JoshMetzler
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- Oct 28, 2014
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Hi!
I am playing Civ 5 on a MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, with 4 GB of memory and 500 GB of storage. I'm not sure what other specs would need to be clarified to help somebody's response... I bought my Pro in late 2011. I've used it for a lot of different things, and have had lots of video files which, at one point, took up a lot of space on my computer. However, upon noticing that my Civ gameplay has been super laggy, I've started cleaning out old files and caches on my computer and am using barely half of my storage.
Essentially, what happens when I am playing Civilization V is this-- I can play pretty smoothly until the game progresses to around the Industrial Era. From then on, it just starts loading more and more slowly. This lagginess is especially bad when I play multiplayer, to the point where playing is more frustrating than enjoyable because my computer takes 15 seconds to load every single turn and pauses in between every command. The graphics are all on the lowest possible settings. My friend that I play multiplayer with has a more recent version of the MacBook Pro (2.9 GHz i7 core) and his plays perfectly smoothly. Is there anything I can do to enhance my gameplay experience? Technically, I meet all of the requirements, so I'm not sure what it is that I should do speed up gameplay. I'm not very technologically inclined so I won't be able to understand instructions that involve tons of computer lingo... Any help would be appreciated! I love this game but it's so frustrating to not be able to play without the game pausing/freezing/lagging every 5 seconds.
I am playing Civ 5 on a MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, with 4 GB of memory and 500 GB of storage. I'm not sure what other specs would need to be clarified to help somebody's response... I bought my Pro in late 2011. I've used it for a lot of different things, and have had lots of video files which, at one point, took up a lot of space on my computer. However, upon noticing that my Civ gameplay has been super laggy, I've started cleaning out old files and caches on my computer and am using barely half of my storage.
Essentially, what happens when I am playing Civilization V is this-- I can play pretty smoothly until the game progresses to around the Industrial Era. From then on, it just starts loading more and more slowly. This lagginess is especially bad when I play multiplayer, to the point where playing is more frustrating than enjoyable because my computer takes 15 seconds to load every single turn and pauses in between every command. The graphics are all on the lowest possible settings. My friend that I play multiplayer with has a more recent version of the MacBook Pro (2.9 GHz i7 core) and his plays perfectly smoothly. Is there anything I can do to enhance my gameplay experience? Technically, I meet all of the requirements, so I'm not sure what it is that I should do speed up gameplay. I'm not very technologically inclined so I won't be able to understand instructions that involve tons of computer lingo... Any help would be appreciated! I love this game but it's so frustrating to not be able to play without the game pausing/freezing/lagging every 5 seconds.
