System requirements

The Sims Series have certain requirements in which players need to fulfill in order to play them.
 	
The Sims 	
The Sims 2 	
The Sims Stories 	
The Sims 3The Sims 3 Minimum requirements 	
The Sims Medieval 	
The Sims 4 (2014 / Legacy Edition)The Sims 4 system requirements	
The Sims 4 (2023 onwards)
Launch Year 	2000 	2004 	2007 	2009 	2011 	2014 	2023
OS 	Windows 95 or Higher, Linux,Glibc 2.1.3 or higher
XFree86 4.1 or higher
 Mac OS 8.6 or Higher	Windows 98 or Higher, Mac OS X 10.3.8 or Higher	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 10 or Higher, OS X 10.11
CPU 	233 MHz350 MHz Celeron/Pentium II/Duron/Athlon equivalent for Linux	800 MHz 1.2 GHz PowerPC G4/G5 	800 MHz 	2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent 2.4 GHz for VistaIntel Core Duo Processor for OSX	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 64 MB RAM (Mac OS 8/9) or 128 MB RAM (Mac OS X) 	256 MB 	256 MB 	1 GB 2 GB RAM for OSX 	1 GB 	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 GB3 GB 	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
DirectX 	7.0 	9.0 	9.0c 	9.0c 	9.0c 	9.0c 	9.0c
Other 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Internet connection required for product activation	Internet connection required for product activation 	 	 	 	 	 	
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== Video Cards for The Sims 3 ==
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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 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
== Notes ==
* Despite using the same engine as The Sims 2, The Sims Stories will not work on Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000.
* The Sims Medieval will not run on PowerPC (G3, G4, G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.
* 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 2017-2023, Windows 7 and higher was required to run The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs and future packs except for The Sims 4: Island Living, which initially supported Windows XP as well as Windows Vista, until support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 was dropped, meaning players needed Windows 10 and higher to play The Sims 4.
== References ==
Category:The Sims 3
Category:The Sims 2
Category:The Sims
Category:The Sims Stories
Category:The Sims Medieval