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Short Review on the recently released Sims 3 for PC

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Requirements

I play this on 2 computers one witha ATI 4850 and X2 4800 and one with a 9800pro and an old xp 2600.
The 9800 pro does struggle but it is playable.
The 4850 eats the game alive with everything maxxed out, so you do not need a massive system for this.

Question
What are the minimum system requirements for The Sims 3?
Answer

Minimum system requirements for The Sims 3:

Windows XP

Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1 GB RAM
At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
128 MB video card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
Windows Vista

Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1.5 GB RAM
At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
128 MB video card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:

Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above
2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
0.5 GB additional RAM
Mac System Requirements

Mac OS 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
Intel Core Duo Processor
2 GB of RAM
At least 6.5 free hard drive space, with at least 1GB additional space for custom content
ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
Supported video cards: ATI Radeon™ series X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600, HD 3870, HD 4850, HD 4870; NVIDIA GeForce series 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800, 9400M, 9600M GT, GT 120, GT 130; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) GMA 3-Series. This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards. Laptop version of these chipsets may work but are not supported.
Supported Video Cards

NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280

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® Extreme Graphics
GMA X3x00 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. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts will not perform adequately.

Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.

Note: Attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.

gameplay

 The game play of Sims 3 is exciting for the fans of their previous games. The controls are in the same style but with new features and the lifestyles if you’r sims are more exciting than ever.

Graphics

 The graphics of this game have improved and have a far better look to the last Sims. This latest game gives a more detailed look to you’r sims and also the their suroundings, even the water has a shine to it. 

My thoughts

 This latest instalment of the Sims saga is in my opinion the best one manly for its more detailed and exotic way of gameplay.

 Your thoughts

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