Hello, I recently started playing Civilization V on my more than adequate iMac and noticed that during the late game, it sometimes ran a little slowly for my liking. I'm not going to complain about the leaders' graphics as I know this has something to do with Windows technology not ported correctly to the Mac version. Anyway, I searched for underlying causes on my end and did not find anything. So, I checked the system requirements (SR). The recommended SR for the Windows version are ridiculously lower than for the Mac version. As far as I am concerned though, the game is not running in some sort of emulator. So, my question is, after endless ranting, why does the Mac version have to run on such a high-end computer while the Windows version does not? The system requirements for both operating systems are listed below. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_V)
System requirements
System requirements
Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Windows XP SP3
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.0Ghz Processor
- 2 GB RAM
- 8 GB free disk space
- DVD Drive for disc-based installation
- 256 MB ATI 2600 XT/nVidia 7900 GS video card, or Core i3 integrated graphics
- DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
- Internet connection and a Steam account for authentication
Recommended
- Windows Vista SP2/Windows 7
- 1.8 GHz Quad Core Processor
- 4 GB RAM
- 8 GB free disk space
- DVD Drive
- 512 MB ATI 4800/nVidia 9800 or better video card
Mac
- Mac OS 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard)
- 2.6 GHz Quad Core Processor
- 4 GB RAM
- Video Memory: 512MB