SimCity 2013 System Requirements

What kind of computer power do you need to run the SimCity 2013 system requirements? Here you can compare them to your PC & Mac specs. We’ve also added a gameplay video.

SimCity comes to PC on March 5th, 2013; with a Mac version to follow in Q2 2013.

Developed by Maxis, the game is optimized to run across a wide range of PC & Mac setups.

SimCity 2013 System Requirements

Here are the Minimum & Recommended PC specs that you’ll want to have in your personal computer to power this sixth major release in the SimCity series.

PC Minimum requirements:

• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better
• Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7
• RAM: 1.5 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista / Windows 7) / 2 GB (built-in graphical chipset)
• Hard Drive: 12GB HD Space
• Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2×00 or better*
nVidia 7800 or better*
Intel Series 4 integrated graphics or better*
• Disc Drive: DVD-ROM 8x or better
• Broadband Internet: Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps upload

*Minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM and Shader 3.0 or better support.

PC Recommended requirements:

• Processor: Intel Core i5 or faster
• Operating System: Windows 7/8
• RAM: 4GB RAM
• Graphics Card: nVidia GTX 275 or better, or ATI 5850 or better
• Broadband Internet: Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps upload

Next, we have the Minimum system specifications for the upcoming Mac version.

Mac Minimum requirements:

• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better
• Operating System: Snow Leopard 10.6.4
• RAM: 4GB RAM
• Hard Drive: 12GB HD Space
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA 9400M/ Intel HD3000
• Broadband Internet: Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps upload

Tip: Still unsure if you can play SimCity? Go to the NVIDIA analyzer website to check if your computer can run the game.

So what does it look like when running? Watch this SimCity gameplay demonstration:

Be sure to watch the video in 720p HD!

Are you getting the PC or Mac version of SimCity?

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