Recent content by Thumper333

We already live in a world of adversaries, and it has nothing to do with who our current president is. 9/11 was planned and set in motion under Clinton, the whole point of that attack was strong anti-american hate.......so obviously America had some pretty strong adversaries before Bush...

I'm using a GeForce 6800 256MB card and the game runs fine (high settings, 1600x1200 res) with no issue at all. However, if I play Command & Conquer:Generals first, then try to start Civ 4, I will get a black patch with jumpy borders across the top of the screen when I start Civ4. I...

Well, since the bare minimum to run the game is 64MB of video RAM, I obviously recomend against getting that one. 128MB is the recomended amount, but many people have been having trouble with the ATI cards and Civ4.......you're best choice really is the NVIDIA with 256. Here is what I...

No, no, don't get drastic. It's not the fact that it's a laptop that's thje problem....a lot depends on the type and maker of the laptop. I am currently playing Civ 4 on my Dell i9300, and it doesn't get any hotter than when I am just surfing the net or working on spreadsheets or PDFs...

Khan got uppity with me in my last game, so I nuked him 5 times.......course, the cheeky bastard shot down 2 of them, then passed a Non-proliferation treaty which stopped my production of 5 more. LOL Non-proliferation shouldn't stop me from making my own, just shouldn't let me give them...

LMAO Does this mean China starts out with this ability?

Yeah, that is kinda annoying, but you can always upgrade the units as you move forward. It costs money, but it's instant and doesn't hog a city to build them. I just started my 3rd game, I got royally spanked in my second game. Do NOT play on a large Center Sea map with 8...

PC2700 RAM is kinda slow though....... I'm currently running the game on a Dell i9300. 1.73 Ghz P4 768MB PC4200 RAM GeForce 6800 256MB No problems at all, and I played for 2 hours on battery Saturday, and played for about 7 hours straight on Friday night. As soon as I get the...

Not sure on the increased income, ect.....didn't seem to be any additional. But the speed units travel is greatly increased as far as I can tell. Sometimes that can be worth it.

LOL, ain't that the truth. I just slapped down $240 for a Geforce 6600 and updated cooling equipment for my desktop so we can have 2 systems in the house running the game. Luckily, I saved on the flowers cost as my wife is a big fan of the game too, in fact, she got ME hooked, so she can...

Currently running it on my laptop until I order a Video Card for the Desktop I built on a budget last year. Dell i9300 1.73Ghz P4 Celeron 768MB Ram at PC4200 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Onboard audio, but have a PCI Audigy 2 ZS card as well Everything on High and resolution set at...

I think only AMD has a lot of 64-bit choices. Doesn't matter much as there's not a LOT of support for 64bit anyway though. As to brand, it really depends on what you want to do. If you ONLY play games, an AMD is probably your best bet. If you also multitask your system with programs and...

I never played the prior Civ games, so I can't compare the interfaces. For me, it works just fine. My only real complaint (and I am only at 1800AD on my first game) is that you can apparently link units for moving, but when you attack, they attack one at a time. Maybe there is something I...

I have a new Dell i9300, 1.73Ghz Centrino 768MB PC4200 RAM NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256MB card I am having no problems at all. Game runs smooth, wonder movies are flawless. Personally, I think the graphics are a LITTLE rough (ie, not lifelike crisp) but I see this as a coding problem, not a...

Well, technically A formation of 30 Longbowmen could bring down a Cobra gunship. If they got a half dozen or so arrows into the turbine intake it would wreck the turbine and probably cause the engine to actually explode. The chances of that happening are statistically low, granted...