Getting a new computer...

[MSUSBSBBTBJ]

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot...


I'm getting a new computer within the next month for gaming and am trying to find out what the point of diminishing returns for things like RAM and processing speed/cores...ive read that for CIV anything more than 4GB and a good dual core is a waste and have also read that 16GB RAM and a fast quad core make a huge difference...just looking for people's opinions on the matter...



Thanks...

 

[DevilHell]

Yeah I think this goes on technical support, however, dual core and 4 GBs of RAM are excellent, what really matters is you have a good video card, say 1 GB just to run no risk..

 

[Scam]

i would get a stronger comp than that. quad core/ 8gig ram and good vid card. The investment could be worth it depending on what you'll use it for. if you're just playing civ then what you spec'd could be just fine.

 

[The_J]

Yeah I think this goes on technical support

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[tetley]

I have a 4 Gig. quad core with a decent video card and it still slows down quite a bit when playing Civ V on huge maps.

 

[FeiLing]

Get the best CPU you can get (some i5 or i7 that is), 4gb RAM are enouh. 6/8 can't harm due to the low prices (depends on the board/cpu - if it's dual or triple channel). 16 gb is an epic waste, especially since it actually might cause incompatibility troubles. A decent not cheap PSU with no more than 600-650W. Then the best graphic card your wallet allows which is not a dual gpu card and neither a crossfire/sli combo. This should cost 800-1000€ at max while it yields ~95% of the power some random 3k prebuild system does.

 

[MSUSBSBBTBJ]

I have a 4 Gig. quad core with a decent video card and it still slows down quite a bit when playing Civ V on huge maps.

How bad of a slow down? Currently when I play CIV 3 even a standard map takes at least a minute between turns after 6-8 cities have been built...and naturally gets worse...



Thanks for the answers, guys...

 

[tetley]

Correction: I have 8 Gigs, not 4. The slowdown between turns is the least of my concerns. Bringing up the trade screen takes forever, panning across the screen, clicking "Unit needs orders", just the basic stuff navigating around during the turn. Combat animations are slow, too, but that can be turned off with Quick Combat. This game sure would be alot quicker if I could just go "click, click, click, click...".

 

[durian]

I've heard good things about the i5 2400 or the 2500k cpu. If you can afford it, then these processors are worth getting.

I personally use an Phenom X4 965 with a GTX 460, but wait time in between turns is massive on huge maps. The Phenom II's are really cheap right now, and work reasonably well for anything up to large maps I'd say.

I'm not sure if you'll need more than four gigs of RAM though.

 

[ImAPaladin]

Imo, it's best to spend as much as you can afford to when buying a computer, rather than trying to cut money here and there. As far as processors go, i5 2500k is one of the best 'budget' processors you can get atm, I believe; also one of the best processors price-performance ratio wise. As for rams, you don't need any more than 4GB unless you record videos, livestream or do a lot of other stuff in the background. I'd suggest holding off building a new system for about a month, because 22nm processors(Ivy bridge) are soon to be released(said to be later this month). That way, you can get a better processor if the new ones are better, it not, you can get a better deal on the older processors(probably) ^^