Recent content by jwbryan

Its funny. I just uninstalled Civ4 (patch and all) and reinstalled it without the patch. The game plays fine and does NOT complain about the system not meeting minimum specs. I guess they added a check or something to the 1.09 patch to lower the game's settings. Has anyone else tried...

Agreed! I love how Intel has made it sound like you don't really need hardware T&L since it can be done in software "without any performance impact". Whatever. The game runs fine on my desktop system, I was just hoping to have it running on my laptop since it SHOULD have been able to...

Yeah, I was afraid of that. I guess I'm confused since this machine includes the 900 GMA chip which is SUPPOSED to provide T&L through software ( http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel915g/sb/CS-012579.htm ) Direct X. I guess I'll have to let Firaxis know that they should use DX more...

Hi all! I just found this forum tonight while trying to find a solution for my Civilization problem. I installed the game on my Toshiba Laptop, installed the 1.09 patch and am receiving the "Your machine is below the minimum specifications. Civ4 will not run on your hardware configuration."...