Game Help:TS3 System Requirements
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Desktop Graphics Card Compatibility and Recommendations
This chart is for desktop graphics ONLY and does not take into account the rest of your computer. If you have an awesome graphics card but crappy everything else, your performance will suck. If you have a newer computer with a strong CPU and lots of RAM, but install a crappy graphics card, you will still likely have performance problems.
TS3 relies very heavily on the CPU and having a multi-core processor makes a huge difference in performance, but that does not mean just any graphics card out there will work. What it DOES mean, is that if you have a really strong dual or quad core CPU, you may be able to get better performance out of the Maybe cards. If you have an older single core CPU, even the Yes cards may not give perfect performance.
Please note: It is not recommended that you attempt to play TS2 or TS3 on a motherboard video chipset. If you have a computer with integrated video, it is recommended you view this guide. Newer, on-die graphics (built into the CPU) are fine for running TS3.
Poor performance even with a good graphics card? You may have to change the way TS3 detect graphics cards. See this guide for details.
| KEY | |
|---|---|
| Yes | Known to give good game play, little or no lagging is expected |
| Maybe | Performance is uncertain/unknown, or may still be mostly playable with expected lagging/reduced performance |
| No | Not recommended/known problems/poor performance |
| Integrated/Onboard Video | Sims 3
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Expansion Pack and Patch | Stuff Pack and Patch | ||||||||||||||||||||
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  1.6.6
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  1.12.7
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  1.17.60
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  1.22.9
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  1.26.89/1.27
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  1.31.118
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  1.38.151
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  1.42.130
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  1.50.56
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  1.55.4
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  1.63.5
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  1.9.22
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  1.15.34
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  1.19.44
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  1.24.3
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  1.29.55
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  1.34.27
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  1.36.25
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  1.48.5
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  1.57.6
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| Intel Extreme / GMA 8xx /9xx | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Intel GMA x3x00 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Intel GMA x4500 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Intel GMA HD (core i-series) | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Intel HD (Pentium / Celeron CPU) | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Intel HD 3000 (2nd gen core i-series) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | ||
| Intel HD 4000 (3rd gen core i-series) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | ||
| Intel HD 4600 (Haswell core i-series) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Intel HD 5000 (Haswell core i7) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Intel HD 5300 (Intel Core M) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | ||
| Intel HD 5500/5600 (Intel Broadwell) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Intel HD 530 (Intel Skylake) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Intel HD 630 / UHD 630 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Intel Iris Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Intel Iris Pro (Skylake) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon Xpress | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1200, x1250, x1270 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 3200 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 42xx | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 6310/6320 (E350/ E240 APU) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 6370D (E2-3200 APU) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 6410D (A4 Series APU) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 65xxD (A6 / A8 Series APU) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 7480D (A4 Series APU) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 75xxD (A6 / A8 Series APU) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | ||
| Radeon HD 7660D (A10 Series APU) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| AMD A8 (6th Gen, Carrizo) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| AMD A10 (6th Gen, Carrizo) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| AMD FX (6th Gen, Carrizo) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Nvidia 61xx/71xx | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Nvidia 8200/8300 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Nvidia 9300/9400 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| ATI/AMD Dedicated Graphics Card | Sims 3
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Expansion Pack and Patch | Stuff Pack and Patch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.6.6
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1.12.7
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1.17.60
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1.22.9
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1.26.89/1.27
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1.31.118
|
1.38.151
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1.42.130
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1.50.56
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1.55.4
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1.63.5
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1.9.22
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1.15.34
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1.19.44
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1.24.3
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1.29.55
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1.34.27
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1.36.25
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1.48.5
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1.57.6
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| Radeon 9500 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon 9600 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon 9700 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon 9800 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x300 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x600 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x700 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x800 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x850 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1300 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1550 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1600 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1650 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1800 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1900 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon x1950 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 2400 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 2600 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 2900 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 3400 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 3600 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 3800 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| **^Radeon HD 3870x2 | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 4350 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 4550 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 4600 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 4770 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 4800 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| ^Radeon HD 4800x2 | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 5450 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 5550/5570 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | ||
| Radeon HD 5670 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 5700 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 5800 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ^Radeon HD 5900 | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 6350 / 6450 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 6570 / OEM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 6670 / OEM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 67xx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 68xx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon HD 6930 / 6950 / 6970 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ^Radeon HD 6990 | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 7350 OEM / 74x0 OEM | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 7570 OEM / 7670 OEM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 77xx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon HD 78xx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon HD 7950 / 7970 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ^Radeon HD 7990 | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 8350 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 8400 | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon HD 8570 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| Radeon HD 8670 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon HD 8760 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon HD 8870 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon HD 8950 / 8970 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon R7 240 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Radeon R7 250 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| Radeon R7 260X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| Radeon R9 270X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon R9 280 / 280X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon R9 290 / 290X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon R9 380X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon R9 390X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon R9 Fury | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon RX 460 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| Radeon RX 470 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon RX 480 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon RX 550 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| Radeon RX 560 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| Radeon RX 570 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon RX 570 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon RX 580 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Radeon RX Vega 56 / 64 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| NVIDIA Dedicated Graphics Card | Sims 3
|
Expansion Pack and Patch | Stuff Pack and Patch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.6.6
|
1.12.7
|
1.17.60
|
1.22.9
|
1.26.89/1.27
|
1.31.118
|
1.38.151
|
1.42.130
|
1.50.56
|
1.55.4
|
1.63.5
|
1.9.22
|
1.15.34
|
1.19.44
|
1.24.3
|
1.29.55
|
1.34.27
|
1.36.25
|
1.48.5
|
1.57.6
| ||||
| GeForce 5900 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 6200 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 6600 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 6800 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 7300 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 7600 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 7800 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 7900 | Yes | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| ^GeForce 7950 GX2 | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| !GeForce 8400 GS | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| **!GeForce 8500 | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| !GeForce 8600 | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 8800 GS | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 8800 GTS | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 8800 GT / GTS512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce 8800 GTX / Ultra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce 9300 GE / GS | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 9400 GT | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 9500 GT | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 9600 GSO / GT | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 9800 GT / GTX / GTX+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce G 100 OEM | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 120 | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 130 | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 140 | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GTS 150 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce G 210 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 220 | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GTS 240 / (OEM) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GTS 250 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GTX 260 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 275 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 280 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 285 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ^GeForce GTX 295 (x2) | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| GeForce 310 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce 315 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 320 | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 330 | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 340 | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce 405 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 420 OEM | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 430 OEM | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 440 | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 440/GTS 450 OEM / GTS 450 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GTX 460 / SE / OEM / v2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 465 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 470 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 480 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce 510 OEM | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 520 / OEM | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 530 (OEM) | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 545 DDR3 / 545 OEM / 555 OEM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | ||
| GeForce GTX 560 / Ti / OEM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 570 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 580 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ^GeForce GTX 590 (GX2) | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| GeForce G 605 (OEM) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 610 | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 620 / OEM | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 630 DDR3 / GDDR5 / OEM | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 640 DDR3 128 / GDDR5 / OEM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GT 640 DDR3 192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 645 (OEM) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 650 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti / Boost | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 660 / (OEM) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 670 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 680 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ^GeForce GTX 690 | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GT 710 | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| GeForce GT 730 | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | No | No | ||
| GeForce GTX 750 / Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 760 / Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 770 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 780 / Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 950 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 960 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 970 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 980 / Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GT 1030 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 1050 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe | ||
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 1060 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 1070 / Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX 1080 / Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce GTX Titan / Black / Z / X / V / RTX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce RTX 2060 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce RTX 2070 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GeForce RTX 2080 / Ti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Sims 3
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| 1.6.6
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1.12.7
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1.17.60
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1.22.9
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1.26.89/1.27
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1.31.118
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1.38.151
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1.42.130
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1.50.56
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1.55.4
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1.63.5
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1.9.22
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1.15.34
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1.19.44
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1.24.3
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1.29.55
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1.34.27
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1.36.25
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1.48.5
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1.57.6
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**Regardless of the performance potential of these cards the Radeon 3850x2 is unsupported by TS3 and is known to have compatibility problems with TS2. Therefore the card is not recommended
! At least some if not all of Nvidia's cards with G86 and G84 cores are defective. They they do not handle heat like they should. This includes all GeForce 8400/8500/8600/8700 cards and their laptop variants.
^ Some of these cards are dual-GPU cards and are known to micro-stutter. Therefore performance on those cards are reduced. The same applies for graphics cards in SLI or CrossFire mode.
The Sims 3 System Requirements
A note on these requirements: The requirements listed below are taken directly from the official TS3 site. These are the absolute bare minimums you need to get the game up and running. These are NOT the minimum requirements for a playable game experience! If you have just the bare minimum and a low-end graphics card, you will NOT be able to play the game! It will run... but it will not look good, run well, or run consistently without crashing.
In order to find the specs on your system, see: Game Help:System Specs. If you are looking to upgrade your system, please see Help: Computer & Software Help for lots of advice, recommendations, and a place you can ask questions on specific hardware.
Sims 3 Base Game PC Requirements - No Patches
From: http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq (with some slight changes based on advanced graphics card knowledge)
Items marked in green are those which are also recommended by MTS for playing The Sims 3.
FOR WINDOWS XP
- 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent (2.0ghz Core 2 Duo, or AMD Athlon II, or higher is recommended; 2.4 Ghz for later patches (~1.19 onwards))
- 1 GB RAM (2GB of RAM is recommended)
- A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (256 MB dedicated video card - mid-range or higher - is recommended)
- The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
FOR WINDOWS VISTA/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
- 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent (2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, or AMD Phenom II, or higher is recommended for early patches; Core i5, or AMD FX, or higher is recommended for later patches (~1.27 onwards))
- 1.5 GB RAM (at least 4GB of RAM is recommended)
- 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (256 MB dedicated video card - mid-range or higher - is recommended)
- Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
- At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
- Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above (Intel Iris series or higher or AMD APU is recommended)
- 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent (5th gen Intel Core i-series or AMD A8 recommended)
- 0.5 GB additional RAM
SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS:
See table above.
For laptops, see here. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. This is especially true for the Max-Q series Nvidia cards. However, Max-Q graphics cards are based on the high-end GTX 1060-1080 series cards and should run well. If you have a laptop with Optimus, it is recommended to set TS3 to run on the Nvidia graphics card.
Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Most AGP, if not all, won't work at all
Intel's legacy GMA (Non-HD) integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts will not perform adequately. Intel's Celeron n-series, Pentium n-series and Intel Core M graphic processors are ultra low wattage that also feature underclocked graphics processors. 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.
Please note that 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.
The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.
Sims 3 Base Game MAC Requirements
FOR MAC OS X
- Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
- Intel Core Duo Processor
- 2 GB RAM
- ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
- At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
- This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.
MAC OS X Supported Video Cards
NVIDIA GeForce series
- 7300, 7600
- 8600, 8800
- 9400M, 9600M GT
- GT 120, GT 130
ATI Radeon(TM) series
- X1600, X1900
- 2400, 2600
- 3870,
- 4850, 4870
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)
- GMA X3x00
Expansion Packs
World Adventures
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 3.4GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 9.9GB in total with The Sims 3
Ambitions
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional @ 2.4GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 8.9GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 12.6GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Late Night
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 2.3GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 8.8GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 15.2GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Generations
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 1GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 7.5GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 16.3GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Pets
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 3.2GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 9.6GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 19.6GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Showtime
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 2.8GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 9.3GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 22.6GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS + MSS
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Supernatural
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 3.5GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 9.6GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 26.4GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS + MSS + SHT + KPST + DS
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Seasons
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 3.5GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 9.6GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 29.9GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS + MSS + SHT + KPST + DS + SN
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Stuff Packs
High-End Loft
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.26GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.8GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 10.2GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL
Fast Lane
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.2GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.7GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 12.8GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Outdoor Living
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.2GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.7GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 15.4GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Town Life
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.12GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.6GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 16.5GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Master Suite Stuff
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.15GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.7GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 19.7GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Katy Perry's Sweet Treats
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.17GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.7GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 22.8GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS + MSS + SHT
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
Diesel Stuff
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.13GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.6GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 22.9GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS + MSS + SHT + KPST
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
70s 80s 90s Stuff
All requirements the same with following additions:
- Additional 0.18GB of free Hard Drive space
- @ 6.6GB in total with The Sims 3 only
- @ 30.0GB if installing with The Sims 3 base game + WA + HEL + AMB + FL + LN + OLS + GEN + TLS + PETS + MSS + SHT + KPST + DS + SN + SEA
- 4GB RAM minimum is recommended
The Sims 4 System Requirements
(with some slight changes based on advanced graphics card knowledge)
- REQUIRED: Internet connection required for product activation.
OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1
- PROCESSOR: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent) (Core i3-3XXX or AMD FX or higher is recommended)
- MEMORY: At least 2 GB RAM (4 GB is recommended)
HARD DRIVE: At least 9 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
- DVD-ROM: DVD ROM drive required for installation only
- VIDEO CARD: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better (AMD R9 Series or Geforce GTX 650 or higher dedicated video card is recommended)
- SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
- DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0c compatible
- INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
Related Pages
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