yes it can very good good good and more good am playing the Sims 3 on the alien ware m17x and it is wonderful.
Chat with our AI personalities
no Definitely. Im using the "budget" ATI Radeon 4350 512mb and can play Sims 3 on pretty high settings with a smooth framerate. Im actually thinking of upgrading to your card. Go for it man.
nvidia geforce gt525m
yes
Pixel Shader 2.0
any 9xxx after and not including 9000, 9200, 9200SE, or 9250.Basically, any ATI Radeon based on the R300 generation will be the first (cheapest) ATI Radeon to support shader 2.0, including:Radeon 9550, X300Radeon 9500, 9600, X550, X600Radeon 9700, 9800More info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_R300