Official System Requirements

[happy_turtle]

Demo runs fine with settings on low with a 8200m g chipset in my laptop. Back to re-pre-ordering for me then.

 

[Cromat]

I have a lousy laptop video card (integrated Intel Series 4) but i'm fine otherwise, 2.3MHz Pentium T4500 Dual Core and 3GB RAM.
Downloading the demo at the moment... I hope it can run at the lowest settings, do you think I have any hope?

 

[Drill IV]

Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, GeForce 8400 M GS (128MB)

The demo does not look pretty, but it runs, and that's all I care about

I'll risk ordering the full game then.

 

[civ_king]

Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, GeForce 8400 M GS (128MB)

The demo does not look pretty, but it runs, and that's all I care about

I'll risk ordering the full game then.

Which should run better than the Demo

 

[trevort]

Dell XPS 420
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz
Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 w/1Mb Video Ram
3Gb System memory
Windows Vista SP2
I have all video options turned up to high. Anti-Aliasing is set to 8x, I believe. The opening scene looks awesome. Almost can't tell it's not real human actors.

 

[Dazz_G]

The time for a new system coincides with the release of Civ V ... cool.

I am looking at this system :

Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q8300 (2.5 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 1333 MHz FSB)

6144 MB DDR3

Nvidia GeForce G310 512MB ... or this can be upgraded to ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB

As i'm a complete plank when it comes to technology, i'd appreciate it if someone here who knows about these things could advise how this system compares to Civ V requirements before I go ahead and purchase it.

Many thanks.

 

[trevort]

The time for a new system coincides with the release of Civ V ... cool.

I am looking at this system :

Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q8300 (2.5 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 1333 MHz FSB)

6144 MB DDR3

Nvidia GeForce G310 512MB ... or this can be upgraded to ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB

As i'm a complete plank when it comes to technology, i'd appreciate it if someone here who knows about these things could advise how this system compares to Civ V requirements before I go ahead and purchase it.

Many thanks.

That would be fine. It's better than mine and mine runs Civ5 smooth as silk. Except I have a Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1Gb. You can buy a 5670 for about $100 at amazon.com
Although, if you have to get a system with an LGA775 motherboard, try to get an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450, Q9550, Q9550S or Q9650. All of those processors have a 12Mb L2 cache and 1333 Front Side Bus. The Q9550S also has the advantage of lower Thermal Design Power (It runs cooler) but it is higher priced than the identical but hotter running Q9550.

 

[cardgame]

the video card is not ideal but it'll work

 

[kaysea]

Can I play it on my cpu?;

Intel Pentium dual cpu e2220 @ 2.4 Ghz
3 GB or ram
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB DDR

I can't download the demo my bandwidth is at its max

 

[civ_king]

Can I play it on my cpu?;

Intel Pentium dual cpu e2220 @ 2.4 Ghz
3 GB or ram
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB DDR

I can't download the demo my bandwidth is at its max

you need a new GPU, I recommend a Radeon 5770 or if you can get the extra cash the GTX 460

 

[tokala]

you need a new GPU, I recommend a Radeon 5770 or if you can get the extra cash the GTX 460

Nonsense, people got it to work on really crappy IGPs
It will look MUCH bettter on a real video card though, and judging from the comments so far, (almost) maxed out graphics on a single monitor is playable upwards of HD 5670 and GTS450

 

[civ_king]

Nonsense, people got it to work on really crappy IGPs
It will look MUCH bettter on a real video card though, and judging from the comments so far, (almost) maxed out graphics on a single monitor is playable upwards of HD 5670 and GTS450

I'm talking about leaving a good margin of space for mods

 

[bhavv]

Im going to recommend the GTX 450 now for this game. DX11, cheaper than a 5770, and I'm reading that it runs the game brilliantly in DX11 mode.

 

[Drill IV]

Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, GeForce 8400 M GS (128MB)

The demo does not look pretty, but it runs, and that's all I care about

I'll risk ordering the full game then.

I just tried the demo in DX9 mode, and it runs better than DX10/11 with lower settings on my system (slightly above minimal graphics, even looks decent now -- DX10/11 crashed in the menu sometimes, but not during the game). So the 256MB graphics card is definitely not a minimum for the demo, as long as enough RAM is available. Maybe it is a minimum for DX10/11 mode.

 

[theis81]

I can get a really good deal on a HP Pavillion dv6-3050 from work, but I have no idea how to compare system specs. Here's some info:

Original Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel® Core™ i5-450M processor 2,4 GHz, Level 3 cache 3 MB
Chipsæt Intel® HM55
4 GB DDR3 (2 x 2048 MB)
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 grafik, 2714 MB memory, 1 GB DDR3 dedicated

I assume it can play the game, but on what level do you think?

 

[Adamastorx]

Hello guys, here are my specs:

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bits
Core 2 Duo E8500 @3,16 Ghz
4 GB DDR2 RAM
HD84500 CrossFire


"Can You Run It" says I fail the processor speed test?!
I tried to run the demo and it crashes... I pre-ordered the game, I think I should run it without big problems.

 

[tokala]

I can get a really good deal on a HP Pavillion dv6-3050 from work, but I have no idea how to compare system specs. Here's some info:

Original Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel® Core™ i5-450M processor 2,4 GHz, Level 3 cache 3 MB
Chipsæt Intel® HM55
4 GB DDR3 (2 x 2048 MB)
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 grafik, 2714 MB memory, 1 GB DDR3 dedicated

I assume it can play the game, but on what level do you think?

Somewhere between medium and max settings in DX11 mode, with a bit of luck almost max settings. Go for it

 

[vyskol]

Has anybody tried running it (or the demo) on a single core machine yet?

 

[The_J]

"Can You Run It" says I fail the processor speed test?!
I tried to run the demo and it crashes... I pre-ordered the game, I think I should run it without big problems.

"Can You Run It" is not very good, trust your processor.

Try disabling the crossfire installation, we had a report where it freezed with crossfire active, but worked without it.

 

[ozhan]

I have a gt330m (1gb) video card. Is this enough for this game?Can i play in low-med-or high?Please help!