Do I meet the requirments?

[DeadeyeGr]

Greetings to all.

I'm an owner of the Civilization Warlords game. I have a quite laggy game experience so I wanted to check if I missed something.

Here are my superb system specs, hear me meow:

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1
System Manufacturer: INTELR
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz, ~2.7GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 366MB used, 883MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

I have no idea what the above mean.
Continuing:

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Chip type: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

According to http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/warlords/sysreq.html I meet the recommended requirments. After a quick stroll in the tech section threads, I notice that low RAM is usually the issue, but system requirments recommend 512 MB RAM which I think I already posess.

Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ori]

Welcome to Civfanatics
You need to update Windows XP for sure - the game won't do well with Service Pack 1
You are at the low end of the requirements - so don't expect it to run perfectly. RAM is indeed one main factor in that.
I am not sure about the graphics card, I *think* its ok but others might know that with more certainty...

 

[DeadeyeGr]

Welcome to Civfanatics
You need to update Windows XP for sure - the game won't do well with Service Pack 1
You are at the low end of the requirements - so don't expect it to run perfectly. RAM is indeed one main factor in that.
I am not sure about the graphics card, I *think* its ok but others might know that with more certainty...

Installing SP2 significantly increased game speed.
Thank you, ori.

 

[Uncle Anton]

Installing SP2 significantly increased game speed.
Thank you, ori.

Ori wasn't kidding about RAM either, and you were also correct to assume RAM plays a significant role too. See if you can't bump yourself up to 1 or even 2 Gig... that will also make a BIG difference, especially late in the game when more units and bigger civs are running around.