System Requirements?

[Shurdus]

I now have a P4 3.0 GHz - I thought of waiting for a Sandy Bridge CPU,
playing civ5 with P4 till that... but eh, not sure I can wait

At the very least I would play civ5 to see how it performs. By that time good cards are cheaper, and so are the processors.

 

[The_J]

Well, Starcraft II will have the following specs
(could it be that civ5 will have sg. similar?)

Minimum System Requirements*:

PC: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 (Latest Service Packs) with DirectX 9.0c
2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
128 MB PCIe NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT or ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card or better

these specs are computer stone age...i don't believe that.

 

[Rebel44]

My Q6600 @3+Ghz should be enough for now. In Q3 2011 I plan to upgrade to Socket 2011 with 8 core Sandy Bridge.

 

[Shurdus]

these specs are computer stone age...i don't believe that.

It is the minimum specs, on a game that barely changed since the 1999 version... Trust me, that is very possible.

 

[Mark Havel]

these specs are computer stone age...i don't believe that.

This is Blizzard. For Blizzard, all games must be accessible. And that means on every single point: the ergonomics must be compelling enough so a 4 year old child can use it, it must embody the simple to use, hard to master philosophy, it has to be perfectly polished and balanced and provide a superior experience in every point. As a side effect, Blizzard games are certainly not the most innovative ones, but they always offer an incredibly fun and slick experience. Which is why it must be technically accessible and target as a minimum configuration a five year old machine and being able to run very smoothly on it.
It's then no wonder why they're always selling millions of games.

Whether Civilization V will have such low requirements remains to be seen. Since they seem to be rather inclined toward a great accessibility, I guess this mean the required configuration will not have to be very powerful.

 

[Grey Fox]

It is the minimum specs, on a game that barely changed since the 1999 version... Trust me, that is very possible.

Barely changed? You mean the gameplay or something? cause that has nothing to do with minimum specs. StarCraft 2 has a brand new 3D engine, not the same old 2D engine with maximum 800 x 600 resolution of StarCraft. So not sure what you are hinting at here.

And yes I believe those minimum specs, and I believe they could be similar for Civ5.

 

[civ_king]

This is Blizzard. For Blizzard, all games must be accessible. And that means on every single point: the ergonomics must be compelling enough so a 4 year old child can use it, it must embody the simple to use, hard to master philosophy, it has to be perfectly polished and balanced and provide a superior experience in every point. As a side effect, Blizzard games are certainly not the most innovative ones, but they always offer an incredibly fun and slick experience. Which is why it must be technically accessible and target as a minimum configuration a five year old machine and being able to run very smoothly on it.
It's then no wonder why they're always selling millions of games.

Whether Civilization V will have such low requirements remains to be seen. Since they seem to be rather inclined toward a great accessibility, I guess this mean the required configuration will not have to be very powerful.

They want millions of more WoW players most

 

[D712]

so civ 5 will be able to play graphic cards that are integrated? like "integrated intel graphics media accelorator 4500MHD"?

 

[NKVD]

Its GPU is much much better.

Why do you refuse desktop? They have better price/performance, can be upgraded, its easy to OC (overclock) it etc.

too big and ugly for my living room. I would consider my house trendy in style. even if i take my computer out of the house 1 time per month i dont care. that one time i'm perfectly glad i have a laptop. i dont care for performance as long as it runs civ 5, its gonna be the most demanding program of my computer for the next 5 years...unless civ 6 comes out before

 

[The_J]

so civ 5 will be able to play graphic cards that are integrated? like "integrated intel graphics media accelorator 4500MHD"?

We don't know.
There's still nothing really known about the system requirements.

They've only said, that you need 2 cores and a graphics card with 256 mb.
It was also mentioned, that the game should be scalable, is tested on netbooks, and that the strategic view will need less graphic power.

Everything else is pure speculation.

 

[D712]

So based on what you just said, would this work?
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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/14/2010, 15:09:26
Machine name: STUDIO
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
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BIOS: Ver 1.00 A01
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Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
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Rank Of Driver: 00E62001

 

[civ_king]

yes, not necessarily fast and you might have to go with strategy view, but it will likely play

 

[D712]

what exactly is "strategy view"?

 

[Rebel44]

too big and ugly for my living room. I would consider my house trendy in style. even if i take my computer out of the house 1 time per month i dont care. that one time i'm perfectly glad i have a laptop. i dont care for performance as long as it runs civ 5, its gonna be the most demanding program of my computer for the next 5 years...unless civ 6 comes out before

Its your money..... but dont look surprised when Civ5 plays very very slowly just because you are using HW which is close to minimal specs.


My decision making:
1. Price/Performance
2. Upgrade options
....
548. Trendy

My PC: http://img363.imageshack.us/f/img0452ra2.jpg/

 

[civ_king]

what exactly is "strategy view"?

Its your money..... but dont look surprised when Civ5 plays very very slowly just because you are using HW which is close to minimal specs.


My decision making:
1. Price/Performance
2. Upgrade options
....
548. Trendy

My PC: http://img363.imageshack.us/f/img0452ra2.jpg/

maybe this will work for him

it's a mighty midget, you can buy anything between Athlon II X3 435 and i7-980X in it, best part is because of how it's designed it can even pack a GTX 480

 

[D712]

maybe this will work for him

it's a mighty midget, you can buy anything between Athlon II X3 435 and i7-980X in it, best part is because of how it's designed it can even pack a GTX 480

I see now. But that looks, in a word, un-fun. Civilization is kinda known for trying to make their games accessable to all fans. I think that they will make it so that a player with a lower system will get the same experience as the high end, just minus the high graphics. Also, just in terms of game termonology, what does "scaleable"?

 

[ezzlar]

A true gamer is always happy for a reason to upgrade their rigs. Nowdays you can upgrade your computer for next to nothing. If you cant afford the upgrade, chances are that you cant afford the game either (but maybe hoping to find it for "free").

I would say that you can buy used computer HW for less than the game cost!

 

[D712]

A true gamer is always happy for a reason to upgrade their rigs. Nowdays you can upgrade your computer for next to nothing. If you cant afford the upgrade, chances are that you cant afford the game either (but maybe hoping to find it for "free").

I would say that you can buy used computer HW for less than the game cost!

you got any links to a site for one? i have a birthday coming up and this would be a great gift haha. but my computer isnt game designed. more of one those generalized "for anyone" computers. any links to these cheap machines you speak of?

 

[ezzlar]

Sorry, I am only familiar with such sites in the country where I live (Sweden)!

 

[D712]

Sorry, I am only familiar with such sites in the country where I live (Sweden)!

ahh. okay. the swedes have one up on us americans. any americans got any links for such things?