|
| General | Hosted Sites | Civ5 | CivRev | Civ4Col | Civ4 | Civ3 | Civ2 | Civ1 | Misc | Marketplace |
 |
|
|
Welcome to Civilization Fanatics' Center. You are currently viewing our site as a guest which gives you limited access to our site features. By joining our free community, you will be able to participate in the discussions, search the forum, send private messages, vote in polls, upload your own screenshots to the gallery, and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, so sign up today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact support. |
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
Mar 19, 2007, 09:04 AM
|
#1 |
|
you
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 487
|
Huge maps/18civs on slow pc?
First of, I'm running CivIv on 256MB of Ram on winxp, though the mininmum requirements told me this ought to be 512MB Ram on winxp.
I have some difficulties with huge maps etc... after a while, because the game starts to run really slow. I was wondering if it would help if I would either a) start on smaller map with eg. 18 players, or b) start on a huge map with eg. 5 players. Has anyone with a slow PC tried this or can anyone with a lot of computerknowledge help me out with this one? Thx in advance...
__________________
My €0.02
|
|
|
|
Mar 20, 2007, 01:40 AM
|
#2 |
|
King of the Ring
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 1,020
|
 I'm sorry but there is absolutely no way you can hope to run large or even STANDARD maps with any amount of acceptable performance on 256MB RAM. 256MB RAM is the bare minimum just to run XP. If you cannot afford more RAM I would suggest downgrading to Windows 2000 because it uses less system memory than XP. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 20, 2007, 04:03 AM
|
#3 |
|
you
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 487
|
It is possible, though very slow, to run standard maps. Thx for the reply
__________________
My €0.02
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 20, 2007, 04:13 AM
|
#4 |
|
Warlord
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: London
Posts: 228
|
Dude my computer is likley one of the best on this forum and i can't run this game on huge with 18 people in my opinion the game was not made for late game play.
the only real advice i could give you , is buy a new machine. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 20, 2007, 04:46 PM
|
#5 |
|
Cheftan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,288
|
That is strange: I can play huge 18 civs in late game using a more-than-one-year-old laptop.
Sure, turn ends take a bit of time, and I have to have lots of virtual memory, but it works. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2007, 12:24 AM
|
#6 | |
|
Epistemologist
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hallways of Always
Posts: 2,592
|
Quote:
Also, good job being modest. I can run Huge/18 Civs up until they start getting 10/15 cities each. Then again, I only have 512MB of RAM. And a horrid processor.
__________________
People want me to do everything for them. What they don't realize is they have the power. You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle. |
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2007, 08:32 AM
|
#7 |
|
Cheftan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,288
|
To clarify, I was responding to iceman, who claimed to have one of the best systems on the board and can't run large games.
My more-than-one-year-old laptop is a decent system for it's day: 1 GB ram, 128MB card+128MB system graphics card, etc. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2007, 01:12 PM
|
#8 |
|
Eager for Beaver
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Left Coast
Posts: 42
|
I had a gig or RAM on my last comp, and it couldn't play anything above a small map without a jerk-o-rama going on. I just don't see how you are able to play with just 256MBs
__________________
“I thought I was able to handle the power; I’ve always been a kind & gentle person. But when I was finally able to split the atom, I built me a bomb, and I dropped it on every mother ****** who got in my way!” – Edna N. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2007, 03:05 AM
|
#9 |
|
you
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 487
|
I hav 256Mb of ram and am able to run civ 4 on my pc though very slow as stated before, here's the proof:
__________________
My €0.02
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2007, 07:28 AM
|
#10 |
|
Cheftan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,288
|
That isn't RAM, that's RAM-geheugen!
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2007, 12:00 PM
|
#11 |
|
you
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 487
|
@Yakk:
geheugen is Dutch for memory
__________________
My €0.02
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2007, 12:41 PM
|
#12 |
|
Cheftan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,288
|
Random Access Memory Memory?
That's unpossible! 
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 27, 2007, 04:53 AM
|
#13 | |
|
you
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 487
|
Quote:
 Just like HIV - Virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Virus) :d
__________________
My €0.02
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
|
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| BTS-WorldMap 18Civs(Enlarged Europe)HUGE! | CivKing2007 | Civ4 - Pre-made Maps | 4 | Sep 11, 2007 11:36 PM |
| Making own maps. Terra map with three continents, and huge 'huge' maps. | snoochems | Civ4 - Creation & Customization | 7 | Nov 24, 2005 01:55 AM |
| Huge maps are so slow... | FenrysWulf | Civ3 - General Discussions | 29 | May 31, 2003 04:48 AM |
| SLOW game on Large/Huge maps | ravenland | Civ3 - General Discussions | 17 | Mar 11, 2003 01:59 AM |
| slow games on HUGE maps | zombyman | Civ3 - General Discussions | 23 | Jan 25, 2002 01:18 PM |
|
