CIV 4 runs great on your comp? What are you specs?

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AG713

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I'd be interested to know the specs for anybody's computer who thinks civ runs smoothly and performs great on it...

Processor?
RAM?
Video card?
 
Working smoothly on mine...AMD 2600, 1024 RAM, nVidia GeForce MX440. But it only worked after I upgraded my video drivers.

Caveat: I am getting the 'two-food only' display on the tiles (no hammers or commerce), and the sound is glitchy (but I just turn the sound to zero so I don't have to listen to it). So, I am able to play the game smoothly without sound. I am going to download the patch tonight to see if it fixes the tile display and the sound...

Edit...came across this old post of mine. The patch fixed the tile display issue; I have turned the wonder movies off, so I don't know if those would cause a crash or not. The soundtrack is, however, now smooth. Civ IV continues to work fast and smooth on my machine.
 
It actually works better on midrange/older computers than newer models from what I've been reading/seen
 
I have a older computer.

AMD 1.4 ghz
512 RAM
GeForce TI-4800

The game worked great for about two weeks, but now it has slowed down to a crawl.
 
AMD Athlon 3200+
1 Gig RAM
WinFast PX6800 TDH

I don't have any problems other than slow down when playing on a huge map with 18 civs. And that only happens in certain circumstances like scrolling on the map or moving some units.
 
Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz
1 GB RAM
Nvidia Geforce 5700 Ultra 128mb
Xp Sp2

I don't have any problems with crashes or slowdown (unless I'm on a huge map... slows down a little.. but that's understandable).
My girlfriend's comp will sometimes crahs when we play multiplayer together, and that can occasionally cause me to freeze up.. but single player is fine.
 
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
512MB RAM
Geforce FX 5200

Apart from being a little sluggish in the late game CIv 4 runs fine (and vastly better than Civ 3 does on the same machine). Civ 4 does for some reason seem to prefer the old systems to the newest ones.
 
Is there anyone who runs huge maps in early game (scouting your first continent, meeting a couple of civs) smoothly? With patch and recent video driver my computer handles standard maps really well even in the late game, but huge becomes unbearably slow after even 50 turns or so of exploring. My specs:

2 GHz pentium 4
512 MB SDRAM
Gforce 5200 128 MB DDR

I wonder, would it help to expand my memory or am I held back by my processor & the slowness of SDRAM? Anyone having considerably better performance with more than 512 MB SDRAM?
 
MrCynical said:
Apart from being a little sluggish in the late game CIv 4 runs fine (and vastly better than Civ 3 does on the same machine). Civ 4 does for some reason seem to prefer the old systems to the newest ones.
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Any reasons for that?? Maybe we can find out what is going on here...:crazyeye:
 
I would go along with "older" systems working better. I have 2 systems... bought Civ 4 and started playing it on this rig and it works like a dream... no crashes, locks, even no slow down on a huge map, the only thing wrong is slightly corrupted graphics when zooming out...

MOBO: ASUS K8V deluxe
Power: Antec True power 480W
Processor: AMD64 3200+
1 GB of generic DDR 400 RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce 6800 Ultra
Sound: SB Audigy 2 ZS


Now I upgrade to this beast and it won't work for longer than 5 mins....!

New System (and yes, ouch at £3500!)
Alienware Aurora 7500
MOBO: ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE
Power: Enermax 600W
Processor: AMD FX 57
Ram: 2gb of extra low latency Corsair XMS
Graphics: 2 NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX KO
Sound: SB X-Fi Xtreme Music.

Tis very odd!!! :confused:
 
My compuer is quite old compared to the standards set these days


Athlon 1800+ 1.5GHz
1GB DDR Ram
GeForce 6600 256MB DDR ram


I had a few problems to start with but I've managed to sort them out and now the game runs smoothly.
 
Ray Patterson said:
Is there anyone who runs huge maps in early game (scouting your first continent, meeting a couple of civs) smoothly?
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Mine are perfectly smooth at that point.. it's not until more gets revealed that it gets at all sluggish.
 
Athlon 3200 (Barton)
1 GB RAM
Radeon 9800 256 RAM (ATI Catalyst 4.12)
Abit AN7 Mobo

I've been playing a huge map, it's a little slower than I'd like but playable right up to the end and I don't notice the end being any slower than the start. My only problems were the initial install, then some CTD due to bad RAM. I suggest that anyone experiencing CTD run MemTest86 on their computer.

http://www.memtest86.com/memt32.zip

Cam
 
I just finished a round of upgrades and Civ 4 runs great :).

Athlon64 x2 4200+
4GB OCZ DDR2
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9
ATI x850 Pro
 
AMD Athlon64 3500+
MSI Neo2 Platinum (nForce 3)
1GB RAM
Onboard sound (refuse to buy Creative junk)
nVidia Geforce 6800 Ultra

No crashes, few other issues. I notice that the game occasionally freezes for a few seconds, then a quick flash and everything is back up and running. Seems to be an issue with the graphics drivers. Running the latest version (November 22nd).
 
AMD 64 X2 4.2
2 GB DDR RAM PC 3200 CL2
A8n32 Deluxe
650W power
1 Nvidia 7800 GT OC

Solid 30/60 FPS :D

@MasterScooby - DDR2??? Um how did you manage that on an AMD?
 
Pentium 4 540j (XD bit, HT) overclocked to 3.30 GHz
Zalman CNPS7700-AlCu CPU Heat Sink
ASUS P5AD2-E Premium motherboard (Intel 925XE chipset)
2048MB (4x512) MB DDR2 RAM @533MHz, dual-channel, CAS 4-4-4-12
1 Seagate 160 GB SATA HDD
1 Samsung 120 GB PATA HDD
1 Western Digital 80GB PATA HDD
1 Lite-on multi-drive (16x DVD +R/RW 16x -R/RW, 48x/32x/48x CD-RW)
1 LG 8x DVD-RAM drive
1 SB Audigy2 ZS Platinum sound card
1 MSI RX800 XL-VT2D256E PCI Express video card
1 CoolerMaster RealPower RS-450-ACLX PSU (450 watts)
1 black NZXT "Nemesis Elite" aluminum tower case
2 Philips 17" CRTs
1 pair Sony MDR-XD300 headphones
Windows XP Pro (sp2, GDR)

No problems with the game itself after the 1.09 patch, but the movies still stutter a bit near the end-game. The Space-Race victory movie stutters so bad I can't make much of it out. (tries all the ini tweeks, nothing helps). Everything else runs fast, but it could be faster.
 
Sarge - you forgot to mention what kind of dog you have!

My 3 year old laptop runs pretty well:
P4 mobile 2Mhz
1G RAM (upgraded from 512 to play Civ4)
Nvidia Force2GO video
XP home, sp2

I wonder how many people with really bad problems have the new XP Media
center edition?

:borg:
 
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Overclocked slightly)
Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 6800GT 256MB PCI-Express (Overclocked to 400MHz)
Ram: 1 gb
PSU: OCZ PowerStream 520W

Runs awesome, at the highest settings.
 
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