The Sims™ 3 System Requirements

Recommended PC System Requirements

  • OS: 64 Bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10

  • PROCESSOR: Intel core i5 or faster, AMD Athlon X4

  • VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better

  • MEMORY: 4 GB RAM

  • HARD DRIVE: 18 GB of Hard Drive space

Minimum PC System Requirements

  • OS: XP SP2 / Vista SP1 / Windows 7

  • CPU: For XP 2.0GHz P4 processor or equivalent; For Windows Vista and Windows 7 2.4GHz P4 processor or equivalent

  • RAM: For XP 1GB RAM / Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.5GB RAM*

  • Hard Drive: At least 7.1GB of hard drive space with at least 1GB additional space for custom content and saved games

  • Video: 128MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

  • Supported Video Cards: Nvidia GeForce 6 series or better, and all NVidia G, GT, GTS, and GTX video cards. ATI Radeon™ series card 9500 series or better, and all ATI X, X1, and HD video cards; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA): GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series

Recommended Mac System Requirements

  • OS: macOS® X 10.13 or later

  • PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 or better

  • VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, AMD Radeon RX 560, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 or better

  • MEMORY: 8GB RAM

  • HARD DRIVE: 18 GB of Hard Drive space

Minimum Mac System Requirements

  • OS: macOS Leopard (10.5.7) through macOS Mojave (10.14.x). This game will only run on macOS versions that support 32-bit applications.

  • CPU: Intel Core Duo Processor

  • RAM: 2 GB

  • Video: ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.

  • HDD: At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games