System requirements

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



Video Cards for The Sims 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
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