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Sims 3 System Requirements Revealed
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by Coop
I know, I know. You're thinking to yourself, "Wait, they are making The Sims 3? Didn't the last one barely sell?" The answer is no, it didn't sell well at all. In fact, upon investigation, it appears that The Sims 2 sold 13 copies, and the remaining 13,000,000 were all pirated. Fact. My spine tingles wondering what type of DRM they are going to put on this when it's released in a February. My guess? You need to call EA and give a safety word every time you plan on using the restroom.
EA has released the system requirements for the Sims 3, which is due out on February 20th, 2009. Here they are, for your reading pleasure:
The Sims 3 System Requirements:
PC Desktop - XP (Service Pack 2)
- Processor Pentium IV 2.0 GHz / Athlon XP 2000+
- Memory 1 GB
- Graphics GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500
- Graphics Ram 128 MB
PC Desktop - Vista (Service Pack 1)
- Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
- Memory: 1.5 GB
- Graphics: GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500
- Graphics Ram: 128 MB
Laptop - XP (Service Pack 2)
- Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
- Memory: 1.5 GB
- Graphics GeForce: Go 6200 / Radeon mobile 9600
- Graphics Ram: 128 MB
Laptop - Vista (Service Pack 1)
- Processor Pentium: IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
- Memory: 2.0 GB
- Graphics: GeForce Go 6200 / Radeon mobile 9600
- Graphics: 128 MB
They aren't too bad, and any gaming rig made after 2004 should be fine, which means 99% of Sims fans might need to upgrade. Anyone plan on grabbing this when it drops? I plan on playing, creating a family, mistakenly starving my newborn, and removing all of the doors to the house so child services can't take the baby away.
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If I had a computer that would run it, I'd play it, but I don't think my laptop will run it smoothly. Nothing like creating a poor family without using the money code and seeing what happens when they keep having babies. Or leaving a baby boy out on the front lawn for child services because I wanted a girl. Or spending a couple of hours building the most elaborate house the game will allow, only to get bored with the family inside five minutes after it's done. Ah, good times.