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Just an update, I have a Dell Inspiron w/15 inch UXGA, P4 3.06GHz, 1GB RAM. The video card is ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, with 64MB RAM. I downloaded the patch this weekend, and the game started up. Graphics are all set to medium. I played a standard map for 4 hours. After 3 hours of...

I agree, but a disk defrag couldn't hurt...

Thanks for posting. This is one I haven't tried!

Thanks for the post. The stuff about uninstalling and re-installing dosen't make sense to me, but what do I know? I'm going to give the compatibility mode stuff a try. Thanks

THis is where I get stuck also. I'm on a laptop. I've tried some of the things on this site, but finally decided to just kick back and wait for the patch. (I'll be ok - I have civ3 :crazyeye: Trying to get civ to run was taking away to much quality time actually playing civ. :D

Thanks Dudeitsciv, After reading up on my laptop's video card, a mobility radeon 9000, it seems it is a directX 8x card, and the min requirements are 9c... Is this a show stopper?

Thanks, I'll give that a try tonight... --bill

I also see that 'Hardware based T&L' may be a problem on my laptop. I'm trying now to check with Dell to see if I have this or not...

Thanks, I will try the unpak this weekend... I'll let you know! --bill

I've seen some posts about Hardware TnL. What is it and how do I know if I have it? :confused: Thanks!

Hi Zsc, Thanks for your interest. I've tried updating all the software on my pc. I updating my ATI drivers with the new ones from the link. I kept getting errors during the install that said I need to load a standard vga driver first, and then retry the install. Researching this, pointed...

I had to give up. After 8 hours of loading new drivers and experimenting. I have a Dell Inspiron w/15 inch UXGA, P4 3.06GHz, 1GB RAM. The video card is ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, with 64MB RAM. The game starts up, but locks up at the startup menu (I see the planet and cursor, but no menu)...

I tried civ4 on sunday. I first tryed to load it on my laptop, a DELL Inspiron 5150 with 15 inch UXGA, P4 3.06GHz, 1GB RAM, 60MB Hard Drive (not sure about the graphic card?). It would lock up during game startup. Next I loaded it onto a 10 month old Dell OptiPlex P4 3.2 with 512MB RAM...

Ok, I am playing on Monarch

Thanks everyone, Here's some more info: I'm playing PTW with all patches (I have C3C but have not loaded it yet). I'm on a huge continent and my civ occupies the south east corner. My palace is on the east side and makes an excellent core, so that north, south and eastern cities are...

Greetings, In a game I have just produced a great leader and am wondering which would be the best choice. Here's my options: 1. Build the Economic wonder that pays for market places and such. 2. Build the Newton wonder in the same city that has the Copernicus wonder. 3. I still need a...

I like that idea for pollution. That would be perfect. I'd still like to be able to buy my way out though. There really isn't much economic impact with pollution right now. I've never not built a factory because of it. It's just a nuisance to the player in time. There should be more of...

I've tried this but it still does inefficient job.

The discussion on the City Governor got me thinking about the only two aspects of the game I find boring and tedious: Covering your territory with railroads, and cleaning pollution... Railroads really give your cities a big boost in production so I get all workers involved right away...