Has anyone been able to install the game on a system below the sys. reqs?

[m35]

With Civ4, I was able to play the game on a computer that was far below the minimum system requirements.

Has anyone been able to do this for Civ5? If so, please post your system specifications. Does Civ5 prevent you from installing it on systems below the minimum requirements? Of course it's going to check the DirectX version and disk space, but if your graphics card/processor/RAM are below the minimum will it still allow you to install?

I'm pretty tolerant to playing very choppy/laggy games, so I'm just concerned if it is even possible.

 

[sarah_aus]

I have above the systems requirements and both of the dual processors are running at 100% capacity and I'm waiting a good minute between turns up in the higher levels of the game. I went down tonight and brought an additional 4 gig of ram and it's only marginally better.
I'm sure it can be done but my games suck right now so I can only imagine the problems.
I'm not that computer savvy, just wanted to mention that's it's slow and choppy even for me.

 

[Ashka]

I -surprisingly- run the demo in low-ish mode with a Nvidia 7650GS ( Medion Computer..), 2,5 gb Ram and Core 2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86ghz

 

[tokala]

With Civ4, I was able to play the game on a computer that was far below the minimum system requirements.

Has anyone been able to do this for Civ5? If so, please post your system specifications. Does Civ5 prevent you from installing it on systems below the minimum requirements? Of course it's going to check the DirectX version and disk space, but if your graphics card/processor/RAM are below the minimum will it still allow you to install?

I'm pretty tolerant to playing very choppy/laggy games, so I'm just concerned if it is even possible.

No restrictions. You can even install it on hardware thats physically unable to run it
Lowest i have seen so far working was (singlecore) Pentium 4 3GHz without hyperthreading and some really really crappy integrated graphics. It's apperently not working on really old Intel IGPs and on DX8 video cards (surprise, surprise )
How much fun it will be is another question entirely .
Just gave up a "standard" sized map on turn 200, as the turn were getting pretty long already, and at least 200 more turns to go (on an above-aerage dual-core).