frekk
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Hell ... computer manufacturers should consider funding new versions of civ and providing them as a free download. Seems like the hardware guys are going to be making more money than the software developers.
Who else has already bought a new PC in anticipation of Civ V?
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internet sites applying performance tests should test with civ5 huge map/1900AD
they press enter to end turn and count seconds
we see the comparison graph and buy pc accordingly
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internet sites applying performance tests should test with civ5 huge map/1900AD
they press enter to end turn and count seconds
we see the comparison graph and buy pc accordingly
Kind of such tests I made with civ4 to see the effect of
1 GB RAM vs 2 GB RAM.
Yes, 2 GB RAM was siginificantly better
RRtexasranger
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internet sites applying performance tests should test with civ5 huge map/1900AD
they press enter to end turn and count seconds
we see the comparison graph and buy pc accordingly
That really should be a benchmark for CPUs.
Well if you're going to stay with XP then 4 gig is the most you can have anyway. It's a 32 bit OS and those are restricted to a max of 4 gig of RAM. You'd need to switch to a 64 bit OS in order to use more. I suspect though that 4 gig will be enough for Civ 5. It kind of sounds like Firaxis has tried to make it as backwards compatible as possible.
SeptimusOctopus
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There are 64 bit versions of XP Pro, but they're not really all that common. I don't know why anyone would want to stay with it though. Windows 7 really is quite an improvement in my opinion.
In any event, it does seem that Firaxis is trying much harder than other developers do to keep Civ5 playable on older (relatively) systems.
In any event, it does seem that Firaxis is trying much harder than other developers do to keep Civ5 playable on older (relatively) systems.
I will most likely need a new computer. Current is Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop, 1.8 Gz Dual, 1 GB ram, 256Mb X1400 Ati Mobility.
Fine for Civ 4, will be fine for Elemental: War of Magic (other game I'm interested in) and probably might maybe let me play Civ V on a 10x10 hexagon map..... Sluggishly.....
I'm waiting until the game is released before I consider buying, not that I doubt the quality of Civ V but rather to get the best bang for buck. Buy now and it will be obsolete in 4 months.....
Fine for Civ 4, will be fine for Elemental: War of Magic (other game I'm interested in) and probably might maybe let me play Civ V on a 10x10 hexagon map..... Sluggishly.....
I'm waiting until the game is released before I consider buying, not that I doubt the quality of Civ V but rather to get the best bang for buck. Buy now and it will be obsolete in 4 months.....
Ouch! I'm surprised you can even play Civ 4 on that one. I'm guessing you don't play Huge maps.
Drago Askani
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One of the beautiful things about win 7 is they are nice enough to put both a 32bit and 64bit disks for the OS in the box. So when I get my machine and put it on I iwll have 4 gigs and use the 32bit, but if later down the road games start taking advantage of 64 bit my mobo supports up to 16 gigs. So new ram and an OS reinstall and I will be rocking 64bit.
That's good to know. When I bought Vista, I thought I was getting a 64 bit OS and was quite disappointed to discover that I had to go out of my way to get that version. I felt kind of deceived actually.
kiwitt
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I played Civ 4 on an Athlon XP 1800 and even an Pentium M 1.6 each with 1.5 GB of RAM, albeit standard maps.
kiwitt
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Kind of such tests I made with civ4 to see the effect of
1 GB RAM vs 2 GB RAM.
Yes, 2 GB RAM was siginificantly better
3 GB will be even better as that will give Civ 4 a whole 2GB of RAM. That is the limit each application gets under Windows 32 by design.
Drago Askani
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My advice would be to go with an I5-750, it can overclock on air to about 3.6 and over 4ghz on liquid. And being a quad it future proofs you a bit more then the i3 series of dual cores does.
By the time the software industry catches up to quad-cores, any CPU he buys now will be obsolete anyway. Developers have barely even embraced dual-core technology yet, never mind quad-core.
The SciWalker
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I hope that the "Father of China" Dr Sun Yat-Sen would be included as the leader of china. He is the one who fought for ending the Qing dynasty's rule in China and forged a modern republic of China.
sooo, do you suggest buying two cores? Like an Core i3 one?
I'd say it doesn't matter. Either one will do.
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