Can your computer run The Sims 3?

[Sims3Website.com]

I got a new laptop just for the Sims 3! cant wait for it to come out now.

[Cassie]

Haha, congratulations, good for you. XD Your excitement is mutual.

[sims3luva22]

Congrats! Just don't rub it in for the others hehe {blush}

[itslauren:)]

Well i saw on a interview that ben bell was doing that the sims 3 is really stretching the boundries of how new a computer has to be to run thier games in other words the sims 3 i think can evan be run on windows 97 i think?

[Siminator]

My computer got like a little more than 2 times the minimum

[killerkenya]

I have a fairly new computer, but it just broke. So I have to fix it, even though the game comes out in 2 weeks. My laptop actually passed on everything except CPU speed, and it's about 1.50 and I need 2, so not too horrid. I failed epically for Spore, and yet ran it pretty well. As long as I expect slow I can handle it. I'll probably just go through and clean up my laptop a bit, and once I can afford to have my computer fixed do that and just send over my saved games.

One day? Alienware. Oh yes.
[I can dream.]

[XxSimsloverxX]

IM A FAILUREEEEEE

Its so stupid im going to buy the sims 3 and if it dosent work w.e ill force my mom to buy the stuff i need


Minimum: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent [If built-in graphics chipsets then 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent].
You Have: Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.53GHz

Minimum: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent [If built-in graphics chipsets then 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent].
You Have: 2.53 GHz

System RAM
Minimum: (XP) 1 GB RAM; (Vista) 1.5 GB RAM [If built-in graphics then add 0.5 GB additional RAM]
You Have: 510 MB
PASS

Minimum: Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Build Service Pack 22600)
PASS

Minimum: 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 or above / ATI Radeon 9500 or above / Intel GMA 3-series or above)
You Have: Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller (Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller)


Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 96 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0

Minimum: 6.1 GB
You Have: 32.5 GB

[Brandon]

My iMac is good to go.

[Rena]

Passed everything!
And I thought my laptop wouldn't run it O_o;

[Tom Simkins]

Umm, I don't know what to make of this:

Video Card
Minimum: 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 or above / ATI Radeon 9500 or above / Intel GMA 3-series or above)
You Have: Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Family (Intel® Calistoga Graphics Controller)  FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. 
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card  Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 224 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0


This is the only one that failed but it says I made the min. req?