Greetings to all.

I'm an owner of the Civilization Warlords game. I have a quite laggy game experience so I wanted to check if I missed something.

Here are my superb system specs, hear me meow:

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1
System Manufacturer: INTELR
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz, ~2.7GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 366MB used, 883MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

I have no idea what the above mean.
Continuing:

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Chip type: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

According to http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/warlords/sysreq.html I meet the recommended requirments. After a quick stroll in the tech section threads, I notice that low RAM is usually the issue, but system requirments recommend 512 MB RAM which I think I already posess.

Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance! :)

Welcome to Civfanatics :band:
You need to update Windows XP for sure - the game won't do well with Service Pack 1
You are at the low end of the requirements - so don't expect it to run perfectly. RAM is indeed one main factor in that.
I am not sure about the graphics card, I *think* its ok but others might know that with more certainty...

Welcome to Civfanatics :band:
You need to update Windows XP for sure - the game won't do well with Service Pack 1
You are at the low end of the requirements - so don't expect it to run perfectly. RAM is indeed one main factor in that.
I am not sure about the graphics card, I *think* its ok but others might know that with more certainty...

Installing SP2 significantly increased game speed.
Thank you, ori.

Installing SP2 significantly increased game speed.
Thank you, ori.

Ori wasn't kidding about RAM either, and you were also correct to assume RAM plays a significant role too. See if you can't bump yourself up to 1 or even 2 Gig... that will also make a BIG difference, especially late in the game when more units and bigger civs are running around.