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The Sims Series have certain requirements in which players need to fulfill in order to play them.
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The Sims 4 (2014 / Legacy Edition)[4] |
The Sims 4 (2023 onwards) | ||||||
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| Launch Year | 2000 | 2004 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2014 | 2023 |
| OS | Windows 95 or Higher, Linux,[5] Mac OS 8.6 or Higher | Windows 98 or Higher, Mac OS X 10.3.8 or Higher | Windows XP or Higher | Windows XP (SP2) or Higher, Mac OS X 10.5.7 | Windows XP (SP3) or Higher, Mac OS X 10.5.8 | Windows XP (SP3) or Higher, OS X 10.7.5 | Windows 10 or Higher, OS X 10.11 |
| CPU | 233 MHz[6] | 800 MHz [7] | 800 MHz | 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent [8][9] | 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent | 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent | 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent |
| RAM | 32 MB [10] | 256 MB | 256 MB | 1 GB [11] | 1 GB [11] | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Disc Drive | 4x CD-ROM drive | 8x CD-ROM/DVD drive | 8x CD-ROM/DVD drive | DVD Drive | DVD Drive | DVD Drive | DVD Drive |
| HDD | 350 MB | 3.5 GB[12] | 3.5 GB | 6.1 GB + 1GB additional space for custom content and saved games | 5.3 GB + 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games | 9 GB + 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games | 15 GB + 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games |
| Video | 2 MB | 32 MB and T&L compatible | 32 MB and T&L compatible | 128 MB with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 | 256 MB with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 | 128 MB with support for Pixel Shader 3.0 | 128 MB with support for Pixel Shader 3.0 |
| DirectX | 7.0 | 9.0 | 9.0c | 9.0c | 9.0c | 9.0c | 9.0c |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | Internet connection required for product activation | Internet connection required for product activation |
Video Cards for The Sims 3[3][]
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
- ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
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
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. Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants may default to settings that are higher than what would be optimal for them. Graphics settings can be lowered to improve performance. The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista. 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
Video Cards for The Sims 4[4][]
For computers using built-in chipsets, the game requires 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo, 2.0Ghz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent.
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
Notes[]
- Despite using the same engine as The Sims 2, The Sims Stories will not work on Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000.
- The Sims Medieval will not run on PowerPC (G3, G4, G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.
- The Sims 3 requires a service pack for Windows XP and Windows Vista. For Windows XP, The Sims 3 requires Service Pack 2 while The Sims 3 only requires Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.
- Windows XP is the only OS to officially support all of The Sims games, even though support for Windows XP ended on April 8, 2014 and The Sims 4 was released on September 2, 2014.
- It should be noted though that from 2017-2023, Windows 7 and higher was required to run The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs and future packs except for The Sims 4: Island Living, which initially supported Windows XP as well as Windows Vista, until support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 was dropped, meaning players needed Windows 10 and higher to play The Sims 4.
References[]
- ↑ The Sims Programs requirements at the Wayback Machine (archived November 13, 2012)
- ↑ The Sims 2 Official requirements at the Wayback Machine (archived May 27, 2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Sims 3 Minimum requirements
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Sims 4 system requirements
- ↑ Glibc 2.1.3 or higher XFree86 4.1 or higher
- ↑ 350 MHz Celeron/Pentium II/Duron/Athlon equivalent for Linux
- ↑ 1.2 GHz PowerPC G4/G5
- ↑ 2.4 GHz for Vista
- ↑ Intel Core Duo Processor for OSX
- ↑ 64 MB RAM (Mac OS 8/9) or 128 MB RAM (Mac OS X)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 2 GB RAM for OSX
- ↑ 3 GB
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