Civ V graphics

[Shurdus]

I like the Civ V graphics and their scaling. However the graphics engine is sloppy, there's no justification for all the resources it uses

Don't be surprised if we would learn they intended that so nvidia could sell more vga cards.

 

[pazmacats]

Graphic engine is slow as hell, so I don't care how good it looks if I have to spend my valuable time waiting for my (not so weak) machine to process several layers of useless detail.

 

[Nares]

Did I ever mention incompetency?

Shouldn't you be blaming 1UPT?

 

[ElWanderer]

It took me about 70 minutes to download a game which i had bought as a DVD

I've heard other people say this; in fact it seems quite a common complaint. Yet, it's some kind of bug, either with Civ 5 or Steam. The game should install what's on the disk and only then go online to download any updates/patches. It worked for me... (thank goodness, considering it took 2 hours to download the demo which is almost the same size as the full game).

On topic:
I prefer the landscape of Civ 5 to Civ 4 and find the ranges of hills and mountains are much lovelier, though I did have quite a few problems at first with moving units to the wrong hexes - the blending together can be a hindrance to play. The rest of the graphics, I'm not so keen on, but I rarely see them - I stick Civ 5 in strategic view as soon as possible to save my poor PC from triggering the motherboard temperature alarm.

 

[Shurdus]

I've heard other people say this; in fact it seems quite a common complaint. Yet, it's some kind of bug, either with Civ 5 or Steam. The game should install what's on the disk and only then go online to download any updates/patches. It worked for me... (thank goodness, considering it took 2 hours to download the demo which is almost the same size as the full game).

On topic:
I prefer the landscape of Civ 5 to Civ 4 and find the ranges of hills and mountains are much lovelier, though I did have quite a few problems at first with moving units to the wrong hexes - the blending together can be a hindrance to play. The rest of the graphics, I'm not so keen on, but I rarely see them - I stick Civ 5 in strategic view as soon as possible to save my poor PC from triggering the motherboard temperature alarm.

One or two fans worth $5 should be able to cool your mobo enough to make triggering that alarm a thing of the past...

 

[eraofdiversion]

I'm starting to get used to the civ5 graphics....although some of the units need resizing.

 

[ElWanderer]

One or two fans worth $5 should be able to cool your mobo enough to make triggering that alarm a thing of the past...

I already have two fans in place and I don't think there's room to add any more without cutting a hole in the case and improvising a mounting. The motherboard I've got has always run quite hot, partly due to it having no fans of its own (there's a big heat sink and pipes instead) and I suspect it is daftly over-spec compared to the rest of the system. So far only Civ 5 has hammered it quite so hard to trigger the motherboard temp warning rather than the processor - I assume because it is shifting vast amounts of data around.

My PC is coming up to its fifth anniversary, the hard drives are almost full and I think this is the longest I've had a Windows installation without reinstalling... so I may look to replace it once the upcoming expense, I mean joy, of getting married is over.

 

[Zyxpsilon]

Tying the knot is (indeed) much more enjoyable than overheating "problems"... ask my daughters. They'll beg for their new passwords to the LAN next week and ask (politely) for administrative privileges one day.
Crash or crush. The song remains the same.