The Sims™ 3 Outdoor Living Stuff

For the first time ever, your Sims can get the best in outdoor luxury for their homes. Whether they’re decorating the perfect patio, setting the mood with a cool new hot tub, or firing up a state-of-the-art grill for the ultimate BBQ, your Sims’ outdoor decor is getting a boost. Give your Sims everything they need for a stylish and comfortable outdoor living space with The Sims 3 Outdoor Living!

FEATURES

• Build the perfect al fresco setting for your Sims with stylish furnishings, outdoor electronics, and cozy fire pits and fireplaces.

• Give your Sims several uniquely styled hot tubs where they can relax with friends or get romantic with someone special.

• Turn up the heat with an all-new built-in countertop grill as part of your Sims’ outdoor kitchen and take their cooking to a whole new level.

• Choose from two new styles. “Garden Terrace” features elegant wrought-iron pieces, while “Sunset on the Veranda” embraces the warmth of outdoors.

• Dress your Sims in an array of chic but casual attire for a great day in the sun or a relaxing evening under the stars.

GAME DETAILS

MULTIPLAYER: Single-Player
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: 2/2/2011
Brand: Sims
Developer: Maxis

System Requirements

WINDOWS

• OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
• Processor: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista and Windows 7) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• Memory: (XP) 1 GB RAM; (Vista and Windows 7) 1.5 GB RAM
• Graphics: A 128 MB Vide• Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• DirectX®: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: At least 250 MB of free space (6.4 GB if installing with The Sims 3)with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games.
• Sound:
• Supported Video Cards:

Nvidia GeForce series: FX5900 or greater, G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150, GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 275, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295; ATI Radeon™ series: ATI Radeon 9500 series of greater, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, 2400, 2600, 2900, 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870, 4850, 4870, 4890 series or greater; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA): GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series Laptop versions of these chipsets may not work, but may run comparatively slower. Please note that the GMA 950 class of integrated vide• cards, and the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported.(NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.) For computers using built-in graphics chipsets the game requires at least : Intel Integrates Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above, 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Duo, or equivalent and 0.5 GB additional RAM.

MAC

Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
Intel Core Duo Processor
2 GB RAM
ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards

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*Requires The Sims™ 3 to play.