System requirements

The Sims Series have certain requirements in which players need to fulfill in order to play them.

Requirements for The Sims
Microsoft Windows
 * Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
 * 233 MHzProcessor
 * 32 MB RAM
 * 4x CD-ROM drive
 * 2 MB DirectX 7 compatible graphics card
 * DirectX 7 compatible Sound card

Linux
 * Linux Kernel 2.2 or higher
 * Glibc 2.1.3 or higher
 * XFree86 4.1 or higher or equivalent
 * 350 MHz Celeron/Pentium II/Duron/Athlon or faster or equivalent
 * 64 MB of RAM
 * Sound card supporting OSS or ALSA
 * Video card capable of 16-bit color and 800x600 resolution, Nvidia GeForce GPU recommended with 16 MB of video RAM. (Note: This is the ported Linux version from TransGaming).

Mac
 * Mac OS X 10.0.3 or later, or Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x with CarbonLib 1.2.5 or later
 * 233 MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4
 * 64 MB RAM (Mac OS 8/9) or 128 MB RAM (Mac OS X)
 * 350 MB HDD space
 * 8X CD-ROM drive

Requirements for The Sims 2
Mac OS X
 * OS: Mac OS X 10.3.8+
 * CPU: 1.2 GHz PowerPC G4/G5
 * RAM: 256 MB
 * Disc Drive: DVD drive
 * HDD: 3 GB free space
 * Video: 32 MB ATI Radeon 9000/nVidia GeForce FX5200

Microsoft Windows
 * OS: Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista
 * CPU: 800 MHz
 * RAM: 256 MB
 * Disc Drive: 8x CD-ROM/DVD drive
 * HDD: 3.5 GB free space
 * Video: 32 MB DirectX 9.0 and T&L compatible
 * Sound: DirectX 9.0 compatible

Requirements for The Sims Stories
Mac OS X
 * OS: Mac OS X 10.3.8+
 * CPU: 1.2 GHz PowerPC G4/G5
 * RAM: 256 MB
 * Disc Drive: DVD drive
 * HDD: 3 GB free space
 * Video: 32 MB ATI Radeon 9000/nVidia GeForce FX5200

Microsoft Windows
 * OS: XP/Vista
 * CPU: 800 MHz
 * RAM: 256 MB
 * Disc Drive: 8x CD-ROM/DVD drive
 * HDD: 3.5 GB free space
 * Video: 32 MB DirectX 9.0 and T&L compatible
 * Sound: DirectX 9.0 compatible

Requirements for The Sims 3
FOR WINDOWS XP


 * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
 * 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
 * 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
 * 1.5 GB RAM
 * 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
 * Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
 * At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

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.

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

Requirements for The Sims Medieval
Minimum System Requirements for Microsoft Windows:

OS:
 * Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP1), Windows 7

Processor:
 * 2.0 GHZ p4 processor or equivalent

Video Card:
 * 256 MB video card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0*

Memory:
 * Windows XP: 1 GB RAM, Windows Vista and Windows 7: 1.5 GB

Hard Drive:
 * 5.3 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games.

Minimum Systems Requirements for Mac: OS:
 * Mac OSX 10.5.8 Leopard or higher

Processor:
 * Intel Core Duo Processor

Video Card:
 * ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 256MB of VIdeo RAM or Intel Integrated GMA X3100

Memory
 * 2 GB RAM

Hard Drive
 * 5.3 GB of Hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games.