This are the minimum system requirements for The Sims 3.
For Desktops:
-128 MB GeForce FX 5900 or Radeon 9500 graphics card
-Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2000+ CPU under Windows XP (SP2)
-1 GB of RAM under Windows XP (SP2)
-Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+ CPU under Windows Vista (SP1)
-1.5 GB of RAM under Windows Vista (SP1)
For Laptops:
-128 MB GeForce Go 6200 or Radeon mobile 9600 graphics
-Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2000+ CPU with 1.5 GB of RAM under XP
- Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or Athlon XP 2400+ CPU and 2.0 GB of RAM under Vista.
5 Responses to The Sims 3 system requirements
Its not like there is too much to show in the game so they woould require top end technology to run
its sims afterall and the only reason its one of the best selled game so far is that it runs on every (bored out of their mind people that have almost nothing in common with gaming 
computer.
it’s so suck.My computer doesn’t have a big system requirement.
I have a dual core, 1gb memory,but unfortunately an onboard graphic card…i don’t know whether or not it will run on my computer???
the sims3 has to have a Graphic Card but which my computers are to old to play them so now i cant play the sims and im very mad spent 50 bucks on a game that doesnt even work!
gaming computers should have multiple cpu cores and a lot of memory to support those heavy graphics ~*~