Crashing right after the opening cinematic.

[KhalGuto]

I just got Civ 5 +DLC on steam and it won't boot up. My computer meets the minimum requirements but it still quits unexpectedly and I get what I think is a RAM error. My knowledge is pretty limited when it comes to this stuff so help would be greatly appreciated.

Game Requirements: for reference
Operating System: 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7.4 (Lion)
CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)
CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 8 GB
Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD2600
Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 8600
Video Memory (VRam): 256 MB
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard

Model Name: Mac Pro Model
Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 5 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz Video
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT w/ 256 vram

Here's a link to the error report
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BB1qsUejb3E0gzKsczQLfj2DMhoJqHCZleOZIiQY_jM/pub

The error keeps occurring in thread 5 leading me to believe it's graphics. I dont know how to tweak the graphics preferences to get any performance out of the game. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[AlanH]

Hi. Welcome

I have the same first generation MacPro with 7300GT graphics. I upgraded to an nVidia GeForce 8800 card several years ago when the 7300 couldn't handle Civ4. I have never gone back to try the 7300 with Civ5, but since Civ5 is even more GPU intensive than Civ4, I wouldn't be surprised if it chokes.

Your crash report certainly points to the graphics system.