Omg Help Me!!
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Natronomonas
Warlord
I think the Radeon 9550 is meant to be Ok... Gefore4 is getting pretty out of date... Try and get a low-end current generation card if you don't want to spend much.
Do you only have PCI expansion? If you do, then I guess you might find it more difficult. If you've AGP, you have a lot more options. Can you post your computer specs (including motherboard?)
Do you only have PCI expansion? If you do, then I guess you might find it more difficult. If you've AGP, you have a lot more options. Can you post your computer specs (including motherboard?)
Natronomonas
Warlord
Should do. I'd just give it a go!
Divide Overflow
Chieftain
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chego720 said:
People with the highest graphics cards available are suffering from the current state of the game code. I hope that after another patch or two that the minimum and recommended system specs that Firaxis provides will work properly. Until things change however, an FX 5500 will have to wait with the rest of us for a playable game.
Natronomonas
Warlord
Divide Overflow, have you tried any of the fixes floating around the forum? I'm running a 6600GT, 1 gig of RAM and A64-3200+ and was having frequent crashes, graphics glitches etc until I tried the INI file changes which fixed just about everything. Harkonnen's patch is also helping many people. I was soundly cursing CivIV until I got it to work properly - I still think that it shouldn't have these problems, but they can be improved while we wait for an offical patch.
It seems like Firaxis is actually working on incorporating some of the ideas that were behind these fixes into an upcoming patch.
edit: I've just seen in another thread that you have tried the fixes. It also doesn't surprise me to hear that 8 of your friends also have problems. I hope that the next patch does fix your problems! : )
It seems like Firaxis is actually working on incorporating some of the ideas that were behind these fixes into an upcoming patch.
edit: I've just seen in another thread that you have tried the fixes. It also doesn't surprise me to hear that 8 of your friends also have problems. I hope that the next patch does fix your problems! : )
Natronomonas
Warlord
How come you need PCI? If you're computer's pretty old and that's why it has no AGP, you should consider whether your PC is going to run CivIV OK... it's fairly demanding on the hardware. Getting a new low-end system may work out more expensive in the short term but a better choice in the long run.
If, on the other hand, you have a Dell or some other proprietary PC that saved costs by not including an AGP port, but is otherwise reasonably up to date, then getting a PCI VGA card isn't so bad.
If, on the other hand, you have a Dell or some other proprietary PC that saved costs by not including an AGP port, but is otherwise reasonably up to date, then getting a PCI VGA card isn't so bad.
keureous
Chieftain
" I'm running a 6600GT, 1 gig of RAM and A64-3200+ and was having frequent crashes, graphics glitches etc until I tried the INI file changes which fixed just about everything. Harkonnen's patch is also helping many people. I was soundly cursing CivIV until I got it to work properly - I still think that it shouldn't have these problems, but they can be improved while we wait for an offical patch. "
Okay, well you just answered some of my questions too. After I decided my graphics card was the problem I bought a G-Force 6200, 256MB card, ( with 260g HD, 512Mb RAM, Pentium 4) ) and I really thought that would fix the problems, but I still have the stuttering problems, the game crashes, and last night froze completely. I am curious about any people that DID NOT have any problems, what kinds of systems are they running? IE: What are the REAL specs the game was designed for...For instance none of the professional reviews I've read about the game mention any of the problems that us regular scmucks have had to struggle through, why is that? Anyways,
enough whining...I've downloaded Harkonnen's patch but I'm a little hesitant about how to proceed, I have never had any formal training. Are there some INI file changes that are a little less imposing for a non-techie? Thanks in advance.
Okay, well you just answered some of my questions too. After I decided my graphics card was the problem I bought a G-Force 6200, 256MB card, ( with 260g HD, 512Mb RAM, Pentium 4) ) and I really thought that would fix the problems, but I still have the stuttering problems, the game crashes, and last night froze completely. I am curious about any people that DID NOT have any problems, what kinds of systems are they running? IE: What are the REAL specs the game was designed for...For instance none of the professional reviews I've read about the game mention any of the problems that us regular scmucks have had to struggle through, why is that? Anyways,
enough whining...I've downloaded Harkonnen's patch but I'm a little hesitant about how to proceed, I have never had any formal training. Are there some INI file changes that are a little less imposing for a non-techie? Thanks in advance.Natronomonas
Warlord
The INI file changes are quite easy - you just do them in Notepad or equivalent.
Go to the main CivIV program folder, open up "civ4_config" or similar (it might be a shortcut to the main file in the main folder).
Make the changes described here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=135019#7) and see if they help.
Go to the main CivIV program folder, open up "civ4_config" or similar (it might be a shortcut to the main file in the main folder).
Make the changes described here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=135019#7) and see if they help.
keureous
Chieftain
Natronomonas said:
Thanks, it was as simple as you said.Natronomonas
Warlord
Great, I'm glad you had no trouble.
My wonder movies are very choppy, I think it's because I'm late-game. At first, the INI changes had everything working perfectly instead of CTD every couple of turns, but I think the movie slowdown is to do with the well-described "late game slowdown" that seems to happen to everyone. At least the INI changes keep things going.
If the Firaxis patch doesn't come out in the next couple of weeks I think I'm going to use Harkonnen's in the meantime.
My wonder movies are very choppy, I think it's because I'm late-game. At first, the INI changes had everything working perfectly instead of CTD every couple of turns, but I think the movie slowdown is to do with the well-described "late game slowdown" that seems to happen to everyone. At least the INI changes keep things going.
If the Firaxis patch doesn't come out in the next couple of weeks I think I'm going to use Harkonnen's in the meantime.
keureous
Chieftain
Same here, and I still get some short screen-freezes, but at least its not crashing. The game is playable enough to enjoy until the patch comes out. Let me know how Harkonnen's patch works. Thanks again.
