TS3 L&P
Mootilda:
From http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?threadID=98bf9aa3ff5515a64a8dc6746bd6e36f&directoryID=225
EA response to question about specs for TS3
"Hello,
Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts.
It is hard to give an accurate answer right now, but be sure to choose a High-End computer. Your Computer must be at least a Core-2-Duo 2.0Ghz or higher, 2 or 4 GB RAM, a stand-alone graphics card with at least 512MB non-shared Memory by Ati or nVidia, never buy an on-board graphics card, to play the game. Of course game may need a lower or higher configuration than this, but this system is good for a ideal quality gaming experience.
If there is anything else we can help you with please let us know.
Thank you,
EARep Rick
EA Online Support"
jolrei:
In that case, TS3 will not be part of my gaming plans until the next time I feel like building a new rig.
Those specs certainly sound like a more reasonable assessment than the earlier ones, which sounded more like the TS2 specs with a higher end graphics card.
nanacake:
What would be the best thing to do? Buy a very large box case, and go with agp vga only so you can upgrade every 3 months for the EP in the sims3? It's very un-nerving for this game to include secuROM also, with most of the serious sims 2 players informed I feel sales will be very poor for Sims 3.
PharosHalo:
Quote from: Mootilda on 2008 December 17, 17:13:29
From http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?threadID=98bf9aa3ff5515a64a8dc6746bd6e36f&directoryID=225
EA response to question about specs for TS3
"Hello,
Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts.
It is hard to give an accurate answer right now, but be sure to choose a High-End computer. Your Computer must be at least a Core-2-Duo 2.0Ghz or higher, 2 or 4 GB RAM, a stand-alone graphics card with at least 512MB non-shared Memory by Ati or nVidia, never buy an on-board graphics card, to play the game. Of course game may need a lower or higher configuration than this, but this system is good for a ideal quality gaming experience.
If there is anything else we can help you with please let us know.
Thank you,
EARep Rick
EA Online Support"
They are referring to a system with Vista, as XP can only support (with modification) 3.5 GBs as issues arise at 3 GBS or higher with XP. On-Board Graphic Cards are the worse possible feature of any gaming rig. The only thing you'll need to upgrade is your graphics card, more so if you are using Vista as your ram will be drained.
In all honesty, Sims 3 is going to be popular because it is open, but at the same time the larger the city the worse the lag will become. It will be like playing a high-end MMORPG on dial-up with millions of people >.<
HomeschooledByTards:
Those specs sound a lot more like I was expecting.
A lot of people right now can't afford to build a new box, so I wonder if the sales of TS3 are going to be anywhere near what they are projecting. One of the nice things about TS2 was that the base game would run on lower end boxes at the time. My computer at the time was a couple years old, but it still ran the base game and UNI on med-high settings just fine.
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