System requirements The Sims 3
First of all... You should keep in mind that these are MINIMUM requirements to play The Sims 3. This doesn't mean you can play with higher details if you have a configuration like this.
You can find the official page of System requirements here
Indice
FOR WINDOWS XP
- 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent (this a value for single core processor. If you have a laptop or a dual or a quad core the value is different. If you have a Centrino processor on your laptop the equivalent value is about the double, if you have a dual core the equivalent is x2, quad core is x4...)
- 1 GB RAM
- 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
- The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (check your Windows upgrade if you don't have service pack 2. If you have service pack 3 is ok!)
- At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
FOR WINDOWS VISTA
- 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent (this a value for single core processor. If you have a laptop or a dual or a quad core the value is different. If you have a Centrino processor on your laptop the equivalent value is about the double, if you have a dual core the equivalent is x2, quad core is x4...)
- 1.5 GB RAM
- 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
- Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (check your Windows upgrade if you don't have service pack 1. If you have service pack 2 is ok!)
- At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
Integrated graphics chipsets
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:
- Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above
- 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
- 0.5 GB additional RAM
FOR MAC OS X
- Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
- Intel Core Duo Processor
- 2 GB RAM
- ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
- At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
- This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.
How check system requirements
If you are able to understand the differences between these value, you can analyze your PC with a software such as PC WIZARD and check if you meet system requirements.
Instead, if you don't know what is the difference from a single or dual core, from an PCI-E and AGP video card and so on... try to use a requirements checker.
You have just to press the button on the left called Perform your check now
Supported Video Cards
EA tell us some video cards compatible with The Sims 3. This doesn't mean that if your video card is newer is not supported and that all these give the same game details.
Windows Supported Video Cards
NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800 9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800 G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150 GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295
ATI Radeon series
9500, 9600, 9800 X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950 2400, 2600, 2900 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870 4850, 4870
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)
GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series
MAC OS X Supported Video Cards
NVIDIA GeForce series
7300, 7600 8600, 8800 9400M, 9600M GT GT 120, GT 130
ATI Radeon series
X1600, X1900 2400, 2600 3870 4850, 4870
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)
GMA 3-Series
