Prefered best Graphics, number of City-states and Civilizations for PC ? ( Dxdiag )

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SYSTEM :
Operating system : Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit ( 6.1, Build 7600 )
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570k CPU @ 3.40 GHz ( 4CPUs ), ~3.4GHz
Memory :4096MB RAM
DirectX Version : DirectX 11

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Name : AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Manufacturer : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip Type : AMD Radeon Graphics Processor ( 0x6810 )
DAC Type : Internal DAC ( 400MHz )
Approx. Total Memory : 1502 MB
Current Display Mode : 1360x768 (32bit ) ( 60Hz )


Example: I would love to play with plenty Mods ... Giant Earth at Ynaemp, and still have graphics at high ( but it's crashing all the time ).. what is recommended for my PC, and how should I enhance It to be able to play that?
 
First and foremost, get Win7 X64... what are you doing sitting with such machine on 32 bits?
 
Well... I'm a little stumped here.

You should be running 64 bit... not sure why you're not.

Your 3570k can be overclocked to at least 4.0 GHz if you would like

What GPU do you have in the R9 200 series?... a 270 is more than a world of difference to a 290x...

1360 x 768? really? What monitor are you using?

Also upgrade your RAM if possible, 4 GB could be pressing it especially with mods like giant earth.
 
Crank up the eye candy, civ is a tbs game that doesn't really need a high fps. As long as the UI is responsive then you're good to go.

Leader screens will wreck your system if you can't handle it, along with the live tiles and battle/motion animations.

It is actually very taxing on your GPU.
 
I have awfull hdd, maybe that is causing major problems ?

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First and foremost, get Win7 X64... what are you doing sitting with such machine on 32 bits?

Fast and simple answer ... thank you :)

Well... I'm a little stumped here.

You should be running 64 bit... not sure why you're not.

Your 3570k can be overclocked to at least 4.0 GHz if you would like

What GPU do you have in the R9 200 series?... a 270 is more than a world of difference to a 290x...

1360 x 768? really? What monitor are you using?

Also upgrade your RAM if possible, 4 GB could be pressing it especially with mods like giant earth.

Following instrucions from you guys, I will definetly change to 64bit ... A neighboor installed my windows and that didn't seem to matter at the time ...

It's 270x

Monitor is actually my TV :D Toshiba Regza ...

I'll definetly do that with RAM ...Thanks :)

Crank up the eye candy, civ is a tbs game that doesn't really need a high fps. As long as the UI is responsive then you're good to go.

Indeed... When everything is on low, game crashes at 150 turn ( or later )
 
If you are building your own puter and have the money.
AMD FX 8320 eight - core processor 3.50 ghz
Installed memory RAM 8 GB
64 bit operating system x64 based processor
make sure you have a good power source to cool the rig down and watch how cool the nuke detonations look :) with this set up you can have huge maps and you can have all the eye candy this game has to offer without crashing.
 
If you are building your own puter and have the money.
AMD FX 8320 eight - core processor 3.50 ghz
Installed memory RAM 8 GB
64 bit operating system x64 based processor
make sure you have a good power source to cool the rig down and watch how cool the nuke detonations look :) with this set up you can have huge maps and you can have all the eye candy this game has to offer without crashing.

I've asked my friend who is into these type of things ... and he told me that AMD FX 8320 Octa core is similar in performance, but that mine i5 3570k is better with overclocking and single-core performance :)

but thanks anyway
 
Actually everything you list seems fine. Since Civ V is 32-bit only, then a 64-bit OS is moot, although 64-bit has advantages outside the game and may improve performance with mods and 8GB ram.

4GB is plenty for the game, and the max for a 32-bit system.

as it stands without any mods your game should run fine. I'd check amd.com and see if they have new drivers available. Right now these R9s are new and have immature drivers. Try lowering your graphics settings to medium to see if it runs better, or even try dx9 mode and check for stability.

Have you tried Afterburner or intel burn test to check for system stability? Check that afterburner comes with Kombuster for the video stress test. Watch temperatures.

MSI's afterburner program.
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

Intel Burn Test from XtremeSystems' website.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...-IntelBurnTest-The-new-stress-testing-program

lasatly here's CoreTemp CPU temperature program while running Intel Burn Test to watch temperatures as well as CPU loads. It lists minimum, maximum, ans current as well cpu load percentages for each core.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

Lastly check memory with HCI Design's MemTest for windows. You may have to run it multiple times at once to test all 4gb of ram. I think the limit is 2gb each run for the free version. So you'll need to have two instances running at least.

http://hcidesign.com/memtest/

report back of any programs that report errors, crash, or reboot PC while running

Good luck
-=Mark=-
 
Actually everything you list seems fine. Since Civ V is 32-bit only, then a 64-bit OS is moot, although 64-bit has advantages outside the game and may improve performance with mods and 8GB ram.

4GB is plenty for the game, and the max for a 32-bit system.

as it stands without any mods your game should run fine. I'd check amd.com and see if they have new drivers available. Right now these R9s are new and have immature drivers. Try lowering your graphics settings to medium to see if it runs better, or even try dx9 mode and check for stability.

Have you tried Afterburner or intel burn test to check for system stability? Check that afterburner comes with Kombuster for the video stress test. Watch temperatures.

MSI's afterburner program.
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

Intel Burn Test from XtremeSystems' website.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...-IntelBurnTest-The-new-stress-testing-program

lasatly here's CoreTemp CPU temperature program while running Intel Burn Test to watch temperatures as well as CPU loads. It lists minimum, maximum, ans current as well cpu load percentages for each core.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

Lastly check memory with HCI Design's MemTest for windows. You may have to run it multiple times at once to test all 4gb of ram. I think the limit is 2gb each run for the free version. So you'll need to have two instances running at least.

http://hcidesign.com/memtest/

report back of any programs that report errors, crash, or reboot PC while running

Good luck
-=Mark=-

I'll definetly look into this ... thank you for help Mark
 
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