Xeon and 64bit - work with Civ IV ?

kiwitt

kiwitt

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I generally buy PCs for the long term (6 years, with mid-life upgrade) and am looking at possibly getting the following machine as my new PC

* CPU: Intel Xeon Quad Core E5420 2.5G 12Mb ACTIVE
* Motherboard: Asus Z7S WS Skull Trail High Performance Board
* Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Dual DVI / TV-Out (Crossfired)
* RAM: 2 x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC Fully Buffered CL5 DIMM
* HDD: WD 10000rpm 300GB 16MB 3.5 VelociRaptor SATA
* Optical Drive: Sony BDUX10S Internal Blu Ray BD-ROM Drive SATA
* Sound: Realtek 888S 8-channel High-Definition Audio CODEC
* Lan: 2 x Marvell 88E8056 Dual Gb LAN
* Case: Chenbro Workstation Case, with Non-Hotswap HDD Cage
* Power Supply: Chenbro 600 Watt PS/2 EPS12V, Mini-Redundant
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In addition, I want to move to Vista 64bit.

Will I be able to play Civ IV on this Xeon and Vista-64 bit PC ?
 
as long as you install the game with full administrator rights (i.e. make sure to explicitly give the installer and all patches admin rights during install). You should be fine. Note however that Civ4 was only really brought up to speed with regards to Vista in the 1.74 patch and that it is not a 64bit application - so it will never run on more than one core - so the other 3 are mostly wasted in terms of performance (well not quite since the game can actually use one whole processor and not share it with other programs - but still it won't be as fast as you might expect) :)
 
Thanks for that. I suspect later versions of Civ will be Multi-core aware.
 
ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Motherboard <- Was offered an Intel one, but this had better component cooling, for longer life possibily
INTEL Core i7 920 2.66 Ghz <- Sufficient for my needs - being LGA1366 can upgrade later if required.
G.SKILL 2GB DDR3-1600 x 3 = 6 GB in total <- Excellent for me to continue my Virtualisation
Sapphire HD 4870 512 MB DDR3 - Toxic version <- Overclocked, don't need 1 GB and the GX2s are overheating and being returned
150 GB VelociRaptor 10,000rpm HDD <- Don't trust SSD just yet
CoolerMaster 690 Black with eSATA, USBx2, Audio ports on top !!!
Silverstone OP700 700 watt PSU <- Sufficient for my initial needs
LG-DVD 20x, LogiTech Keyboard, Microsoft Mouse
Windows Vista 64bit Home Premium
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All graphics features are now turned up high.

Here is my PC/Civ History

Civ I = XT Laptop
Civ II = P133/Trio 64/16MB
Civ III = K2-300/Trio 64/64 MB <=Upgraded
Civ III = XP1800/Ti-4200/512 MB <=New PC
Civ IV = XP1800/6600GT/3 GB <=Upgraded
Civ IV = PentiumM/ATI9000m/1.5 GB <=Spare laptop - PC Died
Civ IV = Core i7/HD4870/6GB <=New PC
Civ V = ????? hopefully no new PC
 
:( Still not fast enough for "Road to War" when it changes to Winter. It takes about 20-30secs to process.

However, I won't turn it off as suggested in some threads as I want the Russians to have some bonuses.
 
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