Jerrymander
Epistemologist
Edit: No Ghz mentioned for the min specs?
I guess it will run on a 1.4 Ghz dual core, but it might not be that fun.
Edit: No Ghz mentioned for the min specs?
The question is, why not introduce "activation" for online play but also forcing people who do not intend to play online to connect online (even 1 time) to be able to play singleplayer/lan/offline ...(...)
There, satisfied ?
The question is, why not introduce "activation" for online play but also forcing people who do not intend to play online to connect online (even 1 time) to be able to play singleplayer/lan/offline ...
If Civ V needs 8 gigs of storage space and that is not a typo, could it because of all the video, and audio for all the different Civs?
That doesn't say anything about the video card.
Everything else seems to be okay, but the video card would be needed.
This is nothing new, PC's are not TV's, they are a highly flexable and powerful tool. Yes TV's are simple, they all do the same thing so all you have to do is look at size and resolution and price and decide what you want within that window.
But PC's give you alot more and a "PC" is not just one tool it is many tools, from desktops to netbooks to ultraportables to desktop replacement laptops, in this we have business/productivity laptops/desktops and home computers and mid range gaming rigs to high end gaming rigs.
So if you are serious about buying the right computer( and I'll include Macs in the "PC" category for general purposes) then it is your duty to learn at least A/ what are your needs, and B/ what categories of computers meet those nees.
If you are unwilling to put this basic effort in then yes you are going to be *susprised* that your brand new laptop is absolutely incapable of running anything but Facebook games.
This happened when Civ4 came out as well, people with brand new but business/internet class computers with Geforce2 MX cards that clearly were not capable of any hardware T&L, and no chance at running Civ4. And they were shocked too. But a little homwork would have avoided this. And I don't mean becoming a computer geek, just a well informed consumer. Most people put a fair bit of research into buying a car before they hit the lots, but don't put any thought in before they hit the computer stores.
Laptops are even worse, unless it has the word Gaming on the cover, you are for sure getting an integrated intel graphics solution. Why? Because laptops are expensive to start with and integrated chips bring down the cost, plus they are low power and have a low thermal signature, which when you have limited cooling options in a laptop design is something the engineers jump at.
So I don't blame 2K/Firaxis for setting realistic system performance specs for a 2010 game, yes it may very well run on lower systems than the min, but for legal reasons 2K can not say that officially or they will have 1000's of players complaining that there systems met the spec and have X problems running the game.
Just my 2 cents though.
CS
Being unable to play Civ because of an outdated graphics card is like canceling a baseball game because the beer vendor gets sick.
Hi. I usually play Civ on my home PC. Could anyone advise me if my laptop with the following specs would be able to run Civ5? Thanks in advance:
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Base Studio 1558 (UK, FCG10) - i3-350M (2.26Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)
Memory 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
Keyboard Internal Keyboard
Video Card 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 Graphics Card
Hard Drive 500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
These are my specs, how well do you think Civ V will run on it?
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 2.10 ghz
3 GB RAM
ATI Radeon 3100 Integrated Graphics
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit