TS3 L&P
cwykes:
I'm not buying Sims3/Securom, but I'd like to know what I would have had to buy to play it. My Dell Dimension has old-style PCI slots (PCI 2.2 I'm told) & I suspect that all the in-spec cards will be PCIe or AGP. So am I saving the cost of a new graphics card or a new PC?
EDIT - These are the revised specs published here http://thesims3.ea.com/view/pages/newsItem.jsp?item=236875146
THE SIMS 3 MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
FOR WINDOWS XP
* Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
* 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* 1 GB RAM
* At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
* 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
FOR WINDOWS VISTA
* Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
* 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* 1.5 GB RAM
* At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
* 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
* Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.
* 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
* 0.5 GB additional RAM
SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS
NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280
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® Extreme Graphics
GMA X3x00 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. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts will not perform adequately.
Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.
Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn't listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.
The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.
Mandapotpie:
It was up on the BBS yesterday, today it is removed and instead says "Help not available".
I noticed it did not say an internet connection was required, and wondered if they removed to update it.
jolrei:
Well, it looks like my rig would have the processor and RAMz to play, but I would need to upgrade my video card (hypothetical situation only - TS3 is still L&P).
HomeschooledByTards:
Wow, those specs seem awful low. My old computer met those specs and it was hell trying to play on a community lot, even with all of the settings turned down to low. Forget dorms or vacations too. So they want to run a huge neighborhood, with God knows how many sims on those specs? Good luck with that!
spaceface:
I asked for a new graphics card for [insert next week's festival name of choice here]. My machine currently cannot cope with large lots or multiple storey buildings, there is no way it could run Sims 3.
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