System requirements are out!

[MadDjinn]

I'm going to see how it plays. Thank you again, the research on this was a pain and I was having trouble figuring it out.

amusingly AMD still has every card listed on their site if you search google for it.

I found the pages via google despite them not normally being in the menu system.

easiest option would be to grab a new RX series GPU. They're cheap - sub $200 - (if you can find one) and possibly fit in the mini-atx cases (RX 460 might, didn't look at specific sizing).

 

[Grumpbeard]

You'd think, but unfortunately not everyone gets the 'top of the line integrated' graphics cards when they pick up the random cheap prebuilt box (and/or laptop... which I have little clue as to if any laptop gpu could hit the minimum let alone come close to the recommended without being a seriously expensive laptop). Though, anything made in the last year or two should 'hopefully' be better than the 5570 -- which is an ATI card (tells you how old that is).

Keeping in mind that I'm not a tech guy so maybe I didn't do the right thing, and that I'm not endorsing best buy, best buy has some laptops that have a dedicated GPU that seems to be at the recommended specs or higher for about 700 bucks (and up). I think that's okay, though seriously expensive is a relative value...

 

[MadDjinn]

Keeping in mind that I'm not a tech guy so maybe I didn't do the right thing, and that I'm not endorsing best buy, best buy has some laptops that have a dedicated GPU that seems to be at the recommended specs or higher for about 700 bucks (and up). I think that's okay, though seriously expensive is a relative value...

yeah, unfortunately there's a very large difference in performance between a GPU on a notebook (say a 7970 type one) and a graphics card in a PC (also 7970).

The Graphics card in the PC is both physically larger and well, performance wise also larger.

It'd actually be kinda nice if they split off laptop graphics/cpu from desktop graphics/cpu in the system requirements.

 

[Mort_Q]

To any one who has questions about if they can run the game or not

http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=23894&game=Civilization VI

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/civilization-6/13429 ( Although this one is not Updated yet)

Thank you!

 

[Grumpbeard]

yeah, unfortunately there's a very large difference in performance between a GPU on a notebook (say a 7970 type one) and a graphics card in a PC (also 7970).

The Graphics card in the PC is both physically larger and well, performance wise also larger.

It'd actually be kinda nice if they split off laptop graphics/cpu from desktop graphics/cpu in the system requirements.

Huh. Well that's unfortunate, my wife was thinking we'd get a laptop for her to play on.

 

[V. Soma]

Pls help me, will my PC make it?

CPU Intel i5-760 @ 2.80 GHz
RAM DDR3 1333 6 GB (3x2GB)
VIDEO AMD Radeon 5750 1GB

mid-level visuals and standard sized map...?

 

[elitetroops]

To any one who has questions about if they can run the game or not

http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=23894&game=Civilization VI

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/civilization-6/13429 ( Although this one is not Updated yet)

Well, that's interesting. I updated my GPU 2 weeks ago, but according to game-debate my 6 year old 1st gen i7 is still the strongest part in my system.

 

[Jart]

The release of Civ is when I ususally build a new PC....

I am still exceeding recommended requirements... Yay! I guess I can put it off a while, but those new nvidia 1080 sure do make me squeal..

It is nice that you can still get a super card these days at close to the $200 price point with the AMD RX 480 and get good performance at 1440 and if you play at 1080, no need to go any higher.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Well, that's interesting. I updated my GPU 2 weeks ago, but according to game-debate my 6 year old 1st gen i7 is still the strongest part in my system.

The processors sure do seem to have a lot more "staying power" than the GPUs--when I built my PC last year I opted to move up to the 4790k and pay for the difference by just keeping the old crummy video card--sure looks like a good idea now.

Currently I'm running a second hand R9 285 which from what I can tell will just barely meet the "Recommended" requirements. That's OK.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I have an i3-530@ 3,66 ghz, ati r280, 12gb ram. My gpu will do i guess, but the cpu might not. I guess I'm gonna give it a shot. What do you guys think? Any suggestions regarding upgrades?

I have an i3-3220 with 3,30 ghz and it has always served me well. Didn't have problems with Witcher 3, Dragon Age: Inquisition or Rome 2 (after the dozen or so patches).
Above minimum and below recommended probably just means I'll better have a book ready to read between turns during the mid to late game if I play huge maps with max number of civs.
Now is pretty bad timing for an upgrade since Intel and AMD both have a new CPU generation coming in early 2017, unless you can find a really cheap i5 or i7 for your current motherboard.

 

[God of Kings]

What about those who use Macs with Windows installed (via Bootcamp, VMWare Fusion, or Parallels)?

What would the minimum and recommended specs be then?

Looks like I will have to wait for the Mac App Store version to be released.

 

[Civrules]

I wonder when Linux requirements will be released? My system beats the recommended requirements with everything by far, except for the graphics card.

 

[thecrazyscot]

With low end dual graphics, it's probably better to use only the dedicated (more powerful) card.

Huh...why is that so? Isn't the point of pairing a dedicated card with the APU to get more power?

This is my dedicated card:

Radeon HD 6670
Core Clock - 800 MHz
480 Stream Processors
Effective Memory Clock - 1600MHz
Memory Size - 1GB DDR3
Memory Interface - 128-Bit

Would that have better performance than the dual graphics?

 

[bryanw1995]

hmmm, specs don't look too bad, I already have a 7970 2gb and 3.5 ghz i7... though I suspect that I'll want a beefier gpu for 2560x1440, I can at least play a few weeks with the current setup to make sure that it's worth a complete system overhaul.

 

[Acken]

My 2500K OC at 4.3Ghz should still stand the test of time. I wonder how long I ll stay on that cpu. Been already 5 or 6 years

 

[m15a]

Oh well. Not a surprise, but doesn't look like I'll be able to play for a while. I need a laptop for work, which likely won't have a good enough GPU, and I can't really justify also getting a new desktop just to play 1 game.

 

[Ktulu]

Sort of related question... I bought the dvd version of the game (E3 sale from Amazon), I'm assuming entering the steam key will allow me to download the game via steam right? Didn't bother with a dvd drive in my new system, could throw one in but would rather avoid the hassle.

 

[MadDjinn]

Sort of related question... I bought the dvd version of the game (E3 sale from Amazon), I'm assuming entering the steam key will allow me to download the game via steam right? Didn't bother with a dvd drive in my new system, could throw one in but would rather avoid the hassle.

wouldn't matter if you did add a DVD drive as Steam will just download the game anyways.

and yes, adding the steam key will have steam manage the downloads/etc after that.

 

[Syrok]

I "only" have a AMD Radeon 7950. It will still be ok, but I was not expecting a so high GPU for a recommended configuration.

 

[Spaceturtle]

I have a laptop with a GT 650m and I'm scared