m15a
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Do you know the source of this? Is it just something a random user might have added or is it from an official source?
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Do you know the source of this? Is it just something a random user might have added or is it from an official source?
We'll see what the official announcement states, but I don't think they are far off the mark due to the heavy graphics on the map now.
Those specs are close to what I predicted. Looks like i7 not required and the gfx card requirement is what may push an upgrade. Most can find a 760 and 960 gtx cards for sub 100 and both those cards would overshoot the minimum required. The new pascal 1060 cards would also be budget priced.
That doesn't necessarily cause me issues but I know, from playing Gedemon's and Cookie's mods with the many extra Civs, the later era are murder. Can anyone give me an idea if I should focus on upgrade of CPU (so expensive because of all the other parts) or just GPU?
MSI Z87-G45
i7-4770K 3.5Ghz. OC to 4.0Ghz (Haswell)
32GB RAM DDR3 PC3-10700 667Mhz, OC to 933MHz
NVIDIA GTX 760, 2GB GDDR5
Thank you all for your help.
Using the link provided by nokvirt it looks as if I will likely be safe with;
Core i5 3.3 Ghz
GTX 750Ti
8Gb RAM
Win 10 64bit.
I need to get a new desktop for other reasons, and do not want to find Civ VI unplayable.
Using the link provided by nokvirt it looks as if I will likely be safe with;
Core i5 3.3 Ghz
GTX 750Ti
8Gb RAM
Win 10 64bit.
I need to get a new desktop for other reasons, and do not want to find Civ VI unplayable.
anandus
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There is no source, it is speculation.
Yeah I would say so. Of course this means my Civ 5 pc is obsolete now. I'll have to use my new one. And as for the post above, I wish the new game would play on this pc. However, I think the specs are fairly close to what they will be. Even though they are not official at this point. They may not even be official until September. Civ V SR did not come out until August 2010.
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My speculations:
Somehow I doubt my Pentium II with an 8 MB Matrox G200 graphics card from 1998 will be able to run Civ6. Even if I did put XP on it instead of 98 and turned the resolution down from 1920x1200.
But it does play Civ3!
Might depend on how well the AI support multiple cores. If it supports 4+ cores, it wouldn't surprise me if you actually saw better AI turn times than in Civ5.
Graphics-wise, I don't know how much it'll increase... it doesn't look that much more demanding yet. I also have a 1 GB Radeon HD 6870... I actually find it pretty good for Civ5 at 1200p, although I don't really care if it's maxed out.
If you do need a new CPU/GPU, it's definitely worth waiting a bit; AMD and nVIDIA are both coming out with major GPU upgrades this summer (Radeon 400-series, GeForce 1000-series), and AMD is coming out with a major CPU upgrade in the second half of the year (Zen).
I expect I'll probably be okay with the 6870 and my i5-2500K, although perhaps at lower settings than in 5.
Yeah, they just made that up... no better than any random CFC member's speculation really
- Probably will require 64-bit so they can finally let go of the RAM limits. Might offer both 32 and 64 to maximize the audience.
- DX11/DX12/Vulkan graphics APIs (Civ5 was one of the Mantle supporters, so my guess is they will support Vulkan). Probably will drop 9 since it's a new engine.
- Windows 7+, plus Mac OSX and Linux (OpenGL for OSX/Linux, maybe also Vulkan on Linux?). Too many people still on 7 to abandon it, especially for a game with such a wide audience.
- 4 GB RAM.
- Still supports dual-core CPUs, since so many laptops still have them.
- Slightly higher/newer graphics requirements than 5.
Somehow I doubt my Pentium II with an 8 MB Matrox G200 graphics card from 1998 will be able to run Civ6. Even if I did put XP on it instead of 98 and turned the resolution down from 1920x1200.
But it does play Civ3!
Might depend on how well the AI support multiple cores. If it supports 4+ cores, it wouldn't surprise me if you actually saw better AI turn times than in Civ5.
Graphics-wise, I don't know how much it'll increase... it doesn't look that much more demanding yet. I also have a 1 GB Radeon HD 6870... I actually find it pretty good for Civ5 at 1200p, although I don't really care if it's maxed out.
If you do need a new CPU/GPU, it's definitely worth waiting a bit; AMD and nVIDIA are both coming out with major GPU upgrades this summer (Radeon 400-series, GeForce 1000-series), and AMD is coming out with a major CPU upgrade in the second half of the year (Zen).
I expect I'll probably be okay with the 6870 and my i5-2500K, although perhaps at lower settings than in 5.
Yeah, they just made that up... no better than any random CFC member's speculation really
So I pre - ordered, and realised I didn't check the system specs. Silly me 
, but there aren't any anyway. Not too worried as my rig is 18 months old, but it did occur to me that there is probably other silly people out there with more dated gear.
Isn't this kind of unusual for a game just 5 months away? bit of an over sight?
Apparently it will be Direct X 12 compatible, so Win 10 needed for that.
What do you think the min is / will be?
, but there aren't any anyway. Not too worried as my rig is 18 months old, but it did occur to me that there is probably other silly people out there with more dated gear.Isn't this kind of unusual for a game just 5 months away? bit of an over sight?
Apparently it will be Direct X 12 compatible, so Win 10 needed for that.
What do you think the min is / will be?
m15a
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So I pre - ordered, and realised I didn't check the system specs. Silly me
It's not too silly - luckily Steam will cancel/give refunds on pre-orders. So you'll have plenty of time after specs come out. Assuming you pre-ordered on Steam, that is.
Thanks for the links.
Agreed, System specs should be available, at least what you will be safe with anyway.
Oh! Ok thanks, I didn't realize you could do that. Yes bought from Steam.
Red Menace
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18 months isn't that old for a computer, I have a 9 year old comp that runs Civ V at max settingsSo I pre - ordered, and realised I didn't check the system specs. Silly me
Isn't this kind of unusual for a game just 5 months away? bit of an over sight?
Apparently it will be Direct X 12 compatible, so Win 10 needed for that.
What do you think the min is / will be?
.the one I use most of the time is much better especially for civ, an SSD makes turn times closer soooooooo much better, I'd invest in one if you don't already have one.
I'm sure Civ VI will be easy to run, judging by the civ games.
From this site civ 6 will support dx12 and Asynchronous Compute so GCN amd card will be better.
http://www.bitsandchips.it/52-english-news/7034-civilization-vi-will-have-a-solid-directx-12-backend
http://www.bitsandchips.it/52-english-news/7034-civilization-vi-will-have-a-solid-directx-12-backend
Nvidia will have better drivers by then. It should be fine. DX12 is only for Windows 10. So, a lot of people will be playing with DX11. Firaxis must have had this on their mind and I am sure they want lower end systems being able to play the new game. I just hope my older pc can do it. Although, I have a new pc. I am more used to my old rig. Not sure if I really want to spend money to upgrade it just for Civ VI.
Rusty Edge
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Well, we know it's DirectX 12
http://www.weplayciv.com/forums/sho...ation-VI-will-have-a-solid-DirectX-12-backend
http://www.weplayciv.com/forums/sho...ation-VI-will-have-a-solid-DirectX-12-backend
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