Civ 4 compared to Pirates!

[Gezuslizrd]

From Readme files of Pirates and Civ4

Pirates
Minimum System Requirements
Operating System: Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP
Processor: Pentium® 1.0 GHz or higher
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 1.2 GB Free
CD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed
Video: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 32 MB video card with Hardware T&L support
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher

Civ 4
Minimum System Requirements
Operating System:

Windows® 2000/XP

Processor:

1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent

Memory:

256 MB RAM (Windows 2000) / 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)

Hard Disk Space:

1.7 GB Free

CD-ROM Drive:

4X Speed

Video:

DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Hardware T&L support (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)

Sound:

DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card

DirectX®:

DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher

 

[Gezuslizrd]

From the first post it seems to me the requirements of the 2 games are the same.
Supposedly C4 and Pirates use the same graphics engines.
I can run pirates ok on my Pc.But for C4 I have black terrain and cheshire cat leaders.Pirates runs slow and choppy.
I have
win xp pentium4 1.5ghz 256mb ram 40GB harddisk
I intend to ask same questions in email to tech support.

 

[ainwood]

The difference is (I believe) that the version of DirectX required for Civ4 is slightly different - its DirectX9.0c-plus-a-few-files.

 

[Gezuslizrd]

From the first post it seems to me the requirements of the 2 games are the same.
Supposedly C4 and Pirates use the same graphics engines.
I can run pirates ok on my Pc.But for C4 I have black terrain and cheshire cat leaders.Pirates runs slow and choppy.
I have
win xp pentium4 1.5ghz 256mb ram 40GB harddisk
I intend to ask same questions in email to tech support.

 

[Gezuslizrd]

Now I know
Just looked at http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/support_msr.htm
and for windows xp 512MB ram is required not 256 MB
the 256mb minimum is for windows2000

 

[Maclia]

Pirates works fine with me, but Civ gives me the "cat" and "black terrain" problems, even with the latest DirectX and latest videocarddrivers installed.

 

[Gezuslizrd]

The difference is (I believe) that the version of DirectX required for Civ4 is slightly different - its DirectX9.0c-plus-a-few-files.

I installed the directx9.0c from the c4 install
So I think it is a memory issue

 

[Gezuslizrd]

Well now I know my graphics card is only 32 MB. Which is below required for C4 and pirates.But I can play pirates.So for me it could be memory or graphics card or both.I want my money back. I cant afford more RAM and a new graphics card and the $52 I paid for the game.

 

[Titus Pullo]

This is why I don't get the TnL issue. Pirates works fine on my laptop, swordfights can get slow at times, but thats the worst of it. I have the black terrain, cheshire cat problems with civ4. Maybe a ram extension will help.