CiV IV laptops....

[iluvc2oh6]

What would be the best buy for the money on a laptop that can handle civ IV.

if you could tell me a few options that would be great that way I could look them up and choose.

BTW if you play Civ IV on a laptop tell me what brand and model and what the market price.

Thanks in advance.

 

[crunch]

There were already similar threads here, try searching a bit. Basic hints:
- 1GB of RAM (or more)
- avoid integrated graphics (e.g. Intel)

Got an old Centrino 1.4GHz, Intel sucky graphics, 512 MB RAM. This allows playing on low details.

 

[Keith_C]

Runs well on my Asus V6V - it used to chug a fair bit on huge maps with say 10-12 civs in the later stages, so I upgraded the RAM to 1.25GB (it had 2 x 256MB chips) for £40 and it's now absolutely fine.

The laptop itself cost about £1000 - don't know what your budget is.

 

[Mistoffeles]

Any of these:

http://www.alienware.com/product_pages/notebook_all_default.aspx

that have "ATI" or "nVidia" (aka "GeForce") graphics.

"Powerful Graphics Technology" and "Desktop-Like Graphics Power", as well as no overt mention of graphics whatsoever, are indications of wimpy graphics capability for gaming.

Make sure you get an adequate CPU and at least 1GB of RAM memory.

 

[Ronin228]

I got a Dell Latitude D620, it's a 14" widescreen with a 256MB Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M video card (64MB dedicated, the rest stolen from system ram). 1.83 Core Duo. Runs Civ4 like a champion!