Hello,
I am about to purchase a new desktop (currently using my laptop to play, it can only handle tiny/duel maps with few civs/city states to run somewhat decent late game).
The specs i'm looking at getting right now are:
Intel Core i7-2600 (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1866MHz
Dual 1.5GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - SLI Enabled
Not sure if anything else is important...
But I assume that will run CiV pretty good. I'm not very good with computers so I look to you guys for help because CiV is one of the games I want it to run really good on with some decent sized maps and large amounts of civs.
I have the option of saving some cash if I drop the 8GB of 1866MHz DDR3 Dual down to 12GB of 1333MHz DDR3 Dual. I don't know how much RAM CiV uses at peak (late game). I have heard the difference in quality from 1866 and 1333 is negligible but CiV seems like it is very RAM intensive so I may as well go for the good stuff if it's needed.
Thanks in advance!
I am about to purchase a new desktop (currently using my laptop to play, it can only handle tiny/duel maps with few civs/city states to run somewhat decent late game).
The specs i'm looking at getting right now are:
Intel Core i7-2600 (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1866MHz
Dual 1.5GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - SLI Enabled
Not sure if anything else is important...
But I assume that will run CiV pretty good. I'm not very good with computers so I look to you guys for help because CiV is one of the games I want it to run really good on with some decent sized maps and large amounts of civs.
I have the option of saving some cash if I drop the 8GB of 1866MHz DDR3 Dual down to 12GB of 1333MHz DDR3 Dual. I don't know how much RAM CiV uses at peak (late game). I have heard the difference in quality from 1866 and 1333 is negligible but CiV seems like it is very RAM intensive so I may as well go for the good stuff if it's needed.
Thanks in advance!