Why is the Sims 3 running slow?

Trust me I'm no computer genius, but I do know this, that there is a new video/graphics card that is what basically runs the game. I have a laptop, too! I tried to play, but it takes just too long, so I took it up to best buy and they told me that, and the worst part is, that us people with laptops cant even upgrade our video/graphics card. I'm sorry that wasnt much of an answer, I just wanted to let you know that is where your at and that your not the only one with the problem. Please tell me if you ever find a solution and I will tell you the same. Oh and all you people that have the laptops and gaming laptops I guess that means pretty much everyone needs a desktop with an upgraded video/graphics card. Sucks, huh?

Mine was being slow for the first day and today I went out and bought a stick of RAM, it worked magnificently it's quick and loads fast. [: You can get a 1G for about 30 dollars at Office Max.

ya I just got my laptop last summer and it is running the sims 3 really slowly too! I deleted the sims 2, updated my graphics card, and deleted lots of files from my computer, and it is still slow. I was hoping defragging it would work. (There is an online tutorial to do it) but I guess it didn't work for others, so I doubt that works either. The last thing I could suggest is adding RAM to your computer. However, I don't know if it would help if you already had the suggested 2 GB the game requires. I do know that my brother downloaded the game to his desktop and it runs A LOT faster, but I'm not sure why because his desktop is way older than my laptop. I'm really sad though because I LOVE the Sims games... hopefully someone will find something that works to make it go faster :)

you have to buy a better graphics card for your computer because the one you have is sharing with the memory on your computer so if you buy a graphics card it will make the graphics better and the game will be a lot faster. The best cheapest one is $70.00 at best buy.

I guess the Sims 3 isn't as good as people thought it would be. I think it runs on a lot thats why it seems slow...the graphics are a lot!

you need more ram!!!! so the game was slow for me, but when i got more ram, it was super fast! also, go to this site and it will tell you what you need! http://www.ea.com/games/the-sims-3#

Such a waste of money! I am really frustrated with the game! It messed up my laptop! I have no clue what is going on but I think somebody should send them an email explaining all of the complaints and concerns for this game! I am going to back to playing the Sims 2! Way better game, better graphics, better price.

Okay so the sims 3 are running slow on my game too. But when I do lower the graphics a little, it runs a little better. I went to those two different sites to check to see if my laptop has the minimum requirements, to play the game of course. The sims site told me my laptop couldn't play, but the other site said I could. Now I do play the game and my computer got really hot twice, and then my game crashed. I don't believe this game was meant for a laptop, I believe its for a computer. In a computer it's easier to upgrade a graphic card. For a laptop it's impossible. So I guess I'm going to buy a gaming laptop instead. If your looking for a good gaming laptop, then ya'll should check out Asus. Some of them are pretty expensive, but I heard great things about them. Plus Best Buy told me it's the best laptop to play the sims 3 on it. So I guess I'll just get a gaming loptop, so I don't ruin my primary laptop. I'm just angry....about this issue with the sims 3. It's so complicated. I don't know why I deleted the sims 2...:(

Mine too, it's driving me insane!!!, I spend $76.00 for something that wont even play!!!, well I hope EA realizes this and gives out a free patch or something.