CIV 5 Problem or my system????

[r171771]

Hi,

I have owned CIV 5 for a few weeks now and absolutely love the game, my PC had all the minimum requirements to run the game and I had no issues playing it until I got to the later stages of the game on a "huge" map. Basically as the screen scrolled from one unit to the next it started to "stutter" and sometimes would freeze. I thought this may be an issue with my RAM and Video Card. My original PC information was as follows:

Windows XP (SP3)
RAM 2.0GB
GeForce 512Mb 8600 GT Video Card
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33Ghz

I upgraded my RAM and Video Card recently and I am now running the following specs:

Windows XP (SP3)
RAM 3.25GB
GeForce 1GB 2400 GT
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33Ghz

Everytime I go and start a new game or load a game I get to the loading Screen (with your nations dialogue etc) and just before I get the option to "begin Journey" I get weird flashing coloured boxes and distorted graphics etc.
Is my Video Card no good or do I need to alter something with respects to the games files? I have an option to exchange the Video Cards etc and I still have my old one...Any help would be appreciated. (I have tried the new card/RAM on Call Of Duty 4 and Black Ops and it works just fine...CIV 5 is the only issue..and yes I have the drivers all up to date)

Cheers

 

[The_J]

Moderator Action: Moved to tech support.

You say you get weird flashings...but can you actually start the game? What about loading a savegame?

 

[tokala]

Did you try to uninstall and then reinstall the video driver? If you have Civ5 on a DVD, a quick uninstall/reinstall might also worth a try.
There is indeed the possibility that you have a defective hardware component (video card, memory, mainboard), but it's more likely a software problem.
The easiest thing to test on the hardware side is just to remove the additional RAM you bought, and see if the problem persists.

 

[r171771]

My upgraded RAM and Video Card works a treat on every other game on my PC, in fact it has enhanced the gameplay.
I will try the RAM thing that was suggested, I was just under the impression that the more RAM would make the gameplay more easier.
The flashes I get etc are like distorted Graphics etc. I can still click on the "option" tabs available etc but because there is sooo much distortion of the graphics I can't see or do anything.
Everything up to the point of clicking on "begin your journey" looks and works fine.
Is there are way I can take a screenshot of it and post it here so you can see what I am describing (hard to describe).
Cheers for the help, I really appreciate it....I'd Ring Firaxis but Im in Australia and the number charges $2.48 a minute...talk about bad customer support!

 

[Horem]

Printscreen takes SS's.