Greetings Fanatics

[Larsenex]

So I spent my money on a nice new computer that I am building. My specific question is for the author of Yampgc.

On his notes for the last two large sizes of maps he states that due to textures the user should have at least 6 gigs of Vram. I take it that a video card with 6 or 8 gigs is what is being referred to?

My new settup is

I7 8700K Oc'd to 4.5
32 gigs DDR4
Old video card > GTX 970 w/ 4 gigs on it. I want a 1080 but man the prices.
all on a M.2 drive to speediness.

So do you need more ram or more video ram to run Yapgc's very large maps (the last two sizes)?

I have withheld getting the expac till the build is done. The build will be finished this weekend. All parts in and bios fired up very nicely..now for windows install!

 

[Art Morte]

I wonder how much - if at all - cheaper GPUs would be if crypto mining was not a thing?

 

[Larsenex]

As long as there is money to be had for little effort we will have folks Crypto Mining.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Nice system. I'm jealous but still liking mine just fine.

Are you able to judge the real-life difference between your m.2 drive and a regular old SATA SSD? I'd been considering upgrading but don't know if it's a difference I'd actually notice.

 

[Forster]

Larsenex, you might want to ask your question on Steam. I think the mod has a contact address for problems/questions.

 

[Larsenex]

Thank you. I avoid steam forums if I can. Do any of you Fanatics use the largest maps using Yampc and if so what is your video card?

 

[Forster]

I used to do that too, but I finally gave up. It is just too convenient.

 

[FractalAdvocate]

EDIT: i was horribly wrong, misinformation deleted

 

[cvb]

he states that due to textures the user should have at least 6 gigs of Vram. I take it that a video card with 6 or 8 gigs is what is being referred to?

YES. On grafix-card VRAM (as in VIDEO-RAM). Not cheap Shared-RAM (as in part of the System RAM used for Video purposes, 'GPU on the main board' or even integrated in the CPU eg. the great AMD Athlon5350 'system on a chip') or usual System RAM.

Btw, what have Bitcoins and tulips in common? ... (the value of things depend on how many people appreciate how much those things, sometimes "the sky is the limit" and sometimes nearly nothing in comparison with now).

I understand, that this is not your time frame. I am looking forward for the civ6-SDK (after the 2nd expansion) along with running the civ6 "workstation" under Linux/Ubuntu ... in 3840x2160 on a 55" screen ... so I have to wait anyway.