Can Your System Handle Civ IV?

[alamo]

My vid fails Xform+Lighting. What is the cheapest replacement?

ATI RADEON VE DDR (ATI RV100 (QY)) - FAIL

SAPPHIRE Radeon 9250 100112-BK Video Card - Pass?

None of the video card descriptions say "HW Transform and Lighting".

 

[mtabacco]

Mine passes all video card req. and still fails!
I still want to know were my NVIDIA GEFORCE PCX5300 rates?

 

[alamo]

I think someone said any GeForce X* would have T+L.

What line items did you fail?

 

[kingpenguin]

Mine failed transform and lighting too. Great, I about crapped my pants. I might without reassurance.

 

[alamo]

The T+L may not be a hard requirement if your CPU can do the work.

We need the graphics card propeller heads to help us out on this.

 

[jameson]

My vid fails Xform+Lighting. What is the cheapest replacement?

ATI RADEON VE DDR (ATI RV100 (QY)) - FAIL

SAPPHIRE Radeon 9250 100112-BK Video Card - Pass?

None of the video card descriptions say "HW Transform and Lighting".

It took some searching but the Radeon 9250 at least has hardware T & L. Nvidia GEFORCE PCX5300 does so too.

 

[Moosebox]

Mine passes all video card req. and still fails!
I still want to know were my NVIDIA GEFORCE PCX5300 rates?

I'm pretty sure its still a decent card. I think the srtest.com program just doesn't know what a PCX5300, it ranks around the same as a FX 5200. It'll be fine.

 

[Chopperhead]

Well Im good to go came in just under the recomended. I really dont know much about computers so is 511mb of ram, cpu speed of 2.4 ghz, GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X video card good enough to play the game the way it is meant to be or should go get an upgrade or something?

 

[Karnak]

Erm, no, I don't think I will install an unknown system scanner from an unknown company on my system.

Yes, I can run Civ 4, or Firaxis did something really, really bad.

Athlon64 4400 X2
GeForce 6800GT 256mb PCI-E
2gb PC400 RAM
WindowsXP Pro SP2

 

[kingpenguin]

My card's the only rough thing about this system. Everything else came way above required in the test.

 

[reddwarfcro]

i think that we all have only one problem; Graphic card, and only cos game demand T&L and we even dont know will game work without it.

 

[alamo]

To summarize the good and bad (and comments):

Good:
Radeon 9250
Nvidia GEFORCE PCX5300

Bad:
ATI RV100

It took some searching but the Radeon 9250 at least has hardware T & L. Nvidia GEFORCE PCX5300 does so too.

Right now really isnt the best time to buy a vid card. I would wait a couple of months for ati to fully release the rest of their new models. So the price on their previous gen will go down.

The ATI x800XL and Nvidia 6800gt cards will give you the most bang for the buck. They are in the middle of a price drop, been dropping for a couple of months and will continue for a couple more. Both cards are a bit of overkill just to run a turn based game, but they are fast enough to supply you with smooth gaming for at least the next year and a half 2 years.

I just saw the post about the FX 5500. DON'T! get the card. Any FX series cards are not good performers overall. Get something that will last, like the 6600, 6800. If you really want to save money, at least purchase a 6200 Geforce.

If Civ is all you play then FX 5500 should be all you need. I have Fx5500 and play Pirates just fine with a few graphic options turn off.( shadows,lighting,etc.). Since Civ is a turn-based game (even unlike Pirates) then fps (frames per second) is not an issue. It would be a waste of money to spend $300 on a graphic cards just to play Civ.

I have a FX5500 because the only slot I have is a PCI (and I don't want to replace the motherboard when the only game I play is CIV). What is the best video card that would fit in a PCI? No option for PCI e or AGP and the card I have is a couple of bars ahead of recommended on the SR test.

(more later)

 

[Ashlord]

Does anyone know for sure if Civ IV will run on Windows ME? I have not seen a for sure answer anywhere in this thread. I have checked the pre-order stores and they either say Windows XP/2000 or nothing at all. I couldn't find on the Civ IV site any information either. I will be dissappointed if I can't run Civ IV on ME. I don't have the mula to go purchase the upgrade to XP.

Edit: I just found another thread on the win ME question. Doesn't sound like the game was designed to run on ME, but there is a chance that it will run. Hate to purchase the game and not have it run.

 

[senordante]

I would also be interested if Civ4 will run on 64-bit Windows XP - or under Wine for Linux. Any beta testers tried either of these?

 

[Phyr_Negator]

AMD 64 iz da bezt!

Pentium - drink poizon!

 

[Mr. Hyperbole]

Potentially good news.

The Preview by the Beta Tester Thread, author says that Firaxis has made it possible for people with older video cards to still play.

Could you post a link? I'm definitely within the number with older cards.

 

[Moosebox]

Could you post a link? I'm definitely within the number with older cards.

This might be what he was referring too.

2) Performance: This aspect is still based on a beta experience, so I can't comment. You are going to need a DirectX 9 compatible graphics card to play at good speeds (although older cards will run the game as well), but beyond that Firaxis has several options available for people without the latest ATI or nVidia. I hope to have an almost-gold version of the game before release to post an update on this.

Under Excuses #2
http://civilization4.net/3/170/301/

 

[Undertaker798]

http://www.srtest.com

Try it out:

1. Select Game.
2. Click "Can You Run It?"
3. Click 'Yes' to pop up window(nothing harmful)

Enjoy.

OMG! You have amde me the happiest 12 year old kid in my country!

If i was a cloud I'd shower you with gratitude and hail you as a hero!


BUT then again it says i cant run Sims 2, which runs perfectly fine... It is kinda weird, i want it to be right about civ but i dont want it to be right about the Sims 2.

 

[Jamesds]

Ashlord said:

Does anyone know for sure if Civ IV will run on Windows ME?

I want to know that too! That's the only thing the test fails me on....
(except for not detecting my 64Mb graphics card... )

 

[Moosebox]

Might as well bump this up since the Requirements are official now and more and more questions are popping up.