The Sims 3 Minimum Requirements/Is this computer good enough to run The Sims 3? - Page 12

WheresMyTrousers · 20-01-2009, 10:25 PM

Having 1GB of RAM taylor means that your PC will struggle to run it as VISTA takes lots of RAM just to run.
All your other specs are fine.
As for getting RAM etc, look for a local PC shop (not PC world!) and explain your problem, you will probably find they will sort it for you, its not a hard job, doesnt take long and you dont need to do nothing once the new RAM is in.

Is that clear enough for you fella?

Trying to help, but its hard to explain sometimes.

DJscuba · 20-01-2009, 11:56 PM

Sims 3 will run on my pc wonderfully

I have a quad core 3GHz processer, 4GB ram, duel monitor (not like that matters), and vista

Hannahdisiac · 21-01-2009, 12:30 AM

I don't think mine will run it.

Stosh117 · 21-01-2009, 03:51 AM

What About Windows 7 beta users ??

Soffii · 21-01-2009, 12:02 PM

Ooooh... well my computer specs arent even good enough for the minimum of the sims 2 but it works perfectly..and really smoothly o.O even on big houses and the graphics are on their best... no idea why - but when i play the sims 2 on my better computer its so laggy .. i shall never understand D:!! but maybe the sims 3 will work

who knows D:

Vivica · 21-01-2009, 12:32 PM

i have no idea if i can run it :'( i dont understand all this spec malarkey!! i bought a new laptop in preparation for it and now i have no clue if it was worth it!! d'oh! oh well i can hope....

taylor197878 · 21-01-2009, 01:42 PM

i understand now tks for ur help my sister bf knows how to put ram in so ill just buy it and let him put it in tks for ur help

chriso132 · 21-01-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Stosh117

Sims 3 will run on my pc wonderfully too

why would you spend that much on a pc ?, nothing needs even 4gb of ram really, you have 12gb, dont you have something better to spend your money on, sorry but it really annoys me, and you said in the other thread "i think my computer can run this", what type of statement is that, im gonna shut up b4 i get too angry.

WheresMyTrousers · 21-01-2009, 05:29 PM

lol chriso, i did contemplate congratulating that fella on his system, he really didnt need to say that did he, its a forum for people who arent sure that sims3 will work on their pc's, not for smug yin to show off!

chriso132 · 21-01-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by WheresMyTrousers

lol chriso, i did contemplate congratulating that fella on his system, he really didnt need to say that did he, its a forum for people who arent sure that sims3 will work on their pc's, not for smug yin to show off!

after i said that i noticed he was american so its ok, they like to show off there computers to each other "ohh my pc is bigger than yours", so its ok, im not angry anymore. oh and i was talking to my dad about that laptop, he says its a good idea so ill prob get the same one u have.

chriso132 · 21-01-2009, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by WheresMyTrousers

lol chriso, i did contemplate congratulating that fella on his system, he really didnt need to say that did he, its a forum for people who arent sure that sims3 will work on their pc's, not for smug yin to show off!

make sure you tell me how well the sims 3 works on your new laptop when it comes out, ill add you as a friend.

WheresMyTrousers · 21-01-2009, 05:37 PM

It'll be a good purchase, will run everything thats out for pc's right now and for the next few years i reckon

Stosh117 · 21-01-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by chriso132

why would you spend that much on a pc ?, nothing needs even 4gb of ram really, you have 12gb, dont you have something better to spend your money on, sorry but it really annoys me, and you said in the other thread "i think my computer can run this", what type of statement is that, im gonna shut up b4 i get too angry.

Hmm i got because i like to play Crysis with maximum graphics , and im so sorry for posting this in here and whats up with Americans?? . im just going to be nice and reply with other words. oh and why would you get angry if other people got 12 Gb of ram , does that bother you , look im a pc gamer and thats how i like my pc , so ......oh another thing i dont like to show or compare other peoples pc with my pc , i just join this forums because i like the sims, if just knew that people are such a jerk i wouldn't mind to join

WheresMyTrousers · 21-01-2009, 06:01 PM

calm down old son, your comment just ruffled a few feathers because people are here to ask if their pc's are up to spec. Your's clearly is so there was no need for the comment thats all.
Chill, were all friends...

chriso132 · 21-01-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Stosh117

Hmm i got because i like to play Crysis with maximum graphics , and im so sorry for posting this in here and whats up with Americans?? . im just going to be nice and reply with other words. oh and why would you get angry if other people got 12 Gb of ram , does that bother you , look im a pc gamer and thats how i like my pc , so ......oh another thing i dont like to show or compare other peoples pc with my pc , i just join this forums because i like the sims, if just knew that people are such a jerk i wouldn't mind to join

yeah i just dont like people doing what you done, went into both spec forms and saying that you can run it, i get angry at it because most people cant afford even a new pc atm because of the recession and your going on saying how well you can run it with your over the top pc. Oh and i didnt mean to offend you by saying your american, i have some american friends, it was just that ive noticed its all the americans that have the over the top computers.

Stosh117 · 21-01-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by chriso132

yeah i just dont like people doing what you done, went into both spec forms and saying that you can run it, i get angry at it because most people cant afford even a new pc atm because of the recession and your going on saying how well you can run it with your over the top pc.

Ok sorry

i will edit what i just said but i dont think i will be able to play the sims 3 because i have Windows 7 Beta and there is to much compatibility issues

scottish_girl · 21-01-2009, 11:02 PM

Hope someone can help me. Looking to buy a new desktop to run The Sims 3, will this one be sufficient:
-AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9500 Processor -3GB RAM -500 GB HDD -NVidia GeForce 8500 GT TurboCache 512MB -DVDRW Optical drive -Windows Vista Home Premium OS

As far as I know it is, it's the graphics card I'm unsure of?

chriso132 · 21-01-2009, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottish_girl

Hope someone can help me. Looking to buy a new desktop to run The Sims 3, will this one be sufficient:
-AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9500 Processor -3GB RAM -500 GB HDD -NVidia GeForce 8500 GT TurboCache 512MB -DVDRW Optical drive -Windows Vista Home Premium OS

As far as I know it is, it's the graphics card I'm unsure of?

That should play it very well, no need to worry. Btw where in Scotland r u from ?

WheresMyTrousers · 22-01-2009, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottish_girl

Hope someone can help me. Looking to buy a new desktop to run The Sims 3, will this one be sufficient:
-AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9500 Processor -3GB RAM -500 GB HDD -NVidia GeForce 8500 GT TurboCache 512MB -DVDRW Optical drive -Windows Vista Home Premium OS

As far as I know it is, it's the graphics card I'm unsure of?

That setup will eat the sims 3 for breakfast, no worries.

sugarflumpairy · 22-01-2009, 08:15 PM

ok so according to all the pc guys in my area they can't/won't upgrade my desktop so now im looking to buy but i can only afford to spend around £200, does anyone know any great websites? i only need the base unit and i just want it to be able to run this smoothly....

anyone think this is at all possible? i may cry if i can't

WheresMyTrousers · 22-01-2009, 08:25 PM

200 pounds wont get you nothing that will play sims 3. 400 pounds would get you a decent desktop base unit with these specs:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2x2.6ghz)
4GB RAM
160GB Hard Drive
512MB GeForce 9400GT Graphics Card.

200 pound though, no chance.

sugarflumpairy · 22-01-2009, 08:35 PM

i thought that might be the answer....dammit! :'( i just dont have £400

WheresMyTrousers · 22-01-2009, 08:42 PM

whats your current pc's specs?
Just wondering why they wont update it.

sugarflumpairy · 22-01-2009, 08:47 PM

AMD Sempron 2400+
1.66 ghz
512mb RAM
Nvidia geforce 5200

chriso132 · 22-01-2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sugarflumpairy

AMD Sempron 2400+
1.66 ghz
512mb RAM
Nvidia geforce 5200

everything is below the minimum so you would have to pay practically the same amount of money to upgrade it as a new pc would cost.

20-01-2009, 10:25 PM	#276 (permalink)
WheresMyTrousers Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Exiled Geordie in Scotland Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 441	Having 1GB of RAM taylor means that your PC will struggle to run it as VISTA takes lots of RAM just to run. All your other specs are fine. As for getting RAM etc, look for a local PC shop (not PC world!) and explain your problem, you will probably find they will sort it for you, its not a hard job, doesnt take long and you dont need to do nothing once the new RAM is in. Is that clear enough for you fella? Trying to help, but its hard to explain sometimes. __________________ New Laptop: Quad Core (4x2GHz) processor 4GB RAM ATi Radeon 4850 graphics Genius - GSOH - Charismatic - Hot Headed - Heavy Sleeper

21-01-2009, 12:30 AM	#278 (permalink)
Hannahdisiac Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wales Age: 19 Gender: Female Posts: 3,275	I don't think mine will run it. __________________ twitter.com/Hannahdisiac Last edited by Hannahdisiac; 21-01-2009 at 12:35 AM..

21-01-2009, 03:51 AM	#279 (permalink)
Stosh117 Forum Guru Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Seattle, WA US Age: 17 Gender: Male Posts: 1,236	What About Windows 7 beta users ?? __________________ Intel Core i7-965 Extreme 3.2 GHz 8MB Cache Dual 1,792 MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Last edited by Stosh117; 21-01-2009 at 06:16 PM..

21-01-2009, 12:02 PM	#280 (permalink)
Soffii Rookie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bridgwater Age: 16 Gender: Female Posts: 268	Ooooh... well my computer specs arent even good enough for the minimum of the sims 2 but it works perfectly..and really smoothly o.O even on big houses and the graphics are on their best... no idea why - but when i play the sims 2 on my better computer its so laggy .. i shall never understand D:!! but maybe the sims 3 will work who knows D: __________________ Find me hereeee -> http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/4katsuki

21-01-2009, 05:29 PM	#284 (permalink)
WheresMyTrousers Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Exiled Geordie in Scotland Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 441	lol chriso, i did contemplate congratulating that fella on his system, he really didnt need to say that did he, its a forum for people who arent sure that sims3 will work on their pc's, not for smug yin to show off! __________________ New Laptop: Quad Core (4x2GHz) processor 4GB RAM ATi Radeon 4850 graphics Genius - GSOH - Charismatic - Hot Headed - Heavy Sleeper

20-01-2009, 11:56 PM	#277 (permalink)
DJscuba Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Gender: Male Posts: 94	Sims 3 will run on my pc wonderfully I have a quad core 3GHz processer, 4GB ram, duel monitor (not like that matters), and vista

21-01-2009, 12:32 PM	#281 (permalink)
Vivica Rookie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5	i have no idea if i can run it :'( i dont understand all this spec malarkey!! i bought a new laptop in preparation for it and now i have no clue if it was worth it!! d'oh! oh well i can hope....

21-01-2009, 01:42 PM	#282 (permalink)
taylor197878 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: scotland Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 180	i understand now tks for ur help my sister bf knows how to put ram in so ill just buy it and let him put it in tks for ur help

21-01-2009, 05:37 PM	#287 (permalink)
WheresMyTrousers Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Exiled Geordie in Scotland Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 441	It'll be a good purchase, will run everything thats out for pc's right now and for the next few years i reckon __________________ New Laptop: Quad Core (4x2GHz) processor 4GB RAM ATi Radeon 4850 graphics Genius - GSOH - Charismatic - Hot Headed - Heavy Sleeper

21-01-2009, 06:01 PM	#289 (permalink)
WheresMyTrousers Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Exiled Geordie in Scotland Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 441	calm down old son, your comment just ruffled a few feathers because people are here to ask if their pc's are up to spec. Your's clearly is so there was no need for the comment thats all. Chill, were all friends... __________________ New Laptop: Quad Core (4x2GHz) processor 4GB RAM ATi Radeon 4850 graphics Genius - GSOH - Charismatic - Hot Headed - Heavy Sleeper

21-01-2009, 11:02 PM	#292 (permalink)
scottish_girl Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7	Hope someone can help me. Looking to buy a new desktop to run The Sims 3, will this one be sufficient: -AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9500 Processor -3GB RAM -500 GB HDD -NVidia GeForce 8500 GT TurboCache 512MB -DVDRW Optical drive -Windows Vista Home Premium OS As far as I know it is, it's the graphics card I'm unsure of?

22-01-2009, 08:15 PM	#295 (permalink)
sugarflumpairy Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 8	new computer ok so according to all the pc guys in my area they can't/won't upgrade my desktop so now im looking to buy but i can only afford to spend around £200, does anyone know any great websites? i only need the base unit and i just want it to be able to run this smoothly.... anyone think this is at all possible? i may cry if i can't

22-01-2009, 08:25 PM	#296 (permalink)
WheresMyTrousers Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Exiled Geordie in Scotland Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 441	200 pounds wont get you nothing that will play sims 3. 400 pounds would get you a decent desktop base unit with these specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2x2.6ghz) 4GB RAM 160GB Hard Drive 512MB GeForce 9400GT Graphics Card. 200 pound though, no chance. __________________ New Laptop: Quad Core (4x2GHz) processor 4GB RAM ATi Radeon 4850 graphics Genius - GSOH - Charismatic - Hot Headed - Heavy Sleeper

22-01-2009, 08:35 PM	#297 (permalink)
sugarflumpairy Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 8	i thought that might be the answer....dammit! :'( i just dont have £400

22-01-2009, 08:42 PM	#298 (permalink)
WheresMyTrousers Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Exiled Geordie in Scotland Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 441	whats your current pc's specs? Just wondering why they wont update it. __________________ New Laptop: Quad Core (4x2GHz) processor 4GB RAM ATi Radeon 4850 graphics Genius - GSOH - Charismatic - Hot Headed - Heavy Sleeper

22-01-2009, 08:47 PM	#299 (permalink)
sugarflumpairy Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 8	AMD Sempron 2400+ 1.66 ghz 512mb RAM Nvidia geforce 5200