Recent content by gseddo

Cheers for the update oynaz - good to know a machine nearly 5 yrs old is up to the job !

I thought my PC & display hardware would be enough to cope with the high-res graphics (NVidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX running on a Dell XPS M170, Windows XP SP3, with 2.26GHz proc & 2GB RAM). Should I consider upgrading some of the hardware perhaps ?

It's possible that this is the problem, as the CTD happens before the leader screen would normally appear (i.e. on first contact with a new AI civ). I'll give that a try and re-post the result - thanks for the tip.

So I'm waiting for my Collector's version to arrive in the post from UK (no retail stock available yet here in Qatar), and decide to download and try out the Demo version, just to whet my appetite. No probs with Steam install etc ..., and Civ V itself also loads and runs fine, until ... ... I...

bhavv - great, thanks for the link. Had been on to game.co.uk previously but had only seen the Standard version available.

Sorry if this has already been posted elsewhere in the forum. Looks as though the Special Edition (hardback artwork etc...) is not available via Amazon UK. Not too keen on forking out a small fortune on P&P and import taxes to ship from Amazon USA to a UK address. As a longstanding Civ player...