Cheradenine
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(and win xp). Yes, I know it sucks, but games such as Pirates work good on my pc, so I was wondering if anyone with 256 ram managed to play civ4 in a reasonable way.
Thanks.
Thanks.
How will it work with 256 mb ram?
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Silica_Pathways
King
It u have decent processor (at least 2,5 ghz) and good graphic card, then u will be able to play Civ4. But... because of ram loading times will be 10-15 minutes long 
The_Halfmoon
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right now, before the bugs are fixed, I can tell you it won't even be playable if you're one of the unlucky few (er... many actually) who seem to be experiencing lag/freeze issues
I always tell people to increase their Ram. 256megs of Ram is not a good thing. XP takes up all most all of that just to run XP. Ram is cheap in today's dollars. Go to Crucial.com and get a Ram kit. You will be amazed at how much snappier your system is after that. Other wise your system goes to the Hard Drive swap file for the "Extra Ram". Listen to your system...you will hear it. The Hard Drive will go nuts swapping out ram for you.
512megs of Ram is the bare minimum today. 1Gb is the realistic minimum. 2Gb is the sweet spot!
512megs of Ram is the bare minimum today. 1Gb is the realistic minimum. 2Gb is the sweet spot!
TheDervish
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Someone on this board with 256 MB RAM said it took 45 minutes to load their saved game. When I had 256 MB RAM 2 years ago, and I tried to play SWG, the program was executable, but the game was unplayable. You will definetely need an upgrade. Even if you have the patience of a saint, multiplayer will be out of the question (unless you play by e-mail).
Now I have 768 MB RAM, and that plus my inferior video card renders this game almost unplayable.
GABE_88
Chieftain
I have:
256 Ram
P4 - 2.4GHz
Radeon 9550
Game will run and you can play. Loading new or saved game takes me 3-8 min. But the further into the game you get the more stoppages you will get from paging file writes. Even moving the map sometimes will stop you for a few minutes.
Multiplayer IS IMPOSSIBLE (other than a slow email game)
You can't play anything larger than a standard world. I tried Huge and had to kill the PC because it took way to long to just load the game. I am now playing a standard game in the 1980's and it is slow going but I can still play. (barely)
I will probably just play small worlds until I can afford two 1GB sticks.
My answer to you would be if you plan on upgrading your memory eventually get the game; if you don't plan on it (or can't) then wait for your next PC to buy Civ IV.
256 Ram
P4 - 2.4GHz
Radeon 9550
Game will run and you can play. Loading new or saved game takes me 3-8 min. But the further into the game you get the more stoppages you will get from paging file writes. Even moving the map sometimes will stop you for a few minutes.
Multiplayer IS IMPOSSIBLE (other than a slow email game)
You can't play anything larger than a standard world. I tried Huge and had to kill the PC because it took way to long to just load the game. I am now playing a standard game in the 1980's and it is slow going but I can still play. (barely)
I will probably just play small worlds until I can afford two 1GB sticks.
My answer to you would be if you plan on upgrading your memory eventually get the game; if you don't plan on it (or can't) then wait for your next PC to buy Civ IV.
256 mb RAM should be OK if you have a good hard drive.
I installed the game on my buddie's desktop, (128mb graphics, 1.4Ghz processor, 256mb Rambus RAM), and it worked just fine....early on. The load times are a little slow and after getting to AD the game really started to lag.
I installed the game on my buddie's desktop, (128mb graphics, 1.4Ghz processor, 256mb Rambus RAM), and it worked just fine....early on. The load times are a little slow and after getting to AD the game really started to lag.
Bast
Protector of Cats
I have 256 MB RAM too and the game works perfectly UNTIL it crashes which usually happens after a few hours. So I usually just save it regularly and go back to it.
But I'll be getting more RAM. Probably 1 GB RAM.
But I'll be getting more RAM. Probably 1 GB RAM.
1 of my comps is a:
p4 1.4ghz
256mb rdram
geforce 4 mx420 64mb version
The computer is completly virus/spyware free.
Updated windows/drivers etc..
Totally unplayable on this setup. I mean it loads and theres no visual issues. Every command lags about 2-5 seconds behind the time you press the mouse button. Scrolling around the map is painfully slow to the point where I do not see how anyone could play an entire game like that. This is just on turn 1 I might add.
So thats how it runs on 256mb system. It will probably be a bit better if you had a decent vid card or a 1.4 amd instead of p4. Im really close to minimum specs on that setup. It does run though, and it did not crash or have any graphical issues aside from extremely low fps and unresponsiveness.
p4 1.4ghz
256mb rdram
geforce 4 mx420 64mb version
The computer is completly virus/spyware free.
Updated windows/drivers etc..
Totally unplayable on this setup. I mean it loads and theres no visual issues. Every command lags about 2-5 seconds behind the time you press the mouse button. Scrolling around the map is painfully slow to the point where I do not see how anyone could play an entire game like that. This is just on turn 1 I might add.
So thats how it runs on 256mb system. It will probably be a bit better if you had a decent vid card or a 1.4 amd instead of p4. Im really close to minimum specs on that setup. It does run though, and it did not crash or have any graphical issues aside from extremely low fps and unresponsiveness.
