Hey everyone, I'm trying to get some help buying/building a PC that will play the sims 3. I know nothing about computers but i have been told the following things.. I need a Pentium 4 processor with 2 GB memory/RAM, and 128 MB graphics card. I was told that the game may not play with integrated graphics but every computer i've found under $500 has integrated graphics so i don't know what to do...This is really frustrating me and would really LOVE it if someone could make a recomendation. I've been looking through Newegg.com but am so overwhelmed that i don't even know where to start anymore. Aside from playing Sims 3 all i need the computer for is music so a CD burner is essential. Thanks for you help.
Start here: THE SIMS 3 MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR 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 FOR 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 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 ------------------------------- 10 of the 18 PCs in the 400-500 range on Newegg (7-21-2009) meet the minimum requirements. If you put a gun to my head and said "recommend one or die", I'd suggest this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227160
Thanks dailun for your reply. As it turns out my brother also did a quick search and came up with the same recomendation, so I bought it. Thank you
