Is it true some systems dont crash?

[Critt3r]

Not a single problem.

ASUS A7n8x Deluxe MoBo
AMD 2800+
1024 mb RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
Game installed on a separate ATA Serial HD

I run it in 1152 x 864 2AA and everything on high

I build my own systems. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with system stability.

 

[*Satis]

how do you display the frame rates

dunno about anybody else, but I use FRAPS (www.fraps.com) for all my games. Saves you having to remember a truckload of console commands.

 

[pygbe]

No probs at all here

3.2 P4
1gig RAM
6600GT

Please, can you tell us what nVidia Drivers you are using, and if you have ServicePack 2 installed?

Thank you.

 

[pygbe]

Sob... I can't see any connection between working systems...

someone is ok with 1GB RAM... someother is ok with 256
someone has inegrated auio, someone Sound Blaster...
Someone Service Pack2 , someone SP1
Someone Inetl, someone AMD


et cetera... et cetera....

So I wont' run out buying some more Ram or another processor... for now

let's hope in patch.

 

[narmox]

Not one crash for me either on my home system:

Athlon xp 2600+
512 MB DDR RAM (PC3200 or something?)
Nvidia geforce 5200 (sold under an Asus brand)
Windows XP SP1

My work system I've experienced 2 reboots, which means I should be working not playing
Pentium IV 2.4 GHz
1 GB RAM
Nvidia geforce 6600 (smooooth graphics!)
1 GB RAM

 

[Eisernes]

Not a single problem what so ever. I play 18 civs on huge maps with epic gameplay and maximum graphic settings. I have not crashed, had a single graphic glitch, or had any experience with this so called "memory leak". In the late 1900's the turns are just as quick as they were in 1 AD.

Windows XP SP2
AMD Sempron 1.9 ghz
1 gig ddr 400 ram
Nvidea OC 6800 gt 256 (77.77 driver)
Crappy onboard sound(I've never owned an after market sound card. What's the point?)

Aside from the video card driver, I have all the latest drivers and window's updates.

 

[Plug]

Plays perfectly, (and being in the UK I was so worried after hearing US horror stories):

Win XP
Pentium 4: 2.4 Ghz
768 megs DDR RAM
GeForceFX 5700 with 256 megs graphics memory

 

[Subtestube]

I've had no significant problems, but to be fair I haven't played a huge map yet (only large, which at normal game speed seems really quite large enough). I've played with 10 AI players as well, 4 games all the way through. 2 of them were space race victories, so that was certainly to the modern day. Wonder movies do have stutters, and some leaderheads cause a noticeable performance hit. I also did have to roll back to the 78.05 drivers to get rid of the global/minimap corruption, which is a common problem with NV40s from what I can see.

My system:
ASUS P4B533 MoBo (Intel 845E chipset)
Pentium 4 2.4GHz (Rev. B, Clocked at 2.73 GHz)
1.5 GHz RAM (1 PC2100 512 MB stick, 1 PC3200 1.0 GB stick, both running at 152 MHz DDR)
Gigabyte GeForce 6800 NU at stock.
Windows XP SP2
A lot of harddrive space. 1.2GB statically sized Page File.

 

[handyandy]

my system
p4 3.2g
1gb of 4300ddr ram
945 internal graphics card

it runs ok a bit choppy when scrolling, running at only around 10fps but it's more than acceptible

 

[Renata]

I'm on my third game, and I'm yet to have a crash. I have a below-recommended video card, too, and bottom-of-the-barrel RAM. Nvidia 420MX, or whatever it's called. 512 MB RAM with XP.

What I have had is a bunch of near-hangs, when the game slows to a crawl for a while. Sometimes I can play through it and the speed (such as it is) comes back after a few turns; sometimes I have to take the five minutes or so to work my way out through the exit menus, reboot, and start again.

 

[Mujadaddy]

Specs in my sig...

It works really well...only takes about 5 minutes to load a "modern" game... and doesn't slow down until I trade maps with a civ that bothered to explore

 

[Kwyjibo]

My 1st System:

Chaintech znf-3 250 (nforce 3 250 with 5.10 driver)
Athlon 3400+ socket 754
1 gb corsair PC3200pro @ 3-3-3-8 (is the fastest it will allow)
ATI X800XT 256 AGP8X with 5.10 driver (without CCC)
2*Seagate S-ATA (7200.7 160gb and 7200.8 300gb)
1*Maxtor Diamondmax 7200rpm 30gb UATA
SB Audigy 2
Paging File fixed at 2048mb
Windows XP pro SP2
Game running @ 1280*1024@85hz all graphics maxed AA4x on an Iiyama 22" Screen (look sweet)

Game runs fine, no graphical glithes, no slowdowns, a few CTD's when playing HUGE maps though (running out of virtual memory)

My 2nd System:

MSI K7N2 Delta (Nforce 2 ultra 400)
AthlonXP 2800+
2*512 Corsair PC3200 (running Dualchannel) @ 2-2-2-6
ATI 9800pro 128 AGP8X with 5.10 driver (without CCC)
2*Maxtor Diamondmax 7200rpm 120gb+160gb UATA
Integrated nForce audio (MCP2-T 5.1 Dolby surround)
Paging File fixed at 2048mb
Windows XP pro SP2
Game running @ 1152*864@85hz all graphics maxed AA2x on an Iiyama 19" Screen

Game runs fine, no graphical glitches, no slowdowns, no CTD's, haven't tried to play HUGE map yet...

Hope it helps...

 

[WillemIV]

how do you display the frame rates

http://www.fraps.com/

 

[bman003]

I haven't had a single crash in single player mode. However, in hotseat it's crashed 2-3 times when switching between players. So, generally with me it's good.

3.4ghz
512mb ram
GeForce 6800 I blieve 256mb on the card if not 128mb I'll have to look into it...

 

[Yobert]

Only problem i have hade is choppy music in wounder movies

 

[upstart]

The only single bug i have encountered in over 15 hrs of gameplay, besides little annoyances with the gui and such, is the wonder movies stuttering. thats it. not a one CTD as of yet.

heres my specs.

MSI-7125 (Nforce 4) with nforce chipset drivers 6.66
Athlon64 3000+(all stock speeds)
2x512 value 2700ddr
Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT with nvidia drivers ver. 81.85
1 Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160gb SATA
Creative Audigy 2 ZS driver ver. 1.84.55
generic 16x dvd-rom
windows xp sp2
paging file @ 1536mb
running CIV4 at 1280x960@85Hz 2xAA Settings at High using EAX 4

played HUGE, with 11 civs up to the industrial age, only a slight slowdown on the AI's turn(have 'see enemy and allies moves' turned on). besides that, no problems.

 

[bonscott]

No crashes at all here. Things slow down a bit after about 3-4 hours and the wonder movies get slower so's I just exit the game and then relaunch and all is good. Obviously a memory leak. Other then that it's perfect.

2.8 ghz P4
1 gig RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - 128meg

Worked right out of the box and I've done nothing else to it.

 

[RedRum4Fun]

Wow you guys did great keeping the thread clean and to the point. Lots of great info here... I would like to try the game again tomorrow with AA turned off.... other than running XP I dont see a ton of diff leaning one paticular direction as to why one would work and another not.
Thanks again guys for all the feedback. I have an awesome saved game Im dying to get bak into and play...going to turn the AA off like I said and also am going to try and figure out where to turn the Autosave off... I havent looked so if its an obvious setting please dont laugh..lol
Peace

 

[GreenMonkey]

I haven't run a game past 1700s-1800s, I keep killing them and restarting as I get better at the game/trying new civs/etc.

Gigabyte Nforce3 150 K8N-PRO Socket 754 motherboard
A64 2800+
1 GB Corsair Value Select RAM
MSI Radeon 9800pro (XT core)
relatively ancient Soundblaster PCI512 sound card

Game runs great. Wonder movies stutter. Turns get slower post 1400-AD or so. Not a single crash.

EDIT: 1280x960 rez w/ 4x AA. I reduced to 2x AA lately to try and improve late game performance a bit.

 

[doronron]

Intel Celeron D 2.96Ghz CPU
40GB 7200rpm SATA HD
1GB PC3200 RAM
ATI Radeon x850 Pro w/256MB

1280x1024 Resolution
All settings on High
No AA
Huge Maps w/18 Civs
In Game Clock w/Alarm set

No CTDs. No Lag. Ran right out of the box w/no ATI render bug. It's currently the only game on my system, and will likely remain that way for some time.