Civ6 on a tablet?

[Haggbart]

Anyone tried playing Civ6 on a Microsoft Surface Pro 3/4 yet? I'm considering buying a used Surface Pro 3 with i5/i7 processor and 8gb RAM. The HD Graphics 5000 is a little weak, but starting in strategic mode might do the trick. But I want to be able to play on a standard/large map without unbearable turn times in the late game.

So if anyone actually tried the game on such device I'm curious to hear their opinion on the performance and touch UI.

 

[bladex]

this would run terrible and slow on a tablet

 

[smartcanuck1988]

I have a worse specs PC (more like a small TV streaming box for Netflix and such) and I have been playing civ6 on it. Short answer: it's playable. I load straight into strategic view and I do not play large maps. I'm satisfied. Turn times are ok and this PC got a weak celeron CPU and 4gb RAM. Surface will be absolutely fine in my opinion.

 

[swissMAG]

Cannot speak for the late game or even large map, but the game worked fine SP4, I7, 16GB. Had 45-60 FPS in normal screen and it was capped @ 60FPS in Strategic Viiew (VSync on). Turn times seemed good.
As said, no clue how it will behave in a later game, but I say it's perfectly playable when you have a CIV need on the go.

But of course, the SP4 is not really a "Tablet"... That wouldnt do it justice.

 

[Haggbart]

Cannot speak for the late game or even large map, but the game worked fine SP4, I7, 16GB. Had 45-60 FPS in normal screen and it was capped @ 60FPS in Strategic Viiew (VSync on). Turn times seemed good.
As said, no clue how it will behave in a later game, but I say it's perfectly playable when you have a CIV need on the go.

But of course, the SP4 is not really a "Tablet"... That wouldnt do it justice.

Well pr definition it IS a tablet, even according to the Microsoft shop page. However I'll agree that it's indeed miles beyond most other tablets in term of performance.

Your configuration has the Intel Iris graphic chip which is way more powerful than the HD 5000, but I take it as a good sign that you can run a decent FPS even without strategic mode.

Thanks for the feedback

 

[jollywonk]

Cannot speak for the late game or even large map, but the game worked fine SP4, I7, 16GB. Had 45-60 FPS in normal screen and it was capped @ 60FPS in Strategic Viiew (VSync on). Turn times seemed good.
As said, no clue how it will behave in a later game, but I say it's perfectly playable when you have a CIV need on the go.

But of course, the SP4 is not really a "Tablet"... That wouldnt do it justice.

I can second this, I play Civ on the go on the exact same device with an i7 6650U and Iris Graphics 540. Low quality graphics and leader screens are still-images, but it's rock solid well into the late game with 150+ turns on a standard map, haven't tested beyond that. The touch-screen interactions are perfect, even the tiniest of scroll bars work.

As alluded to, you can buy a nice Asus ROG laptop with a GTX 970 for half of what an i7 SP4 costs (it's my business device), and I'm guessing you'd stand a good chance of getting medium if not high quality graphics with that.

 

[Haggbart]

I can second this, I play Civ on the go on the exact same device with an i7 6650U and Iris Graphics 540. Low quality graphics and leader screens are still-images, but it's rock solid well into the late game with 150+ turns on a standard map, haven't tested beyond that. The touch-screen interactions are perfect, even the tiniest of scroll bars work.

As alluded to, you can buy a nice Asus ROG laptop with a GTX 970 for half of what an i7 SP4 costs (it's my business device), and I'm guessing you'd stand a good chance of getting medium if not high quality graphics with that.

Thanks!

I'm currently playing on a 2,5 years old Asus ROG i7/16gb/Nvidia 880M laptop with all settings maxed out just fine on huge maps. However I wanted a secondary option for travels, and I saw a Surface Pro 3's with i7 8gb/256gb at about $650 second hand (in Norway, prices tend to be a little higher than US/UK and such).

 

[jollywonk]

The price sounds good, and it will definitely be playable, but the 880M is definitely more powerful than the SP3 integrated graphics.