• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 1 GB RAM
• 128 MB Graphics card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
• At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

• 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 1.5 GB RAM
• 128 MB Graphics card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
• At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

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 (Windows Vista), or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (Windows XP Service Pack 3)
• 0.5 GB additional RAM

Origin requirements for Windows PC

The Origin client needs to be able to run on your system in order for you to play The Sims 3. You can download Origin here.

• 150MB of available disk space
• Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
• 1GHz processor
• 512 MB RAM

• Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
• Intel Core Duo Processor
• 2 GB RAM
• ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
• At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
• This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated graphics cards.

Origin requirements for Mac

The Origin client needs to be able to run on your system in order for you to play The Sims 3. You can download Origin here.

• 150MB of available disk space
• OS X 10.6.8 minimum
• Intel Core 2 Duo processor

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.

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