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Sims 3 system requirements

Windows
CPU Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent
2.0GHz (XP)
2.4GHz (Vista)
Memory 1 GB (XP)
1.5GB (Vista)
Hard Drive Space 6.5GB of free space and 1GB for additional content
Graphics Hardware DirectX 9.0c compliant card with 128 MB RAM (NVIDIA FX 5900/ATI 9500 or better) and support for Pixel Shader 2.0
Sound Hardware 100% DirectX 9.0c compliant card

Windows (using Built-in Graphics Chipset)
CPU Intel Pentium D 2.6GHz, 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
Memory 1.5GB (XP)
2GB (Vista)
 
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
Windows
CPU Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent
2.0GHz (XP)
2.4GHz (Vista)
Memory 1 GB (XP)
1.5GB (Vista)
Hard Drive Space 6.5GB of free space and 1GB for additional content
Graphics Hardware DirectX 9.0c compliant card with 128 MB RAM (NVIDIA FX 5900/ATI 9500 or better) and support for Pixel Shader 2.0
Sound Hardware 100% DirectX 9.0c compliant card

Windows (using Built-in Graphics Chipset)
CPU Intel Pentium D 2.6GHz, 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
Memory 1.5GB (XP)
2GB (Vista)
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We all know that won't be the case with EA games. Just look at Simcity 4000 and The Sims 2.
 
They can't make the requirements too high if the majority of the sims buyers are soccer moms with Dell computers.
 
insane, I can't wait to play it...I used to love the original sims, but sims2 went overkill with expansions and I stopped, haha.

new sim city would be cool.
 
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
insane, I can't wait to play it...I used to love the original sims, but sims2 went overkill with expansions and I stopped, haha.

new sim city would be cool.
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Remember how long Sims 2 takes to load with all the expansions? At least that is what I hear on the pc gaming board. Not really sure if it is true or not though sense I haven't played most of the expansions.
 
Add several GB of custom content and prepare to sit for a while LOL

Although I've got about 1.3gb (compressed) and it's not too horrible.
 
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
insane, I can't wait to play it...I used to love the original sims, but sims2 went overkill with expansions and I stopped, haha.

new sim city would be cool.
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Didn't Sims 1 have over a dozen expansions?
 
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
insane, I can't wait to play it...I used to love the original sims, but sims2 went overkill with expansions and I stopped, haha.

new sim city would be cool.
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Yeah, I almost lost count of the number of expansions to Sims 2! How many were they in total?
 
Originally posted by: Bateluer
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
insane, I can't wait to play it...I used to love the original sims, but sims2 went overkill with expansions and I stopped, haha.

new sim city would be cool.
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Didn't Sims 1 have over a dozen expansions?
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Going by Wikipedia, The Sims had 7 expansion packs. While The Sims 2 had 8 expansion packs plus 10 stuff packs.
 
I played both Sims games for awhile when they first came out, but never got any of the expansions or anything. I'll probably get Sims 3 unless there's a shit-ton of DRM on it.
 
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
Originally posted by: Bateluer
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
insane, I can't wait to play it...I used to love the original sims, but sims2 went overkill with expansions and I stopped, haha.

new sim city would be cool.
Click to expand...

Didn't Sims 1 have over a dozen expansions?
Click to expand...

Going by Wikipedia, The Sims had 7 expansion packs. While The Sims 2 had 8 expansion packs plus 10 stuff packs.
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Okay, Sims 2 was flowing with expansions! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
Originally posted by: Bateluer
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
insane, I can't wait to play it...I used to love the original sims, but sims2 went overkill with expansions and I stopped, haha.

new sim city would be cool.
Click to expand...

Didn't Sims 1 have over a dozen expansions?
Click to expand...

Going by Wikipedia, The Sims had 7 expansion packs. While The Sims 2 had 8 expansion packs plus 10 stuff packs.
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Holycrap! Did it surpass the number of Deerhunter iterations? 🙂
 
My guess is the system requirements will be a high-end single core (3.0Ghz P4/3200+ AMD) or a dual-core CPU with 1GB RAM (XP) and 2GB RAM (Vista), and the generic 9.0c GPU.

The requirements should be much less than GTAIV as this game should be fully coded and optimized for the computer, and not a port of any kind.
 
I couldn't believe it when I installed The Sims 2 on my GF's laptop, and it seemed like it took just as long to load on a 2GHz Centrino P4 with 2GB of RAM as it did on my old desktop back when it first came out (something like a 1.4GHz with 768MB)
 
My wife loves the Sims2, she has almost every expansion and "stuff" pack.

I asked her if she wanted Sims3 when it comes out, she said "looks about the same. The jump from 1 to 2 was huge, but I'll play Sims2 until I feel I've gotten $600 out of it."

"$600?"

"Yeah, that's about what all the expansions plus the game cost, right?"

Smart lady.

-z
 
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