OS *: Windows XP
Processor: PIII 500 or equivalent
Memory: 256MB
Graphics: 32MB supported Direct3D capable video card with DirectX 7.0 or greater
compatible driver
DirectX®: DirectX 8.1
Hard Drive: 1.6GB
Supported 3D Accelerator Hardware: SimCity 4 Deluxe / Rush Hour requires a 32MB 3D Direct3D chipset, and a display that is at least 800x600 in size, and supports 16 or 32-bit color. It is recommended to always install the latest certified drivers for all your hardware
Supported Graphics Chipsets
Cards with these chipsets are officially supported by the SimCity 4 hardware graphics driver:
nVidia:
nVidia TNT2, TNT2 M64, & TNT2 Ultra
nVidia GeForce SDR, GeForce DDR, GeForce Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce3, GeForce4 MX, GeForce4 Ti 4200/4400/4600/4800 SE, and GeForceFX 5200/5600/5800/5900
ATI:
ATI Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
Known Issues: Due to hardware limitations with the ATI Radeon series, some buildings and graphic effects will be temporarily turned off while scrolling. There is a known ATI driver defect that results in SimCity advisor animations dropping polygons. To fix this, please download ATI driver 7.79 or later (also referred to as CATALYST 02.4) from on the Internet.
Matrox:
Matrox G400, G450, G550, Parhelia
SiS:
SiS 315, Xabre 400
Software Mode: SimCity 4 also provides a software-based graphics driver which will work with most video cards. 32MB of video memory is recommended. The graphics mode driver can be selected from the Graphics Options panel in the game, or may be run from the command line using the switch -d:Software. The following video chipsets will run the game properly in software mode:
PowerVR KYRO, KYRO II
Trident Blade 64
Minimum:OS: 10.12 (Sierra)
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
Video Memory: 256 MB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVidia Geforce 8800 / Intel HD 3000
Additional: Macintosh mouse and keyboard required.
NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive)
NOTICE: The following video chipsets are unsupported for SimCity4 Deluxe: ATI RADEON HD 2400, 2600, NVIDIA 8600m, Intel Integrated GMA 950, Intel Integrated x3100
NOTICE: SimCity4 Deluxe Mac is localized into French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese