Troubleshooting The Sims 2 System Requirements

The Sims 2 System Requirements

A lot of questions have been going on about the system requirements needed to run The Sims 2.

At this point, let me say THESE ARE THE OFFICIAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

System Requirements:
If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least:

• 800 MHz processor or better
• 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000
• At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

If you have a non-T&L capable video card (an Intel Extreme Graphics or a Radeon 7000/VE Series) then you need at least:

• 2.0 GHz processor or better
• 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000
• At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

Get the most current driver for your video card. The manufacturers usually have the video drivers on their sites for you to download. Visit the nVidia site, the ATI site or the support site for your computer's manufacturer for the latest drivers for those video cards.



Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better):

• ATI Radeon[size=-1]TM[/size] series (7000 or better)
  • Radeon 7000/VE series (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor)
  • 7200, 7500
  • 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
  • 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
  • X300, X600, X800

• Nvidia Quadro[size=-1]TM[/size] series
  • Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4

• Nvidia Geforce series (GeForce2 and better)
  • GeForce2
  • GeForce3, 3 Ti
  • GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440
  • GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
  • GeForce 6600, 6800

• Intel Extreme Graphics (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor)
  • 82845, 82865, 82915

From the nVidia website's glossary
Transform & Lighting (T&L) definition: Two separate engines on the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that provide for a powerful, balanced PC platform and enable extremely high polygon count scenes. Transform performance determines how complex objects can be and how many can appear in a scene without sacrificing frame rate. Lighting techniques add to a scene's realism by changing the appearance of objects based on light sources.

Some other notes about video cards:
T&L video cards started shipping around 4 years ago, so if you got your computer in the last couple of years you should check and see if you have a T&L card.


Note they are subject to change at any time.

 

nah no worries crazy But remember those specs aren't official so we don't know what Will Wright is setting the specs to be