Can Your System Handle Civ IV?

[alamo]

@bearman - that should do fine, at least for graphics. The CPU is kinda wimpy for the times.

 

[PC-Pete]

Not sure how much stock I would put into the srtest thing.

I've tested Civ IV and another game with it and it gives me good stats for both.... actually it gives me identical stats for both games.

 

[Phyr_Negator]

One thing I'm concerned is how long it'll take for AI to complete 1 turn in late-game(with approx 7-10 civs in action, large map) on AMD 64 3500 Venice with 1Gb RAM and 256GeForce6800GT, if even with thatit'll take minute or so then to hell with that CivIV!

 

[alamo]

If you have problems then we're all sunk!

Maybe in extreme cases you'll have performance issues, but I would be suprised if you complain about an average game.

 

[Bast]

One thing I'm concerned is how long it'll take for AI to complete 1 turn in late-game(with approx 7-10 civs in action, large map) on AMD 64 3500 Venice with 1Gb RAM and 256GeForce6800GT, if even with thatit'll take minute or so then to hell with that CivIV!

I guess I won't be playing 7-10 civs on a large map then.

 

[Phyr_Negator]

I guess I won't be playing 7-10 civs on a large map then.

well, by the late game only 7 or so survive out of almost any number)))

 

[Arturus]

My Radeon 9600 passed just fine.

Strange because mine did not. Maybe its because mine is a laptop video card? It is 64mb though so it *should* be ok. It may just be a tad slow at times like Rome Total War

 

[cursif]

Why on earth would this thread need to be stickied? It's just a poll, basically. The thread that needs to be stickied is the one WITH THE SYSTEM REQS in it, which I believe it is already...I think...

An even more useful sticky would be a list of reasonably priced graphics cards which are compatible [and not just a lot of "What about this card?" questions].

 

[Prometheus1992]

yay, my atholon 3100+ XP passed just fine, above reccomended on all and perfect on 2/3

 

[Jove]

Arrrr, I failed the test. My video card lacks t&l, otherwise it exactly meets the specs. My RAM is only 128MB! I bet my system won't be able to fake it's way around that. Whatever, I'm shopping for something new anyway, regardless of Civ But I feel like I'm earning a lifetime number of upgrades achievement award, especially if you count from the VIC-20 or Atari 2600! Will it ever stop?

 

[mostly_harmless]

I fail the minimum requirements on the just the video card, it says:

Video Card
Minimum: 32 MB 3D Video Card with Hardware Transform & Lighting
You Have: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (GeForce2 MX/MX 400)

FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrade to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.

Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card:
Video RAM: Required - 32 MB , You have - 64 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes

For some reason it fails on the same thing with other games I can run just fine, anyone know what it has against my poor GeForce2?

 

[Moosebox]

I fail the minimum requirements on the just the video card, it says:

Video Card
Minimum: 32 MB 3D Video Card with Hardware Transform & Lighting
You Have: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (GeForce2 MX/MX 400)

FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrade to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.

Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card:
Video RAM: Required - 32 MB , You have - 64 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes

For some reason it fails on the same thing with other games I can run just fine, anyone know what it has against my poor GeForce2?

Eventhough the Minimum Video card requirement is a GeForce 2, you have a GeForce 2 MX, which is actually below a GeForce 2 I believe. But since the card passes on the 'Features' part, it should be fine, though it is the bear minimum. Good luck

 

[Comraddict]

I pass recommended section for every game out there.

 

[doronron]

So does mine. Call of Duty 2 was the only one that wasn't a perfect score...

 

[ellie]

Ahh well i failed. ;(

My nice PC blew up (literally), so im running a piece of junk, sempron 2400+,
512Mb Ram, radeon 9250 card (128Mb ).

Shame cos i havent played civ since civ2 and was going to get this, but i cant be sure there will be an option to turn detail down to let me play

 

[Nothingman]

Anyone know if Civ 4 will run on windows 98? My other computer meets or exceeds nearly all of the specs but it still has windows 98 on it. I've never had any problems running new games on it so I don't think it'll be an issue but I thought I'd see if anyone knew for sure.

 

[doronron]

I believe Civ IV requires Win2000 or WinXP. WinME, 98, or 95 do not seem to be supported. I could be wrong.

 

[Nothingman]

I believe Civ IV requires Win2000 or WinXP. WinME, 98, or 95 do not seem to be supported. I could be wrong.

Yeah, I noticed it says it 2000 or XP but I know a lot of newer games say that but still generally run on Windows 98.

 

[Bast]

If you just meet the min requirements for CPU, RAM and Video card, what can you expect from the game?

Will it be slow? Will it freeze?

 

[CmdKewin]

"Congratulations, your system will Rock this product! Wish we had a system that hot you lucky dog."

CPU:
Minimum: Pentium III or Athlon equivalent
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (that's HyperThreading)

System RAM:
Minimum: 256 MB
You Have: 1022.4 MB

Operating System:
Minimum: Windows 2000/XP
You Have: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)

Video Card:
Minimum: 32 MB 3D Video Card with Hardware Transform & Lighting
You Have: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 (Omega 2.6.71) (ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 (0x3150))

Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Video RAM: Required - 32 MB , You have - 128.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes

But I already knew that, didn't I... That's a 1600$ Laptop, a degree gift I made myself.

(oh, and now that you mention it... 17 inch screen and full keyboard layout. So, no more forced mouse movement when playing Civ. And that's a f*****g plus! )