Is it true some systems dont crash?
- Thread starter RedRum4Fun
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nattivillin
Chieftain
Ive been sayingi had no problems, but i have a slight one. Every once in a while, the diplomacy screens gets garbled, but only on the characters face. ?.?
Other than that no problems.
p4 2.4 533fsb
1gb pc3200
128mb nvidia
Other than that no problems.
p4 2.4 533fsb
1gb pc3200
128mb nvidia
PIV 2.8Ghz
1GB RAM DDR 400MHz
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB
Never had a single crash, never had any problems of any kind. I got to know that ATI issue here in the forums
I think its because I still use the ATI catalyst 5.1 instead of the newer ones (after 5.1 that drivers are just crap).
My only "problem" is that sometimes the diplomacy/trading window takes ages to load (dont know why).
1GB RAM DDR 400MHz
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB
Never had a single crash, never had any problems of any kind. I got to know that ATI issue here in the forums
I think its because I still use the ATI catalyst 5.1 instead of the newer ones (after 5.1 that drivers are just crap).My only "problem" is that sometimes the diplomacy/trading window takes ages to load (dont know why).
Rising Sun
Chieftain
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Hmm i havent had any problems either but my pc barely got the requirement, for 18 civs on huge world i was running...
AMD 1.100MHz with 512mb
WinXP Home Edition 2SP
Geforce FX 5200 256mb
The graphics and animations run fairly smooth and hardly any lag at all.
I do get very few crashed not CTD, just freezed my pc but that very rare to me. Possible overheated my video/cpu/memory.
AMD 1.100MHz with 512mb
WinXP Home Edition 2SP
Geforce FX 5200 256mb
The graphics and animations run fairly smooth and hardly any lag at all.
I do get very few crashed not CTD, just freezed my pc but that very rare to me. Possible overheated my video/cpu/memory.
ytsejam02
Chieftain
No crashes on my system, running WinXP SP2 MCE. Did require the Radeon fix however.
Jury is still out on slow down in modern times. Haven't gotten there yet. However, I'm not expecting any. We'll see!
Jury is still out on slow down in modern times. Haven't gotten there yet. However, I'm not expecting any. We'll see!
rob.derosa
Chieftain
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- 90
what kinda title is that? lol
of course its true some systems dont crash.
mine :
xp sp2
3.4 ghz p 4
radeon X850XT 256mb
1500 MB ram
of course its true some systems dont crash.
mine :
xp sp2
3.4 ghz p 4
radeon X850XT 256mb
1500 MB ram
I had my first CTD last night (Lighthouse movie). I seem to have more problems in general if I'm playing a second session without rebooting the computer in between. Something a little squirrely in the game's shutdown sequence, maybe.
Still, I'm getting the hang of preventing problems. Fresh reboot before playing, shut down extraneous processes, and don't try to alt-tab out or open other programs while playing. (The last has been the cause of some amusing graphical glitches -- deserts turning black, black rectangles under units, fluorescent purple landscape.
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All in all, performance is no worse than Civ3 was initially, and considering my RAM and video card are both at the minimum-requirements level, I'm not upset.
Still, I'm getting the hang of preventing problems. Fresh reboot before playing, shut down extraneous processes, and don't try to alt-tab out or open other programs while playing. (The last has been the cause of some amusing graphical glitches -- deserts turning black, black rectangles under units, fluorescent purple landscape.
)All in all, performance is no worse than Civ3 was initially, and considering my RAM and video card are both at the minimum-requirements level, I'm not upset.
Harry Haller
Warlord
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No problems.
Dell 8300, 2.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, radeon 9800xt, catalyst 5.10.
In the beginning I was having some slow-down troubles, but I turned off a bunch of processes that were running in the background and performance improved notably. I also completely remove my old graphics drivers before I install new ones, which I think a lot of people don't do and can cause some very strange problems and not only with graphics. I also play with the single-unit, rather than 3-unit graphics, I don't know whether that makes a difference.
Dell 8300, 2.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, radeon 9800xt, catalyst 5.10.
In the beginning I was having some slow-down troubles, but I turned off a bunch of processes that were running in the background and performance improved notably. I also completely remove my old graphics drivers before I install new ones, which I think a lot of people don't do and can cause some very strange problems and not only with graphics. I also play with the single-unit, rather than 3-unit graphics, I don't know whether that makes a difference.
Build my own PCs.
Run game at Customer, huge maps, 6 continents, 18 Civs, Raging Bars.
Only turn off City Civics flipping, hates that
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System Specs:
3.2ghz Intel P4
1 gig mem
9800XT 256mb
Sony
DVD Dual Writer.
SB Audigy
WinXP Pro
Usually running 2 users.
User1: has MSN IM, IE/Firefox and Outlook running.
User2: Me! MSN Im, IE + FireFox and a Windows Explorer Running and a Windows Media player also.
Runs great until last night. In the game I got maps to the whole planet.
Now turns are taking 2-3 minutes. Else runs great.
Deasun
www.tirnaog.com
Run game at Customer, huge maps, 6 continents, 18 Civs, Raging Bars.
Only turn off City Civics flipping, hates that
.System Specs:
3.2ghz Intel P4
1 gig mem
9800XT 256mb
Sony
DVD Dual Writer.SB Audigy
WinXP Pro
Usually running 2 users.
User1: has MSN IM, IE/Firefox and Outlook running.
User2: Me! MSN Im, IE + FireFox and a Windows Explorer Running and a Windows Media player also.
Runs great until last night
. In the game I got maps to the whole planet.Now turns are taking 2-3 minutes
. Else runs great.Deasun
www.tirnaog.com
southjerseyrisi
Chieftain
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- Nov 7, 2005
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- 22
RedRum4Fun said:
Fine for me.
I have a Dell Dimension 8400 with Windows XP Service Pack 2; 3.2ghz Pentium4 with HT; 1GB of RAM; 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800.
Undertaker798
I studied on killin' you!
No problems, and i don't know what my computer's components are, i dont really care about them.
*The sound of a hamster's wheel stops an Undertaker's computer loses all life*
*The sound of a hamster's wheel stops an Undertaker's computer loses all life*
WuphonsReach
Prince
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- Nov 6, 2005
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Opteron 148 w/ 2GB of RAM.
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 AGP 128MB (81.85 driver)
Windows XP Pro
Self-built (I hand-build all of my systems).
I've not had a game crash, but I have had cases where the UI vanishes or I get the bug where zooming out to global view shows randomized horizontal line textures. All in all, it's a pretty stable system.
I play huge Terra maps with multiple civs. Peak memory usage hits 1.5GB on those maps.
Key things to check if you're going for stability:
1) System temperatures and voltages (using a tool like SpeedFan). Including hard drive temps.
2) Making sure that your memory/CPU are error free (use the Prime95 client in torture-test mode for 24-48 hours). MemTest86/MemTest86+ do not always catch timing errors that occur when the CPU is running at full throttle and you're doing massive memory access at the same time.
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 AGP 128MB (81.85 driver)
Windows XP Pro
Self-built (I hand-build all of my systems).
I've not had a game crash, but I have had cases where the UI vanishes or I get the bug where zooming out to global view shows randomized horizontal line textures. All in all, it's a pretty stable system.
I play huge Terra maps with multiple civs. Peak memory usage hits 1.5GB on those maps.
Key things to check if you're going for stability:
1) System temperatures and voltages (using a tool like SpeedFan). Including hard drive temps.
2) Making sure that your memory/CPU are error free (use the Prime95 client in torture-test mode for 24-48 hours). MemTest86/MemTest86+ do not always catch timing errors that occur when the CPU is running at full throttle and you're doing massive memory access at the same time.
