Unable to play Civ V in dx11

Tuco Ramirez said:

I've read on the forums that other players are experiencing similar problems, having fair and good systems specs, which should be able to play this game using dx11.
But no matter how many times I shut down and 'reload' the steam thingy, the dx10-11 thingy remains greyed out or simply not available.

I have an ATI 5870 card and I'm using Win 7 64, and all drivers are up 2 date, so that can't possibly be the problem - anyone got any clues ?

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silentknight111 said:

Try makign a shortcut directly to "Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/sid meier's civilization v/CivilizationV_DX11.exe" and running that.

Haven't tried it myself, but it might work.

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Tuco Ramirez said:

Alright, I'll try that.

Well, I may be blind or just tired from staying up all night, but that directory is nowhere found - Steam must have hidden it...

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dshirk said:

HEre's the solution. Steam is most likely running in Compatibility mode.

1. Quit out of Steam.

2. Right-click on the Steam.exe application (found in the Steam installation folder) and select "Properties", then select the "Compatibility" tab.

3. At the bottom of this tab is a button called "Change Settings for All Users". Click it.

4. Change the compatibility mode to AT LEAST "Windows Vista Service Pack 2".

5. Relaunch Steam.

This should correct this particular problem for you. When you install steam on 64-bit system, or on a different drive than "C", Steam will sometimes relegate itself to "Compatibility Mode" which can cause bad things to happen.

Thanks, and let me know if you have any problems.

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