Civ VII PC system requirements are now available!
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Yes.
This game will propably go much over 8GB RAM and it will cause many kinds of slowness in many things. But you still should be in "minimum level".
However tip for your i5-8400 CPU. Disable all power limits from it if your CPU cooling is decent and your motherboard allows it. It makes it run nice bunch faster. I used to play around one back in the day.
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Can I play at a minimum level in a decent way with the features of my PC?
Yes. All the specification you told us exceeds or equals minimum.
CPU: minimum i5-4690, you i5-8400, more cores, more maximum clock, improved ipc. Yours is better
GPU: minimum nvidia 1050, you nvidia 1060. Yours is better.
RAM 8GB min and you.
Might have trouble with larger maps, is my guess. And need to tune down the beautiful graphics.
unfairlane
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My old Lenovo 580 has outlived itself. Since I`m on a tight budget I`m concidering a cheap mini-pc like here but wonder if it will be up to the task? Rhysen 7 5800+32gb but no GPU..
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I believe integrated graphics on that is slower than the minimum spec radeon rx 460. You will have struggle ahead with that.My old Lenovo 580 has outlived itself. Since I`m on a tight budget I`m concidering a cheap mini-pc like here but wonder if it will be up to the task? Rhysen 7 5800+32gb but no GPU..
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unfairlane
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Ok, thanks. So I`ll have to look for something with a decent graphic card
I would build computer around ryzen 5 5600, radeon rx 6600 and 16 gb ram + lower cost ssd utilizing used (or also new if available cheap) parts if on very tight budget. Still propably goes over that mini but…
RAM is so cheap and 32 GB will be needed for gaming as a standard pretty soon, so if possible I'd go for 32 GB RAM. Else, I have a Ryzen 5 5600X, 32 GB, and Radeon RX6700XT and that places me firmly in recommended land, so I agree these are good parts to choose.
Whatever graphics card you choose, please try to get more than 8GB of VRAM. At least 12. but 16 is better still.
I have about 4 to 6 (depending which pieces are on which) different computers to try gaming on. One of them is 1080p gaming focused ryzen 5600x computer like yours. Today it has 3060 ti in it. And it has zero need for 32gb ram up today. On the contrary it benefits ram clocks speeds more. Getting ram to run 3600MHz is more important if we go to detailed level. And that is easier with 2x8 set.
Edition. Need for more than 16 gb lies somewhere in 1440p gaming with quality settings max. And only then very few games go over 16. Maybe most famous would be hogwarts legacy. But that would be about only game I know.
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Comparing on Notebookcheck, the 5800H's integrated Vega 8 GPU is about 70% as fast as the minimum Radeon RX 460, so it would likely not run VII well (though it is modern in features so it would likely run, just poorly).My old Lenovo 580 has outlived itself. Since I`m on a tight budget I`m concidering a cheap mini-pc like here but wonder if it will be up to the task? Rhysen 7 5800+32gb but no GPU..
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However, the Ryzen 6800 (up through 6999) have the faster integrated Radeon 680M, which comparing again, is about 120% as fast as the RX 460. It is in the Radeon 6800U and up (the Radeon 6600 series has a slower iGPU that's half as fast as the 680M). So that may be an option while keeping the cost below what it would be with a dedicated GPU.
Among Ryzen 7000 CPUs, the 7840 and 7940 models have the Radeon 780M, which is slightly faster than the 680M but not nearly as big of a leap as Vega 8 --> 680M. Ryzen 7000 is also generally more expensive. IMO the sweet spot is likely a Ryzen 6800U, 6800HS, or 6800H. Enough GPU oomph to be 20% faster than the minimum while not adding anything that isn't needed.
Note that those are all mobile processors, like the one in the mini PC you linked. On the desktop side, it looks like the Ryzen 8700G is the only CPU that has an integrated GPU that comfortably meets the minimums, but at that point it may well make more sense to go with a cheap quad-core Ryzen like the Ryzen 3 4100 (or even a second-hand Ryzen 3 1200, which can be upgraded later if need be. Desktop Ryzen parts are great for upgradeability), and a cheap RX 560 or something like that.
I don't agree with this if the goal is playing Civ VII. Both the RX 460 and GTX 1050 came with 2 GB VRAM offerings, and the requirements don't state the 4 GB VRAM variant is needed, so VII will likely run on the 2 GB version, if with lower resolution (but likely still at 1080p given the spec sheet).
Even for general-purpose gaming, I don't see more than 8 GB as necessary unless going above 1080p. Nice to have, sure, but not necessary. It's the sort of thing where if you have an extra $40 and want to have future proofing, it's not a bad option, but if it costs a lot more or you're on a budget, I'd stick with the 8 GB variants. I went with the 8 GB version of the RX 480 over the 4 GB for the $40 and I don't regret it... but I'm also pretty sure I would have been able to run everything on the 4 GB version, without a lot of difference except perhaps for very near the end of the six years (2016 - 2022) when it was my primary GPU.
If it runs on 2 GB, then you'll be losing something, most likely textures? 1440p is the new gaming resolution for the future from all I have seen along with the price of monitors coming down.
My point is that anything less than 8 GB gives up something in the video quality. If one can afford it, purchasing something similar that has more vram is always a better bet to keep one from having to buy another card sooner, depending upon what games one plays.
Also, something to note for those who use mods and like larger maps, while we don't know yet how the civ7 engine will use our VRAM, I must point out that for civ6 one needed at least 4GB of VRAM to load the Giant Earth Map.
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Since I'm not that familiar with the stats given, I have to ask about the min-max stats
My system runs on an i7-6700 @3.4GHz processor.
If I compare that to what's needed, where does that rank?
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The rest would be
Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
16 GB RAM
and HDD drive
My system runs on an i7-6700 @3.4GHz processor.
If I compare that to what's needed, where does that rank?
BTW
The rest would be
Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
16 GB RAM
and HDD drive
A little above the minimum requirements, so by their benchmarks you could expect between 30 and 60fps in 1080p gaming
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If you can afford it, yeah, it's nice insurance against future requirements, or buying a larger monitor in the future. Especially on laptops where it's harder to upgrade later (i.e. typically impossible).
But in the context of the limited budget unfairlane was citing, and the $130 price on that mini pc (which is cheap to the point of being suspiciously cheap, IMO), I see going with 8 GB rather than 16 GB as a perfectly reasonable compromise to keep things within a budget. Per the Steam Hardware Survey, more than 60% of people are still using 1920x1200 or lower. So, if someone asks, "what should I get on a budget?" then my assumption unless they state otherwise is 1080p.
But the price point really does make a difference, and that's part of why I'm glad Firaxis has provided a three-reference-point system, and with multiple CPU and GPU vendors at each tier.
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