classical_hero
In whom I trust
I am hoping that this computer is good enough, but otherwise i will just upgrade. More than likely I will need to upgrade my Ram, since it is only 2GB, which at the time was quite big, but not any more.
Who else has already bought a new PC in anticipation of Civ V?
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eris
King
PC on order. Under 1k$. (nneded OS, some warranty, etc) It won't be a top of the line screamer, but it will do the gaming I do and then some with room for expansion in the future. I needed it for more than gaming, but it will be sitting there waiting for Civ 5 as impatiently as I am.
Drago Askani
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I just bought a new computer with a Intel Core2 quad 2.5 ghz and 8gig of RAM. My video card is an ATI 4670 HD with 512mb. Windows 7 64bit is great!
Congrats, I hope it didn't set you back more then about 600 bucks though. seeing as how much stronger the I5/I7 architecture and DDR3 memory as apposed to your DDR2.
Enjoy your machine though, I finally order mine on Tuesday and then I have to wait 2-3 weeks for it to show up since I don't have the extra cash for faster assembly.I got it for $400.Congrats, I hope it didn't set you back more then about 600 bucks though. seeing as how much stronger the I5/I7 architecture and DDR3 memory as apposed to your DDR2.
fingers
Chieftain
seeing as I bought a laptop because I was travelling and needed to store photos and do email and stuff, I won't be splasing out on a new desktop any time soon. I have 2 desktops anyway, the older one serving the kids and as a backup storage while the newer one does for me and my games. One of the main reasons I bought it was to play Civ4, but it'll have to cope with Civ5 too, Can't quite recall what the specs are, but it is a couple of years old roughly, and runs Vista very well. 2GB Ram and a dual-core Intel chip, internal graphics, but seems to play Company of Heroes and Civ4 with no problems.
I like to think I could upgrade rather than buy new, but never seem to know what kind of vid cards to get (not least because it only had an AGP slot), although I have added RAM and a new PSU in the past. I bought a vid card but it clashed with something on the desktop (probably the internal graphics, even though I thought I'd turned it off) but the CEX shop bought it off me so I wasn't too bothered. My new machine has a slot for PCI-E so I might get a vid card in the end.
Really looking forward to Civ5 though, but won't buy new, will look for deals to knock the price down. Can't justify paying new-release prices, even if I could afford them.
I like to think I could upgrade rather than buy new, but never seem to know what kind of vid cards to get (not least because it only had an AGP slot), although I have added RAM and a new PSU in the past. I bought a vid card but it clashed with something on the desktop (probably the internal graphics, even though I thought I'd turned it off) but the CEX shop bought it off me so I wasn't too bothered. My new machine has a slot for PCI-E so I might get a vid card in the end.
Really looking forward to Civ5 though, but won't buy new, will look for deals to knock the price down. Can't justify paying new-release prices, even if I could afford them.
Except that Civ 5 is apparently made with DirectX 11 in mind. The 9500 is a DirectX 10 card. It sounds like the game will be backwards compatible though, but you won't get the full benefit of the graphics without a DirectX 11 video card. That's about the only thing I'll probably need to concern myself about. My 8800GT is also a DirectX 10 card. Hopefully I'll have the cash for a new one by then. I've been due for an upgrade for awhile now anyway. Amazing how quickly those things become obsolete. My card was pretty much top of the line for only about 6 months after I bought it, then the 9000 series came along.
Again, a DirectX 10 card. You won't get the full benefit of the graphics.
Thyrwyn
Guardian at the Gate
Conveniently, our old PC had a stroke on Sunday. So "had" to go out and get the very same ASUS, along with a GT240 video card to go with it
(The last part was my splurge).cIV likes it much better than my old nVidia 6000 series.
conception
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Some of us are fine with that. If the graphics are well-enough designed, then they will look nice even if a system isn't designed for the absolute top of the line graphical machine running on lower detail settings. I see no reason to fret about not having a DX11 card and I kind of think it would be silly for the designers to have graphics that wouldn't look good on systems that are current at the time of release.
SeptimusOctopus
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Next tuesday I order my I-5 Quadcore machine with 4 gigs of ddr3 1600mhz ramWhen it arrives I will be putting win 7 on it and throwing in my psu and 8800 gtx. Though later this year I will get a new psu to power those new nvidia dx11 cards and will move my 8800 gtx into the crossfire slot to run as a dedicated physix card for other games.
My only thing I can't figure out is weitehr I should go with the Free water cooling upgrade. (its a contained unit so no maintenance) or stick with air cooling. I've never had a water cooled pc so am a little apprehensive.
I just water-cooled my computer last week. That allowed my to overclock the processor from 2.66 GHz, to 3.3GHz while remaining around 42°C under load. I'm happy with the results, but it turned out to be a lot more expensive than I anticipated. Expect to spend around $400-$500 (Canadian, which is pretty close to USD though now) if you want to cool your CPU and video cards.
I didn't buy a new PC and will wait until the game comes out to do so if needed. IMO it is kind of dumb to buy a new PC now when 6 months from now when the game comes out it that same PC will be a few hundred dollars cheaper so you could either
A. Get the same PC and save some money
B. Get a better PC for the same price.
A. Get the same PC and save some money
B. Get a better PC for the same price.
Drago Askani
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Not cooling the video just the cpu. I went ahead and chose the liquid cooling though since alot of my friends are advocates of it. Hopefully the doesn't bite me in the butt, I have a minor fear of it maybe someday leaking down into my video card adn power supply.
RRtexasranger
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I'm planning on getting a PC with the following build:
i7 920 (2.66Ghz)
8GM RAM
HD5870
1TB HDD
Although, I've been planning on upgrading before Civ 5 was announced.
i7 920 (2.66Ghz)
8GM RAM
HD5870
1TB HDD
Although, I've been planning on upgrading before Civ 5 was announced.
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Chieftain
Amazing how quickly those things become obsolete. My card was pretty much top of the line for only about 6 months after I bought it, then the 9000 series came along.
Not really amazing at all, entirely predictable I'd say - given both the speed of technological improvement and the voracity of manufacturers' desire to fleece customers.
fingers
Chieftain
I think you're right. I probably will.
SeptimusOctopus( Toxic Octopus?):
Did you do it yourself? I did my first w/c last summer. Was real fun planning it and then putting it together. I used a swiftech 320 radiator, a used Apogee GTX water block, Typhoon III reservoir, and the big swiftech pump. I got three Enermax fans to put on top of the rad because the orange blades look cool when I look down onto the top of my HAF. Best of all it stays cool and allows me to OC.
Did you do it yourself? I did my first w/c last summer. Was real fun planning it and then putting it together. I used a swiftech 320 radiator, a used Apogee GTX water block, Typhoon III reservoir, and the big swiftech pump. I got three Enermax fans to put on top of the rad because the orange blades look cool when I look down onto the top of my HAF. Best of all it stays cool and allows me to OC.
SeptimusOctopus
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3 EMS:
Yeah, I put it together myself. I had a blast building everything too. I've got the Apogee GTZ on my cpu, and the swiftech generic video card block plus the specific heat sink for my GTX 275 video card. I have the xspc dual bay split res with a swiftech 355 pump attached (the split res works as a sort of super res top). Then I've got a swiftech 320 quiet power rad with 3 gentle typhoons on it.
My main concern was making a quiet pc that keeps temps relatively low, and that's basically what I've gotten from it. I've got the rad mounted to the back of my case with a radbox, so I had to drill a couple holes in the back of the case to pass the pipes through. I couldn't justify buying a new case, but if I had I likely would have gone with the HAF 932 or Corsair Obsidian.
Yeah, I put it together myself. I had a blast building everything too. I've got the Apogee GTZ on my cpu, and the swiftech generic video card block plus the specific heat sink for my GTX 275 video card. I have the xspc dual bay split res with a swiftech 355 pump attached (the split res works as a sort of super res top). Then I've got a swiftech 320 quiet power rad with 3 gentle typhoons on it.
My main concern was making a quiet pc that keeps temps relatively low, and that's basically what I've gotten from it. I've got the rad mounted to the back of my case with a radbox, so I had to drill a couple holes in the back of the case to pass the pipes through. I couldn't justify buying a new case, but if I had I likely would have gone with the HAF 932 or Corsair Obsidian.
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