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[[The Sims (series)|The Sims Series]] have certain '''requirements''' in which players need to fulfill in order to play them.
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[[The Sims]]<ref>[http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims/the-sims-1/the-sims-system-requirements/ The Sims Programs requirements]</ref>
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[[The Sims 2]]<ref>{{Wayback|url=http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=21|date=20120304032126|title=The Sims 2 Official requirements}}</ref>
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[[The Sims Stories]]
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[[The Sims 3]]<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140909112603/http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq The Sims 3 Minimum requirements]</ref>
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[[The Sims Medieval]]
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[[The Sims 4]] (2014 / ''Legacy Edition'')<ref name=":1">[http://help.ea.com/en/article/the-sims-4-system-requirements/ The Sims 4 system requirements]</ref>
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[[The Sims 4]] (2019 onwards)
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|Launch Year
|2000
|2004
|2007
|2009
|2011
|2014
|2019
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|OS
|Windows 95 or Higher, Linux,<ref>Glibc 2.1.3 or higher
XFree86 4.1 or higher
</ref> Mac OS
|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 7 (SP1) or Higher, OS X 10.11
|-
|CPU
|233 MHz<ref>350 MHz Celeron/Pentium II/Duron/Athlon equivalent for Linux</ref>
|800 MHz <ref>1.2 GHz PowerPC G4/G5</ref>
|800 MHz
|2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent <ref>2.4 GHz for Vista</ref><ref>Intel Core Duo Processor for OSX</ref>
|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 <ref>64 MB RAM (Mac OS 8/9) or 128 MB RAM (Mac OS X)</ref>
|256 MB
|256 MB
|1 GB <ref name=":2">2 GB RAM for OSX</ref>
|1 GB <ref name=":2" />
|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<ref>3 GB</ref>
|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
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|DirectX
|7.0
|9.0
|9.0c
|9.0c
|9.0c
|9.0c
|9.0c
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|Other
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|Internet connection required for product activation
|Internet connection required for product activation
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== Video Cards for [[The Sims 3]]<ref name=":0"/> ==
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For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:
Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above
2.6
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
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:GMA 3-Series
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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 ==
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* ''[[The Sims
* ''[[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 ''[[The Sims 4: Cats and Dogs]]'', Windows 7 and higher is required to install this pack as well as any pack after this, except for ''[[The Sims 4: Island Living]]'', which supports Windows XP as well as Windows Vista.
== References ==
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