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Am I the only one with an lowend system who DOESN'T have crash problems?

Discussion in 'Civ5 - General Discussions' started by Kyroshill, Jan 12, 2011.

  1. Kyroshill

    Kyroshill Huh?

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    I keep hearing everyone complaining about CTDs and how the devs didn't x or y or z....

    I have a 3 year old laptop with a Turion dual core, 3g RAM and an older Nvidia card...

    I run in DX9.... minimum settings... but I don't ever use strategic view.... combat animations on...

    In normal games I have never crashed....

    In my OCC I crashed a bunch late game but I know why....

    Since I was "Next Turn" clicking on the vast majority of turns, that means my processor was getting no "downtime".... and I'm sure it wasn't happy :p

    So I let the system rest with the "Next Turn" button gently coaxing me... seducing me to touch it... to caress it....

    But if I resisited temptation.... I could delay the crashes....

    So my problem isn't ciV... it's my system....

    But as I said... even my crappy setup has NO problems with a normal game...

    I usually stay at Standard/Standard settings... though I did finish 2 Epic games (standard size)...

    So am I the only one lucky enough to play successfully without regular CTDs??
     
    Kyroshill, Jan 12, 2011
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  2. cman2010

    cman2010 King

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    My system is not that high end, and I have no problems except on huge maps (I can play huge but the end game turns are slow).
     
    cman2010, Jan 12, 2011
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  3. Panda_Power

    Panda_Power Warlord

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    It's the large & huge maps during end game people have problems with. I think the majority of people are fine with standard settings.
     
    Panda_Power, Jan 12, 2011
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  4. sav

    sav Prince

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    I had major issues pre-patch. Now it runs okay - laptop, Vista, ATI 3100... so the lowest of the low!
     
    sav, Jan 12, 2011
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  5. Samuil

    Samuil Warlord

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    I am actually somewhat below minimum requirements :)
    I have a 3.4Ghz processor, its not dual core (it said you must have a dual core processor)
    Apart from the turns taking a long time, I have no crashes... weird, huh?
    There was one pre-patch crash, where the game crashed if I took a helicopter on one certain hill, which was weird..
     
    Samuil, Jan 13, 2011
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  6. glaivemaster

    glaivemaster Prince

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    Theoretically, people who experience crashes are in the minority. They only seem in the majority because people who don't experience crashes have nothing to complain about.
     
    glaivemaster, Jan 13, 2011
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  7. Kyroshill

    Kyroshill Huh?

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    :lol: true dat
     
    Kyroshill, Jan 13, 2011
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  8. UWHabs

    UWHabs Deity

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    I had it crash once. It was time to go to bed anyways.
     
    UWHabs, Jan 13, 2011
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  9. sav

    sav Prince

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    So it was the user that crashed in this case? :lol:
     
    sav, Jan 13, 2011
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