greetings
i play civ on a laptop hp div6, way beyond the min required from the game and like most of players am pissed off from long wait between turns. i tried everything suggested everywhere to no avail; eventually i found a way to reduce waiting time A LOT as i m about to show
playing civ on a laptop may sound crazy but it has a good point to it in understanding why things slow down the way they do and WHEN that happens.in my case it is GPU getting too hot. nothing to do with number of turns you played(which should make sense...)
i ll give you some numbers.
on turn 150, normal map,standard CS,hot GPU( that means you can touch the left bottom corner of the laptop for some 5 seconds and no more),wait between turnver 1 minute.
same scenario,cold GPU turn 250/300, wait between turns......SEVEN SECONDS!
sometimes i put an ice bag on the upper left corner(the ones that don't leak water,mind you) and i can play a lot more before i need to let the GPU rest;usually 10 min with the ice bag on it will let me turn a 5 hrs boring game into a 2 and a half experience.
i hope this can help some of you guys to get a better experience of the game.
am going to try a large map,just to see how it goes and let you know
i play civ on a laptop hp div6, way beyond the min required from the game and like most of players am pissed off from long wait between turns. i tried everything suggested everywhere to no avail; eventually i found a way to reduce waiting time A LOT as i m about to show
playing civ on a laptop may sound crazy but it has a good point to it in understanding why things slow down the way they do and WHEN that happens.in my case it is GPU getting too hot. nothing to do with number of turns you played(which should make sense...)
i ll give you some numbers.
on turn 150, normal map,standard CS,hot GPU( that means you can touch the left bottom corner of the laptop for some 5 seconds and no more),wait between turnver 1 minute.
same scenario,cold GPU turn 250/300, wait between turns......SEVEN SECONDS!
sometimes i put an ice bag on the upper left corner(the ones that don't leak water,mind you) and i can play a lot more before i need to let the GPU rest;usually 10 min with the ice bag on it will let me turn a 5 hrs boring game into a 2 and a half experience.
i hope this can help some of you guys to get a better experience of the game.
am going to try a large map,just to see how it goes and let you know