Sims 4 System Requirements Revealed

A lower than average PC will do.

Electronic Arts reveals the PC minimum system requirements for The Sims 4.

In addition to an internet connection and an Origin account to activate the product and a keyboard and mouse, you will need:

• OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1
• PROCESSOR: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent)
• MEMORY: At least 2 GB RAM
• HARD DRIVE: At least 9 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
• DVD-ROM: DVD ROM drive required for installation only
• VIDEO CARD: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
• SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
• DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0c compatible

This comes as no surprise as The Sims is the best selling PC game series ever, so it reaches a wide and varied audience, with many players using low-end PC hardware.