What would be your ultimate computer for playing all the Civ games? I'm sick of how slow mine is. Also, sorry about the "Garden Universe" post, I wasn't sure about the rules here and it is non commercial/helping a friend oriented but hey, its your forum and I'll respect the rules.
Civilization Rules! - but what computer would you play it on?
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Welcome to CFC Frank. I would prefer a computer that is faster than what I currently have even though I can run civ 4 just fine.
Perfection
The Great Head.
The ultimate computer...
FrankMDC said:
Mine plays Civ just fine. It's a 3.01 GHz HT enabled Pentium 4 with 512 MB ram (dual channel), radeon 9550 card..etc. If there was one thing I would change is upping my ram to 2 GB. A nice big LCD screen too. I got an LCD HDTV but it is not desgned for puter use but damn I wish it was.
Perfection
The Great Head.
It's floating haphazardly in an uncontrolled orbit around Jupiter.Tulkas12 said:
GenMarshall
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You are welcomed to put that link in your signature. However. I think this thread is just more of a spammy thread at the moment.FrankMDC said:
Perfection said:
Now to steal the space shuttle. . . It will be mine, I want to have meaningless conversations with it till it tries to kill me.
Fyi: I got an athlon and an Intel. Dual-core 4.4 gig athlon is marvelous, but my HT 3.2 gig intel isn't bad either. Whatever you choose make sure you have at least 1 gig of ram, no less or you will be spending more on it in short order.
Definately not a 1.8 GHz, 256 MB RAM, nVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400 computer like mine... 
Barring all those fancy processors and stuff these days, I would just go with something like 2 GB RAM (although, to quote Speedo, the performance differences compared to 1 gig are "<5 %") and a video card with at least 256 MB. I would assume a card like the nVIDIA 7800GT(X?) works well...of course you could always have 2 of them (SLI). I don't know much about processors, so can't help you there, sorry. Those three things are probably the most important factors.
Barring all those fancy processors and stuff these days, I would just go with something like 2 GB RAM (although, to quote Speedo, the performance differences compared to 1 gig are "<5 %") and a video card with at least 256 MB. I would assume a card like the nVIDIA 7800GT(X?) works well...of course you could always have 2 of them (SLI). I don't know much about processors, so can't help you there, sorry. Those three things are probably the most important factors.
Comraddict
C.IV
Well having a fast Raptor would help with loading times. I think having as fast CPU as possible would help the most, if graphics are good enough - over some point graphics won't help you much.
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
A computer with an AM2 Socket and any compatible processor, as well as a mobo that supports SLI and a Nvidia 7xxx series video card or higher that can run in SLI. 1.5 gigs of Ram is the most you will prob need unless you decide to run civ 4 and something else at the same time.
The AM2 socket will allow further processor upgrades and the SLi will allow you to put in a second video card if the one you use is losing its edge. ! gig of ram can be somewhat little, but 1.5 is fine for almost anything.
The AM2 socket will allow further processor upgrades and the SLi will allow you to put in a second video card if the one you use is losing its edge. ! gig of ram can be somewhat little, but 1.5 is fine for almost anything.
Overall I'm happy with my system. I don't have Civ4 in particular, but it runs pretty much everything else smoothly with enough eye candy. Really, Oblivion is about the only game that pushes it to the limit.
Honestly if you're looking for a higher-end system, or a system that will have a bit more longevity, you should go for a 512MB card. We're already hitting the point where games really need 512MB to run the highest detail. Oblivion is a particular case, especially if you run some of the improved texture packs. (on a 256MB card, you get stuttering as textures are swapped between GPU and system memory).
Honestly if you're looking for a higher-end system, or a system that will have a bit more longevity, you should go for a 512MB card. We're already hitting the point where games really need 512MB to run the highest detail. Oblivion is a particular case, especially if you run some of the improved texture packs. (on a 256MB card, you get stuttering as textures are swapped between GPU and system memory).
Yes, that's what I was thinking about, but the whole purpose of the thread was a computer for Civ4, so that's why I just went with 256 MB. If creating a system for a few years and more intensive games, yeah, I agree.
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