SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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* 1.4 Ghz processor
* 256 MB RAM (512 recommended)
* Windows(R) XP Operating System.
* At least 2.7 GB of hard drive space
* Onboard video card of the following supported cards.

The Sims (TM) Life Stories requires 220 Megs of additional save game space for each user that loads the game. Make sure you have at least 220 Megs free on the drive that holds your "My Documents" files before starting The Sims (TM) Life Stories for the first time.

Supported video cards:

AMD's ATI Radeon(R) series (7500 or better) and the following mobility cards:
VE series (see note below)
7500
8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
X300, X600, X800

AMD's ATI Mobility(TM) 7500,
Mobility(TM) 9000, 9200, 9600, 9700
Mobility(TM) M7, x200, x300, x600, x700, x1100, x1150 x1400, x1600, x1800
Mobility(TM) Fire GL, GL V5200

NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) series and the following mobility cards:
Quadro(R), Quadro2(R), Quadro4(R)

Quadro FX 1500m, 350m, Go 1000, GO 1400
Geforce4 440 GO

NVIDIA GeForce (R) series (GeForce2 and better) and the following mobility cards:
GeForce(R) 2
GeForce(R) 3, 3 Ti
GeForce(R) 4, 4 Ti, MX 420, 440
GeForce(R) FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
GeForce(R) 6600, 6800

GeForce(R) Go 6100, 6150, 6200, 6600, 6800
GeForce(R) Go 7300, 7400, 7600, 7800
GeForce(R) FX GO 5200, 5700

Intel(R) Extreme Graphics (see note below)
82845, 82865, 82915, 915, 945, 945 Express, 950 & Intel Extreme Graphics 2

NOTE: If you have a non-T&L capable video card, such as Intel Extreme Graphics or Radeon(R) VE series, then you need at least 512 mg RAM.

If your video drivers pre-date 12/2005 and you have less than 512 mg RAM there is a chance you will have graphics-related problems. Any video card driver pre-dating 8/2004 will have a high likelihood of problems. These problems include poor frame rate, texture dropout, special effects not working and other problems. For some of the known problems please review below. Go to the laptop manufacturer's site in order to obtain the latest drivers.

NOTE: The Sims Life Stories does *NOT* support Widescreen mode. If your computer supports widescreen and you have that feature turned on there will be graphical problems when running The Sims Life Stories. It is advised to turn off Widescreen when running The Sims Life Stories.

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