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Readme for The Sims (tm) 3

(c)2009 Electronic Arts Inc. All Rights Reserved.

June 2, 2009

Version 1.0

== Table of Contents ==

General

System Requirements

Known Hardware Issues

Performance Tips

Notes

Controls and Shortcuts

Mac Controls and Shortcuts

Compatibility Notes

GENERAL

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Welcome to The Sims 3! We hope you have a blast with it.

For thelatest information on the game and associated products,

please visit

http://www.thesims3.com

System Requirements

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The Sims 3 requires at least the following:

FOR WINDOWS XP

* 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent

* 1 GB RAM

* A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

* The latest version of DirectX 9.0c

* MicrosoftWindows 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

* 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent

* 1.5 GB RAM

* A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

* Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1

* At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB ofadditional space for custom content and saved games

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows,

the game requires at least:

* Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above

* 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent

* 0.5 GB additional RAM

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.

Windows Supported Video Cards-----------------------------

NVIDIA GeForce series

FX 5900, FX 5950

6200, 6500, 6600, 6800

7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950

8400, 8500, 8600, 8800

9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800

G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150

GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295

ATI Radeon(TM) series

9500, 9600, 9800

X300, X600, X700, X800, X850

X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950

2400,2600, 2900

3450, 3650, 3850, 3870

4850, 4870

Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)

GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run

comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in

vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some

GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly.

Integrated chipsets such as the ATIXpress 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.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.

MAC OS X Supported Video Cards

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NVIDIA GeForce series

7300, 7600

8600, 8800

9400M, 9600M GT

GT120, GT 130

ATI Radeon(TM) series

X1600, X1900

2400, 2600

3870,

4850, 4870

Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)

GMA 3-Series

Unsupported Video Cards

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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 atall.

Known and Possible Hardware Issues

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Audio hardware acceleration is unsupported.

Mac OS X:

On Mac OS X systems that have NVIDIA cards with less than

256 MB of VRAM, you may need to reduce the graphics quality

in the game options menu for improved performance.

If running the game on a Mac Book Pro with display mirroring

turned on,...