Requirement question

AdHHH

Chief Of The Infidels
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Hi,

Have been thinking about getting Civ4 since it came out, but have a fairly old laptop and wasn't sure it would work. Can anyone give me an indication of how (if at all) Civ4 works on the minimum spec? I myself have a 1.1ghz celeron, 632mb RAM, a 12gb HD and no special graphics card. Would my laptop be able to take Civ4 on smaller maps, or should I wait until I can get a better PC? Thanks in advance for your advice.

Adam
 
I'd wait until you could get a better pc. That Celeron as a processor is your biggest problem. The speed itself is barely above minimum, and Celeron's at that speed won't run as well as a P3, P4, or an AMD chip of the same speed. Also, no special graphics card will KILL in-game performance. You'll need something separate from the motherboard to have a chance at it even working properly. That's my suggestion anyway.
 
I think I knew this deep down, just really tempted since Civ4 is only £18 on amazon! Thanks again for your advice.
 
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