Most people who have the game running well own a pc with at least 2 GB RAM.
(The GeForce FX series is not supported for Windows Vista)įor group 2 (excluding the FX series) it is known that the base game will run well if you have Windows XP (32-bit) and if your pc has more than 1 GB RAM. * For these graphics cards or integrated chipsets it is not sure if they are suited for The Sims 3 Pets, but there is a reasonable chance you will run into problems.
– Intel GMA X3100 (graphics driver must be updated) Therefore these are not covered by Tier 27 but have been put together because they are difficult to be placed in this list.
Subgroup 3: Recommended minimum requirements for The Sims 3 Pets Subgroup 2: Recommended requirements for The Sims 3 Subgroup 1: Very suited for The Sims 3 and expansion packs Group 1: These graphics cards meet the minimum requirements for The Sims 3 We also strongly advise agains playing the game with a Intel GMA X3100, Radeon X300 SE, Radeon 9600 LE, GeForce 6200, GeForce 7200 GS and potential others. Graphics cards from group 2 “These cards do not meet the advised minimum specifications but are compatible with minor tweaking” will most likely have some problems with running The Sims 3 Seasons. However the official minimum requirements won’t change with The Sims 3 Seasons, we expect the game to be much more demanding than the basic game. This way you’ll be able to run The Sims 3 and its expansions on medium settings if the remainder of your system suffice the minimum requirements. An example is PC-Wizard (free).įor a new sytem we recommend a graphics card from subgroup 2 “Recommended requirements for The Sims 3”. There are also programs which can provide you extensive information about the components in your computer.
Most people use (NVIDIA) Geforce or (ATI) Radeon graphics cards. Most of the graphics card data can be found in the second tab “Display”. Now you will probably see the first tab “System”.
The first group is divided in different subcategories because of the graphical problems with The Sims 3 Pets. The graphics cards are divided in 3 categories. Below you can find a summary of mainly desktop graphics cards in which you can see how the overall perform compared toe each other.