Can your computer run The Sims 3?

[Cassie]

Don't worry too much you guys. For one thing, the specs might be changing anyway - this may mean they could be lower or higher, I can't say. But they did promise they could run on older computers and the specs wouldn't be all that more than TS2, so if you can run TS2 at a fair speed now then TS3 shouldn't me any slower, really, maybe a little slower.
And anyway, if there are things you didn't pass on and are worried about, is there anyway you can fix these? There's still plenty of time to get updates. I'm considering updating my computer, but as I passed the 'test', I'm thinking I'll wait for an EP before I update, as that's probably when I'll need it.

Alisha, you failed on the two things that I passed the lowest. All the other things I passed to the top bar, those two that you mentioned, I only passed by one bar more than the minimum, if that makes sense. And my computer is a Vista, so your situation is similar to mine except yours must be a little older/slower. I'm not a techwiz but surely it is possible to upgrade video cards right? I don't know how you do it or how expensive it is, but it's worth it at the end of the day, so you should probably look into that if you can. (:  

As for the speed thing... I have NO idea about anything to do with that, and if it can be updated or not. I think its has something to do with RAM, and I know that can be updated.
If it's not to do with RAM, and it can't be updated, I guess you're only option is to get a new computer. At the end of the day, it's worth it if you really want this game. But obviously it'll be expensive so you'll have to really think about it. =\

Good luck guys, and don't fret too much, you WILL get this game working. I'll research it and everything if I have to, I know what it feels like to get a game and be excited for it, and then be let down because your computer can't handle it. It happened to me with TS2. So I'll help anyone all I can if I have to. =P

EDIT: Just checked and I actually fully passed the speed, it's the processor I had lower marks with. Sowwie.