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The Sims 3, by The Sims Studio, Maxis (Simulation), came out on Steam on January 27, 2011. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.
Estimate per graphics card
The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.
Official specs
Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.
Where to buy
The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.
On your PC
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Questions
Minimum: 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.
The publisher recommends 1 GB of RAM.
The official page asks for At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content of storage.
Other games
By genre: Simulation games
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