Can Your System Handle Civ IV?

[GenMarshall]

civgeneral: thats an integrated card i think?

For 20 to 25 quid you can pick up a radeon 9250
or if you can stretch to 50 you can pick up a 9600xt
which imho is still a nice card.

The problem is that I have a laptop and its impossible to upgrade unless I get a whole new laptop .

 

[exhile]

I have a laptop too and find it absurd that I can run all the previous versions of Civilization but the latest because of some T&L hardware requirement. CivIV is suppose to reminisce the essence of Classic Civ I yet the video card impedes long-time players of the game from playing. This group of developers who made the game didn't consider Civ to be played on mobile computers so it's not their fault.

My new and upcoming laptop will have an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 and I do hope that "Sid Meier's Civilization" IV will play.

 

[civspain]

I have a laptop too and find it absurd that I can run all the previous versions of Civilization but the latest because of some T&L hardware requirement. CivIV is suppose to reminisce the essence of Classic Civ I yet the video card impedes long-time players of the game from playing. This group of developers who made the game didn't consider Civ to be played on mobile computers so it's not their fault.

My new and upcoming laptop will have an Intel Media Accelerator 900 and I do hope that "Sid Meier's Civilization" IV will play.

i agree with you in some respects maybe they should have kept it 2d.

 

[exhile]

The game should be in 3D but without the fancy video hardware acceleration. Civilization is about the gameplay, not the graphics. Well, actually, graphics too but at least let the poor schmuck with a crappy video card play too.

 

[AnsarWarrior]

yes i think thats alot for a turn based game, i think am going to stick with my conquest and forget about civ iv for a while cause of that T+L thingy

 

[ellie]

I agree that graphics are not an issue for me when playing 'CIV' but thats the way all games r going nowadays. The requirements for civ are still lower than many new games.

 

[Celebithil]

I just tried this and I didn't expect to fail the minimum settings, but was interested to see whether I would pass the recommended settings. The result is that I passed the recommended settings and ..... failed the minimum settings (the problem off course being the video card).

For those interested I've got an ASUS Radeon A9600 SE.

 

[Tycoon101]

Will a Celeron Processor work for the game?
I need to know.

 

[Anima Croatorum]

Check this out:

Luckily, my card 'cant run' any other game in their database as well, games that work great on my compute. They dont seem to have this card in their database and its a beefed up 9700 PRO.

 

[IvanCG]

Will a Celeron Processor work for the game?
I need to know.

It depends on its frequency.
I can play (not very smooth) on a Celeron (Tualatin) 1GHz, 384MB RAM, GeForce 2 GTS/Pro.

 

[HMSVictory]

I too have the infamous black terain and Chesire cat problem. I believe that it is the failure of my video card. I just thought I'd let folks know my setup and hopefully this will prevent another $50 being wasted.

Dell Latitude C640 (Laptop)
1.6ghz Pentium 4
512MB of RAM
Radeon Mobility 7500C w/32mb of RAM and T&L capability and NO shader support.

I am unsure about the current state of my drivers. I will download the updated ones this evening and see if this helps. I have yet to try the reveal map option or done the reveal in the XML file. But like others who have posted in the various threads, I can see the full map normally when I use the map editor. I am now in the market for bare bones desktop barring any incredible stories of folks getting it to work properly on my type of machine. Good luck everybody.

I'll post when I know anything more.

This link to ATI gives the full specs of the card (and the rest of the 7500 serires)

http://www.ati.com/products/comparisons/mobilitycomparison.html

 

[hjxbf]

I am one of the unlucky ones with a laptop with integrated Intel graphics, more specifically the 915GM/GMS 910 GML Express Chipset. I fail the hardware requirement test because of the T&L isssue. However, I have preordered Civ4, and will not cancel that because of this. I have not yet read a failure report from someone with a similar chipset (let me know if someone has posted such a message), because I want to test it myself. If you lot are interested, I can notify you about the results of that test, as well as my system requirements as soon as I receive my copy of Civ4.