (low and not in mp)

WoW

a reckless disregard for gravity

doom 3

painkiller

quake IV

sniper: ghost warrior

C&C RA3

cool so all those can be played on the w500 but what about sims 3 and civilizationbobjoe72

Civ IV should work as should sims 3 easily on like medium ish