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msound36 Posts 10 Registration date Friday March 20, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 15, 2009 - Mar 27, 2009 at 04:46 AM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Mar 27, 2009 at 06:15 PM
Hello,
Alright, I looked at my other threads, and I don't really wanna use one of those to add on to. This thread is going to be for my many questions while I buy hardware and build my computer.

So far I've bought my processor (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66 GHz--216 w/tax)

My question right now is what video card shoud I get? I will be playing Sims 3 as some of you already know...so it has to be compatible.
Thanks

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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Mar 27, 2009 at 06:15 PM
Almost any modern video card will work for Sims 3 - it's not really video intensive. These a the specs thzat I found:

* 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
* Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.
* 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
* 0.5 GB additional RAM

SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS
NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280

ATI Radeonâ„¢ series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
4850, 4870
Intel® Extreme Graphics
GMA X3x00 series

Good Luck with your new build