MarkJohnson
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Well .... I've bought the game, now I need a system to run it. I've been saving my pennies since May and I'm looking at Dell.ca (I'm in Canada...)
Dell XPS9100 ~ $1400
Intel® Corei7-930 processor(8MB L2 Cache, 2.80GHz)
6GB Tri Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz- 3 DIMMs
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
I'd appreciate any feedback, suggestions, recommendations on changes to the spec, any better deals etc..
thanks in advance
This questions begs the question, what will you be using this computer for? other than Civ 5 that is.
The system looks very nice and is almost identical to my system. It will handle the game with ease. Should be able to all setting on max with the exception of maybe tessellation, the nvidia GTX 480 will let you max those out, but not really a big difference in quality.
also, if your monitor is 1920 x 1080 (1080p) or less, a 5770 or GTX 460 would probably handle the game very well with most all settings on max. if speed becomes an issue in the future, your system should be able to handle adding an additional card of same type for crossfire/sli with maybe a power supply upgrade at most.
also, if you're not comfortable with building your own, then don't! There are a lot of little things on setting up your system and it is worth it to pay a little extra for Dell, or whoever, to do it for you. I don't recommend extended warranties though. You get a full year, and most any problem will show up in a year. after that, problems are usually virus related and Dell, and others, charge extra for that.