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[fay902]

I've been worrying that my video card won't be able to handle CIV6. How should my PC do?
Specs:
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
RAM: 4.0 GB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (build 14393), 64-bit

 

[dturtle1]

Your Video will be fine, low - medium. http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-480-vs-GeForce-GTS-450 Compared with Minimum Spec Card
Your CPU will be fine but again in the Low-Medium Spectrum http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core2-Duo-E6300-vs-AMD-FX-8350 Compared against a Minimum spec CPU
Your RAM is minimum too but if you can afford it i would get another 4 gb stick if you can, just make sure your Motherboard can support it. based on your CPU you should be fine though, just make sure you get the same speed RAM.

Without the RAM you wlll struggle on Bigger Maps and your turn times won't be great anyway. The extra RAM will alleviate this somewhat. Your video card should be fine though, on Medium settings, though maybe not at 1080P

 

[Patchmaster]

I read through about half this thread but then bogged down, so forgive me if this has been answered already.

I just built a new system. I know I'm more than good on everything but graphics. Right now I just have Intel HD530 graphics on the CPU. To complicate things, my intention is to run this in a qemu-kvm virtual machine on a Linux host. From what I've read I should be able to do hardware passthrough of the graphics card to the Windows VM. So I need a graphics card.

I haven't purchased a graphics card in about a decade. The stated requirements and recommendations for graphics are gibberish to me. As near as I can tell the recommendation on the AMD side is for a card that was new five years ago. How that would compare to anything actually available today is beyond me.

Could someone knowledgeable about this stuff make a recommendation for an AMD card that is currently available, will be adequate for Civ 6, and maybe doesn't cost more than I spent on my CPU? I'm leaning heavily toward AMD because I've pretty much migrated to Linux and I understand AMD Linux support is much better. I won't be playing Civ 6 all the time so I might as well get some use from the graphics card under Linux.

EDIT: Let me try to focus this a bit better. I just found Newegg has a R7 250 on sale for $40 after MIR. Would this meet or beat the recommended GPU?

 

[fay902]

Your Video will be fine, low - medium. http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-480-vs-GeForce-GTS-450 Compared with Minimum Spec Card
Your CPU will be fine but again in the Low-Medium Spectrum http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core2-Duo-E6300-vs-AMD-FX-8350 Compared against a Minimum spec CPU
Your RAM is minimum too but if you can afford it i would get another 4 gb stick if you can, just make sure your Motherboard can support it. based on your CPU you should be fine though, just make sure you get the same speed RAM.

Without the RAM you wlll struggle on Bigger Maps and your turn times won't be great anyway. The extra RAM will alleviate this somewhat. Your video card should be fine though, on Medium settings, though maybe not at 1080P

Thanks for the help . So the first thing I should improve would be my RAM? Would getting 4 gb more be significant?

 

[stripeyfox]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Y7...892393?hash=item2cae7b8829:g:8ngAAOSwLnBX8iEG

Anyone advise on this one? 599 GBP but has AMD components - not sure how they stack up against the Intel ones?

on cpuboss.com

i7 6700 HQ (8.1) v AMD FX8800p (8.3)
GTX 960M (7.9) v R9-M380 (8.0)

so not much in it, but in theory the cheaper Lenovo is better?

I don't understand!

 

[DarkLordStevoII]

I have recently upgraded my desktop with a 1060, but only have a Phenom II CPU. Is this going to cause me major issues?
8gb RAM
SSD

 

[manu-fan]

Anything definitive on a Mac release yet?

NVM: Found this:

Q: When will Civilization VI be released?

A: We are working to get Civilization VI out on Mac as soon as possible and we hope to get it to Mac fans on the same day the PC is released. However, we are still working on finalizing the game and cannot confirm our final launch date. We will confirm the launch date with the community as soon as we have it finalized.

 

[leif erikson]

Moderator Action: Moved to tech support forum.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

 

[cossak17]

Would it be possible to run Civ 6 on a boot camped mid-2014 MacBook Air? Pretty sure it meets the minimum requirements but want confirmation before i buy the game.

 

[CIVLOYALIST]

Hi, would my PC be capable of running at max graphics given the game will be running on a GTX 650 Ti 1GB card? Should I get a GTX 770 2GB to run the game at Max Graphics settings?

Also, is CIV6 GPU or CPU bounded?

 

[cossak17]

CIV is usually CPU bounded, especially late game. Probably won't know until the game is out, I'd look online for comparable graphics cards to see if the 650 Ti is comparable with what they have for recommended graphics.

 

[Torqueadon]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Y7...892393?hash=item2cae7b8829:g:8ngAAOSwLnBX8iEG

Anyone advise on this one? 599 GBP but has AMD components - not sure how they stack up against the Intel ones?

on cpuboss.com

i7 6700 HQ (8.1) v AMD FX8800p (8.3)
GTX 960M (7.9) v R9-M380 (8.0)

so not much in it, but in theory the cheaper Lenovo is better?

I don't understand!

Take the Intel one if you can afford it. It smokes this AMD parts to smithereens. Skylake architecture (6th gen Intel CPU), 960M which is better than R9 M380.
If you're tight on budget take the AMD one, it will do you fine for playing the game.
Also, never look cpuboss.com for comparison. It's very misleading and it never gives accurate performance numbers. It's a n00b misleading site that has tricked many people in believing their cpu or the one they want to buy sucks.

I have recently upgraded my desktop with a 1060, but only have a Phenom II CPU. Is this going to cause me major issues?
8gb RAM
SSD

Probably not, but you need a newer cpu. This one will bottleneck your Phenom quite severely, especially in newer games. I recommend something like i5 4460 from 4th generation (Haswell) for cheaper upgrade or i5 6400/6500 from Skylake 6th gen. Of course you need newer Motherboard, possibly RAM and/or Power supply with this.

Thanks for the help . So the first thing I should improve would be my RAM? Would getting 4 gb more be significant?

Yes, it would help by a lot. Civ games eat memory for breakfast. 4 gigs should help you run the game smoother. Later down the line you can upgrade your GPU for something like a used GTX 9 series card, or AMD R7 or R9.

Would it be possible to run Civ 6 on a boot camped mid-2014 MacBook Air? Pretty sure it meets the minimum requirements but want confirmation before i buy the game.

Yes, you can run it on low probably.

 

[DarkLordStevoII]

Thank you torq, looks like the bank accounts going to take a hit

 

[stripeyfox]

Take the Intel one if you can afford it. It smokes this AMD parts to smithereens. Skylake architecture (6th gen Intel CPU), 960M which is better than R9 M380.
If you're tight on budget take the AMD one, it will do you fine for playing the game.
Also, never look cpuboss.com for comparison. It's very misleading and it never gives accurate performance numbers. It's a n00b misleading site that has tricked many people in believing their cpu or the one they want to buy sucks.

Thanks Torqueadon for the help.

 

[Torqueadon]

Thank you torq, looks like the bank accounts going to take a hit

No problem. Don't sweat it for now. You will be able to play it no problem. Upgrade it later down the line, especially if you plan to play newer titles.

Thanks Torqueadon for the help.

You' re welcome.

 

[Monolith]

I have got a desktop with:
i5 4590
HD 6770
8 GB
Im confused, because my card is ok for the minimum requirements and not enough for the recommended.
I want to know which are the graphic settings correspond to the "minimum" and the "recommended". May I play at high settings or not?

 

[Torqueadon]

You can probaby play at medium/high. Hard to tell really what is optimal. It mostly requirrs tinkering with in game settings, when it is released, so can't tell you exactly.

 

[Abraxis]

This article gave me a bit of hope when I saw it. I had been planning to replace my laptop.

I posted this in another thread where we found there was an option to start the game in strategic mode, I'll post here as well.

I'll be trying to run it on a pretty old laptop, I'll be surprised if I can smoothly run in strategic mode, but if I can avoid replacing it it's worth a shot.

Windows 7 64bit SP1
intel core i3-2310m @2.1ghz
4 gb RAM
5500 RPM HDD
Intel HD graphics 3000

For anyone interested with a comparable system I'll post the results here on release.

Alright, just tested it, it doesn't even start. It gives an immediate error saying the graphics card is incompatible.

I do have it running on a desktop with an intel HD 4600 though. Streaming from that onto my laptop via steam home streaming to the intel 3000 gives me 30fps on average in the benchmark provided in strategic mode. I played about 60 turns in standard view, streaming to the laptop, and it probably averaged around 25 fps. A bit slow but definitely tolerable.

 

[alsie27]

Since I haven't been able to find a demo, I wonder whether anyone has tested whether it will work at all on an HP Pavilion x360 laptop?

This is what it has:
Windows 10
Intel Core i3 5010U CPU at 2.10 GHz
RAM 8 GB
Intel HD Graphics 5500 1 GB
Hard drive 5400 rpm (?)

I'm not interested in a high-quality gaming experience graphics-wise, I happily played Civ V on my older Asus laptop for hundreds of hours and was simply pleasantly surprised how different it looked on this laptop when I got it at the end of last year. I just want to know whether it'll work at all.

 

[King Lear]

As per image, to my horror (and utter ignorance), it seems my graphics card isn't enough to run this. Everything else is ok.

It looks close though. Is there any likelihood Firaxis will patch this for lower cards / to do lower output etc.? Or do you think I'm going to have to bite the bullet either with a new card, or get a refund?