What Is the memory and Ram usage For the Sims 2 and 2-3 Expansion Packs?

Question

How much memory and ram would it take for sims 2? and maybe 2 - 3 expansion packs? Please don't guess! Only people with sims two help please. Thanks, oh and tell me what graphics card, ect ect. all the info you can get thanks!

Answer 1

RAM and memory are the same thing. The bare minimum, as outlined by EA, is 512 mb. For an enjoyable game experience, it's been recommended that you have 1 - 4 GB of RAM.

Processor speed of required: 1.3 GHz, recommended: 2.0 GHz

If you meant hard drive space instead of memory, you can install the base game, all of the EPs and all of the SPs with 20 Gig of hard drive space.

The following is a list of supported video cards, as listed with the Free Time EP:

For Windows XP/2000/ME/98:

ATI Radeon(TM) series (8500 or better)

8500

All-In-Wonder 8500

9000, 9200, 500, 9600, 9700, 9800

X300, X600, x700, X800, x850

X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950

NVIDIA(R) Quadro(TM) series

Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4

NVIDIA GeForce series (GeForce2 GTS and better)

GeForce 2, 2 GTS

GeForce 3, 3 Ti

GeForce 4, 4 Ti, 4200, 4600, 4800, MX 420, 440, 460

GeForce FX 5200, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950

GeForce PCX 5300, 5900

GeForce 6200, 6600, 6800

GeForce 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950

For Windows Vista:

ATI Radeon(TM) series (8500 or better)

9600, 9700, 9800

X300, X600, x700, X800, x850

X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950

NVIDIA GeForce series (GeForce2 GTS and better)

GeForce 6200, 6600, 6800

GeForce 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950

For Windows Vista, other requirements are also different. Min. RAM: 1 GB. Min. Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

I play on a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop, so my computer is at the low end of the recommended specs. I have no problems, though I only have base game, University, and Nightlife installed. I do have 4 GB of RAM. And, I'm currently playing with over 10,000 files in my downloads folder. I hope to be able to buy a more robust system by March, when prices have, hopefully, come down.