What are your computer's specs?

[Tiamat]

PIII 700MHz
128MB RAM
30GB 7200RPM HDD
Windows ME
ATI All-In_Wonder 32MB Video

Evertyhing runs smoothly. Usually only have 15-20 sec. wait between turns unless everyone is at war, then can be up to 45 sec. - a minute.

 

[Bill_in_PDX]

Win XP Pro
PIII 833Mhz
512MB of RAM (always love RAM)
64MB GeForce DDR
Sound Blaster Live
Bose speaker system so I can hear the oof! as enemy leaders fall

Runs great, smooth even on huge with 16 civs. Longest time between turns has been about 30 secs during global wars in the modern age.

 

[Chaz200]

XP Home
Dell Dimension 8200
P4 2.0 ghz
400 mhz system bus
512 MB RDRAM
128 MB DDR Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4600
SB Live!

You mean you have to wait between turns?

 

[DaDoo]

Dadoo Chaz200

you had that coming

 

[Venger]

Dual Athlon 1800+, 512MB Crucial DDR running at CAS2/2/2, GeForce 3 Ti500, 120GB HD with 8MB cache...

I win! Runs very very well, right now playing large map with 16 Civs, longest pause at end of turn may be 8 seconds...

Venger

 

[artr]

I'm using a home made box using a 900 MHz celeron on a Intel 815 MB, 256 Mb Ram, ATI xpert2000 video card with 32 mb, creative MP3 + live sound card running win 2000 and a 19 in monitor. Civ 3 runs without a hitch. Looking at a dual pentimum 4 mb for xmas!