News Minimum System Specifications for The Sims 3

ManagerJosh · Jan 5, 2009

Minimum System Specifications for The Sims 3

EA has released the minimum PC specifications required to run the title, across both laptop and desktop platforms, and running either Windows XP or Windows Vista: FOR WINDOWS XP Windows XP (Service P...

Minimum System Specifications for The Sims 3

ManagerJosh · Jan 7, 2009

Attaching Word Doc

Judhudson · Jan 7, 2009

Minimum specs has been out for some time And they've also added to it (that's an earlier document)

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]THE SIMS 3 MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS [/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva][/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]FOR WINDOWS XP [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Windows XP (Service Pack 2) [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]1 GB RAM [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]FOR WINDOWS VISTA [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]1.5 GB RAM [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least: [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above. [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]0.5 GB additional RAM [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]NVIDIA GeForce series [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280 [/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]ATI Radeon™ series [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
4850, 4870 [/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Intel® Extreme Graphics [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]GMA X3x00 series [/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts will not perform adequately. [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily. [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn't listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all. [/FONT]

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista. [/FONT]
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swmeek · Jan 7, 2009

He's a bit slow at times don't ya know!

ManagerJosh · Jan 7, 2009

Technically these specs from the word doc are actually absolute minimum.

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