Will Windows 7 or Chrome OS affect Civ?

[deanej]

Package manager does work great, but it isn't obvious that you need to check their first. In the Windows world you just download the application from the internet and run the installer. At least some of my problems are probably related to the fact that I had to do so many internet updates. Even compiling isn't that hard (once you get use to it, assuming you're comfortable with command line), it's the libraries that can be tricky.

 

[Vortilex]

I think I'll just get 7 when it comes out. I've decided that there are reasons why they decided to finish Vista.

 

[JBConquests]

JBC, try downloading the latest drivers for your video chipset.

Intel: http://www.intel.com/
ATI: http://www.ati.com/
Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/

Don't ever go to the OEM's web site, because they never keep up to date.

Also, I'd advise uninstalling your current video driver, installing the latest video driver (even if it's the same version -- this can fix issues), uninstalling the game, reinstalling the game (from scratch; make sure that everything is gone, except maybe your saved games/HOF), and, finally, make sure that you're completely up to date with the latest DirectX 9 and 10 updates.

I'm sure you've tried all of the above already, but if you're willing to humor me and do it all over again (I know, it sucks, and I hate going through that pain, too), maybe we can get the game running in fullscreen again.

My guess is that somewhere along the line, one of your drivers (I suspect the video driver) was overwritten by an older, Windows 7-default driver.

As it turns out, all I needed to do was to go directly to NVIDIA and download the latest windows 7 drivers and install them. Civilization IV worked fine then on Windows 7 RTM. I guess I won't pay too much attention to the drivers on the Dell site from now on...

 

[Vladesch]

For tbs games like Civ4 it runs almost perfectly under wine in linux. For other games where framerate is an issue, I would avoid linux, as there is always going to be a penalty for running direct3d games in an opengl emulator.

Some games have native opengl mode, such as world of warcraft, but my experience is they are still slower.

 

[OnmyojiOmn]

I've been playing Civ4 with Windows 7 for months and I haven't had a single problem.

 

[TheLazyHase]

Some games have native opengl mode, such as world of warcraft, but my experience is they are still slower.

For me it has been the contrary. Windows XP -> inux had been a steep progress in perf for WoW.

 

[Vortilex]

I think that it has to do with the computer you installed Linux (and later Chrome) on. If you started with a slower machine, maybe Linux is slower. If you started with a faster one, Linux is faster. It might not matter if you installed it over XP or Vista, or on a Mac.