Civ IV runs well on Acer Aspire One 722

[themdg]

Reporting on how Civ IV runs on this netbook. Acer Aspire One 722-BZ480:

http://www.acer.ca/ac/en/US/content/model/LU.SFT02.082

Installed Civ IV BTS with Steam, started a game. Didn't expect much from a netbook, but Civ IV is running great. Not choppy. No lag. Scrolls nice and smooth. I'm playing single player, and PBEM.

Screenshot of the video settings menu: http://steamcommunity.com/id/themdg/screenshot/558664839984114081?tab=public

Impressed.

 

[Merri]

Sorry for the late reply, but I just found this information useful as I bought a later model of this netbook partially based on this I guess I could try installing Civ IV on my ASUS Eee PC 901, however my machine is a modded one (Renice X3 25GB SSD & 2 GB RAM). Doesn't help with the weak GPU though, very likely to be unplayable.

 

[vktj]

For people who don't click on the link (or if the link ever goes down), this is an 11" netbook with an AMD C-50 and a 1366x768 screen.

Also, while the game is perfectly playable, things like end-of-turn in the endgame and generating maps with Perfect World will probably be quite slow.