The Sims 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?
- Developer:
- The Sims Studio
- Publisher:
- Electronic Arts
- Release date:
- 2 June 2009 (14 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.2 / 5 (249 votes)
Official The Sims 3 system requirements for PC
These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run The Sims 3 at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.
Minimum requirements
- Graphics card:
- Graphics: GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500, Graphics Ram: 128 MB
- CPU:
- XP (Service Pack 2): Pentium IV 2.0 GHz / Athlon XP 2000+ Vista (Service Pack 1): Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
- Memory:
- 1 GB (XP (Service Pack 2)) 1.5 GB (Vista (Service Pack 1))
- File size:
- At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
- Operating system:
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
- DirectX:
- The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
Recommended requirements
- Graphics card:
- no data
- CPU:
- no data
- Memory:
- no data
- File size:
- no data
- Operating system:
- no data
- DirectX:
- no data
The Sims 3 performance on your PC
The Sims 3 performance on your GPU
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions
The Sims 3 FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.
The Sims 3 performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
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