Savior
Should work just fine. It is about have half way between min and recommended specs.
Just curious how long ago did you buy it.
Haven't bought it, as i cant afford it yet. By the way, thanks for responses. i appreciate it.
Savior
Should work just fine. It is about have half way between min and recommended specs.
Just curious how long ago did you buy it.
Those requirements exclude something along the lines of 90% of the world's laptops, and 75% of the world's desktops. If I was on the sales staff at Firaxis, I would murder the programmers for even suggesting these requirements.
Simply put, I do not believe this. If true, Civ 5 will be a huge failure. Deservedly so.
The more I think about it, the more I am convinced: Those GPU Requirements cannot be true. They are downright insane for a turn-based game. They might very well be the highest of any game yet, in any genre.
Consider the Graphics Card Heirarchy Chart:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Best-Graphics-Card,2033-7.html
Those requirements exclude something along the lines of 90% of the world's laptops, and 75% of the world's desktops. If I was on the sales staff at Firaxis, I would murder the programmers for even suggesting these requirements.
Simply put, I do not believe this. If true, Civ 5 will be a huge failure. Deservedly so.
Here's a laptop on which Civ5 "worked fine, as long as we dialed down the eye candy". It's using the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225, which isn't exactly for playing games. Check out benchmarks here and compare your notebook graphics with it which you'll find somewhere in the list on the right..
Uhm, can a mod close this thread or merge it with the real official systems spec thread. I cannot begin to count how many "is my computer/ laptop/ processor graphics card good enough" type threads.
The reason you are having a hard time finding info on the 140M is that it is a Quadro line, which is not a gaming card but a CAD/CAM-DCC card. But in this case it is based on the 8400M Geforce chip.
Unfortunately even if your card was a fully capable 8400M(which it is not) the 8400M is much weaker than the 7900.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam...7900-gs-vs-383mb-nvidia-geforce-8400m-gs.html
So you can try the demo with all the effects turned off and see how it goes, but I think you are in need of a new laptop or desktop to play Civ5.
CS
The more I think about it, the more I am convinced: Those GPU Requirements cannot be true. They are downright insane for a turn-based game. They might very well be the highest of any game yet, in any genre.
Consider the Graphics Card Heirarchy Chart:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Best-Graphics-Card,2033-7.html
Those requirements exclude something along the lines of 90% of the world's laptops, and 75% of the world's desktops. If I was on the sales staff at Firaxis, I would murder the programmers for even suggesting these requirements.
Simply put, I do not believe this. If true, Civ 5 will be a huge failure. Deservedly so.
Actually, that should be fine. The "4570" is the model of the card. The important number is the graphics card memory before it, and a 4570 is roughly the same generation as a Nvidia 9800, which is two generations newer than the 7900.
I have a GeForce 8700 GT and a 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 5450 (low clock, unfortunately). I think the graphics will be fine, but as there is an absence of a clock speed under minimum requirements, do you think 1.6 Ghz will cut it?
I highly doubt it. My CPU is an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ rating for 2.4G and I'm excluded.
honestly, when i looked at the requirements i was suprised at how low they were. then i read the replies and i was truly shocked. i understand that civ gamers are not necessarily "gamers" in the more traditional sense, but i did not realize how many people play civ on PCs that simply are not built for gaming. why are so many people suprised when thier not-built-for-gaming PC will have difficulty handling a game? do you buy a minivan and then take it down to the local racetrack for a few laps?
equaly shocking is the level of ignorance people show regarding thier computers! a computer is a major purchase! you should know what all the bits are, and what they do! its not hard to give yourself a basic education. do you buy a car without checking under the hood? do you buy a house without inspecting the plumbing? I don't mean to offend with any of this, though im sure i will take some heat from it.
honestly, when i looked at the requirements i was suprised at how low they were. then i read the replies and i was truly shocked.
equaly shocking is the level of ignorance people show regarding thier computers! a computer is a major purchase! you should know what all the bits are, and what they do! its not hard to give yourself a basic education. do you buy a car without checking under the hood? do you buy a house without inspecting the plumbing? I don't mean to offend with any of this, though im sure i will take some heat from it.
I have kept it well above the recomended specs of each new generation of games with constant upgrades. it started with a p4 3.0ghz, 2gigs of ram and an nvidia 7800gtx, and today its on its 2nd motherboard, with a core 2 duo, 4 gigs of ram, and an nvidia 470. the 3rd motherboard with a shiney new i7 should be en route before christmas. and i still don't make much money, i just use it smart.
Could someone confirm/deny wether my PC can run Civ V? It's a Dell Latitude D410, basic specs, about 15 GB free on the Hard drive