[MOD] computer configuration for caveman2cosmos

[civ player123]

two questions:
1. is caveman 2 cosmos the biggest mod currently available, considering numer of techs, units, map sizes etc.? I remember that I started with rise of mankind, then rise of mankind: a new dawn, and then caveman 2 cosmos.
2. I am planning to buy a new computer, can you advice what configuration would be the best, or which component is the most important when playing civ4 with this mod? currently I have quad-core intel i7, 32 GB RAM and GTX 780 graphic card, it was comfortable to play until early future era, but tables were loading very long (example: city screens, domestic advisor) and it was taking about few minutes to finish enemy turn, so that I gave up playing until I get a new computer. I would also want to know what is the biggest map size now available. I remember immense size around 300x200 I think?

 

[Shoobs]

Processing speed and least amount of lag between process actions is the best thing you can get. So higher DDR ram, SSD ( though I personally believe they can be eaten through pretty quick ), and CPU single thread processing speed ( number of cores help, but only so other things don't interfere with that single thread process ).

 

[civ player123]

I forgot to say hello, I had another account here but I forgot my password. It is great mod and I am looking forward for similar thing in civilization 6. Now I have 32GB RAM 1600 MHz and 128GB SSD, 4 cores 8 threads, it is hard to find a computer with more than 32GB RAM, but I will try if it helps.

 

[Toffer90]

lol, 6 GB RAM with 1800 MHz frequency would be better for C2C performance than 9999 GB RAM at 1600 MHz frequency.
Don't buy even more 1600 MHz RAM, you have enough RAM to play 12 C2C games simultaneously on the same computer without performance being bottleneced by your RAM memory size.

 

[civ player123]

does it make any sense to buy 2400MHz or higher? any difference between DDR3 and DDR4? maybe someone was already asking about computer configuration and there are answers?

 

[JosEPh_II]

The report is that DDR4 is slower for gaming than DDR3 for main ram.

 

[Thunderbrd]

1. is caveman 2 cosmos the biggest mod currently available, considering numer of techs, units, map sizes etc.? I remember that I started with rise of mankind, then rise of mankind: a new dawn, and then caveman 2 cosmos.

Unless FFH2 has us beat with tons of unique fantasy content and lots of modmod content, I believe the answer is yes. C2C is truly huge and constantly growing still.

 

[Toffer90]

does it make any sense to buy 2400MHz or higher? any difference between DDR3 and DDR4? maybe someone was already asking about computer configuration and there are answers?

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[civ player123]

Thanks for all answers, I am thinking about core i7 6800K (six cores) or core i7 7700K (four cores), 32 GB RAM DDR3 2400 MHz, GTX 1080, I don't know which motherboard would be the best but I will choose one. Would you propose anything else instead what I mentioned?

 

[Toffer90]

Why do you need 32 GB RAM, are you running a server or performing some heavy duty video encoding work?
Have you ever monitored how much RAM you typically use?
To test how much RAM you may need: Run as many different software as you may reasonable do now and again simultaneously, then open task manager ( ctrl+shift+esc ) and look at your RAM usage.
I'd recommend i7 7700K, it would run C2C faster and should be cheaper than i7 6800K.

There is no need to buy the most expensive motherboard if you are not gonna use the unique features that make it expensive.
All MB in the Z170 and Z270 are high quality MB's, I'd recommend to sort them at increasing price and look at what they have to offer one by one until you find one that has all the features you want/need (Like amount of USB-, sata-, PCIe-connections, bluetooth or not, integrated wireless antennae, etc.).