PC System Requirements
- OS: XP SP2 / Vista SP1 / Windows 7
- CPU: For XP 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; For Windows Vista and Windows 7 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
- RAM: For XP 1 GB RAM / Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.5 GB RAM*
- DISC DRIVE: DVD drive
- Hard Drive: At least 3.5 GB** of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games.
- Video: 128 MB Graphics card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
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- For NVIDIA ION™ computers, the game requires at least 2.0 GB RAM.
- ** 9.6 GB of hard drive space if installing with The Sims 3.
- Supported Graphics cards: Nvidia GeForce 6 series or better, and all NVidia G, GT, GTS, and GTX graphics cards. ATI Radeon™ series card 9500 series or better, and all ATI X, X1, and HD graphics cards; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA): GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series
Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported.
Mac System Requirements
- OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
- CPU: Intel Core Duo Processor
- RAM: 2 GB RAM
- DISC DRIVE: DVD
- HARD DRIVE: At least 3.5 GB* of free space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games.
- VIDEO: ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM
- INPUT: Keyboard, mouse
- *9.6 GB of hard drive space if installing with The Sims 3
Supported Graphics cards: Nvidia GeForce 6 series or better, and all NVidia G, GT, GTS, and GTX graphics cards. ATI Radeon™ series card 9500 series or better, and all ATI X, X1, and HD graphics cards. Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported. The NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series is unsupported under Snow Leopard. This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated graphics cards.
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.