New comer to train sim games on PC

[Lancaster]

Hi guys

I'm seriously thinking of purchasing train sim 2012 or 2013.

However I've never played PC games before (and I only own a laptop for uni) and I'm not sure what sort of PC and add-ons I would need to buy to run TS 2012/2013, so was wondering if someone would provide me with an idea of what I'd need to buy and the rough cost.

Many thanks for any advice

 

[Crossover]

Since the update to TS2013, my laptop runs better than ever (still on min graphics) even so much as I can play WCML North for the first time ever!

I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz, 2GB RAM and integrated graphics. Also it is 5 years old. So all in all, not bad going.

WCML North and Portsmouth Direct line are a couple of the more demanding routes that I have

 

[Darandio]

It's probably worth listing what specs you already have, we can then establish whether it is of any use or not.

OS, Graphics, RAM, Processor etc.

 

[Lancaster]

Laptop core i3-2310M
2.1 GHz
4GB RAM
320GB Harddrive

this is the only information I could find about my laptop.

 

[callum112233]

It's not looking good if you only have an integrated graphics chip. You need a dedicated graphics card to be honest.

Callum.

 

[The trainman]

Lancaster, Welcome to the train sim drivering.
Your laptop is quite ok to run Railworks, I have quite a few add-ons, westcoast mainline, london to Brighton, and more.
My opinion is, Go for it and give it a go.
Good luck.

 

[Harbon 1]

You've just got to fiddle with the settings. I've got a bog standard desktop, and it runs it reasonably well

 

[deltic1989]

runs ok on my laptop. i have AMD sempron 2.0ghz processer, 2 gb ram, 250 gb hdd, and AMD radeon 3100 graphics, running vista.