Unaware of the specs required to run Second Life on your computer? Worry not because you have come to the right place. We will discuss the minimum necessary specifications to run Second Life. Plus, we will also talk about the required specifications to run the game without interruption.
Release date: 2003. June 23.
Minimum system requirements:
CPU:
800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon, or better
RAM:
512 MB or more
GPU:
Video/Graphics Card for XP/2000**: – nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4 MX or better – OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250 or better – OR 945 chipset Video/Graphics Card for Vista (requires latest drivers)**: – nVidia GeForce 6600 or better – OR ATI Radeon 9500 or better – OR 945 chipset
OS:
Windows 2000, XP, or Vista
NET:
Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL
Recommended system requirements:
CPU:
1.5 GHz (XP), 2-GHz (Vista) 32-bit (x86) or better
RAM:
1 GB or more
GPU:
# Nvidia Graphics cards (6000 series: 6700, 6800; 7000 series: 7600, 7800, 7900; 8000 series: 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800; GeForce Go: 7400, 7600, 7800, 7900) # ATI Graphics Cards (X800, X900; X1400, X1500, X1600, X1700, X1800, X1900)
OS:
Windows 2000, XP, or Vista
NET:
Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL
NOTE: Mac System Requirements
* Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL
* Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or better
* Computer Processor: 1 GHz G4 or better
* Computer Memory: 512 MB or more
* Video/Graphics Card**:
o nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4 MX, or better
o OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250, or better
Mac System Recommendations:
* Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL
* Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.3 or better
* Computer Processor: 1.25 GHz G4 or better
* Computer Memory: 768 MB or more
* Video/Graphics Card**:
o Nvidia Graphics cards (6000 series: 6700, 6800; 7000 series: 7600, 7800, 7900; 8000 series: 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800; GeForce Go: 7400, 7600, 7800, 7900)
o ATI Graphics Cards (X800, X900; X1400, X1500, X1600, X1700, X1800, X1900)
Linux System Requirements
* Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL
* Computer Processor: 800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon, or better
* Computer Memory: 256 MB or more (more is strongly recommended!)
* Linux Operating System: A reasonably modern 32-bit Linux environment is required. If you are running a 64-bit Linux distribution then you will need its 32-bit compatibility environment installed.
* Video/Graphics Card**:
o nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4 MX, or better
o OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250, or better
o nVidia cards are strongly recommended for the Linux client.
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Second Life is not compatible with dial-up internet, satellite internet, and some wireless internet services.
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Second Life may not run on graphics/video cards other than the ones listed above. Unfortunately, if your graphics card includes any of the following words, it’s NOT compatible with Second Life:
* nVidia cards that report as a RIVA TNT or TNT2
* ATI cards that report as RAGE or RAGE PRO
* ATI cards that report as RADEON 320M, 340M, 345M, or similar model numbers
* Intel chipsets less than a 945
* Intel Extreme
* 3DFX
* RIVA
* TNT
* SiS
* S3
* S3TC
* Savage
* Twister
* Rage
* Kyro
* MILENNIA
* most cards by MATROX
There are only official system requirements on the site which are released by developers or an official publisher
