Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Sims 3 System Requirements Revealed

Grabbing our attention this afternoon, Maxis and Electronic Arts have released some official minimum system requirements for their highly anticipated people-sim, The Sims 3. So what kind of setup will you need to run their latest cash-cow? Read on:

Desktop PCs

OS: XP (Service Pack 2)
Processor: Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2000+
Memory: 1 GB
Graphics: 128MB Video Card (GeForce FX 5900 or Radeon 9500)

OS: Vista (Service Pack 1)
Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or Athlon XP 2400+
Memory: 1.5 GB
Graphics: 128MB Video Card (GeForce FX 5900 or Radeon 9500)

Laptops

OS: XP (Service Pack 2)
Processor: Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2000+
Memory: 1.5 GB
Graphics: 128MB Video Card (GeForce Go 6200 or Radeon mobile 9600)

OS: Vista (Service Pack 1)
Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or Athlon XP 2400+
Memory: 2.0 GB
Graphics: 128MB Video Card (GeForce Go 6200 or Radeon mobile 9600)

The Sims 3 is scheduled for release in February 2009.