Your system

Tattila the Hun · November 7, 2002, 06:57

Hello, I'm just curious, what kind of system do you use when playng Civ3? How well does it work?

Alex · November 7, 2002, 09:22

I'm using a Duron 850, w/ 256 RAM and a GeForce 2. The game plays smooth as silk.

Edit: oh, and Windows XP Home Edition.

vondrack · November 7, 2002, 09:25

Pentium 4/1.7GHz, 1GB RAM, Matrox G450 32MB + WINXP Pro. Smooth as Alexnm says.

Mrice16 · November 7, 2002, 09:46

I use a Pentium 4 2.0Ghz, 512 RAM, GeForce 4 128MB XP PRO. It works OK

One_Brow · November 7, 2002, 10:20

I have a Pentium II 550MHz 64M RAM from e-machines. It runs slowly for huge maps, but no other problems.

remeo · November 7, 2002, 10:26

I have Duron 800MHz 128MB no special video cart works ok but dunno about huge maps

endolphins · November 7, 2002, 10:43

im using a pentium III 400mhz 64 RAM without any vidocard or stuff... huge maps work ok

, but not w more than 6 players

, and i cant build maps

Alex · November 7, 2002, 12:31

More RAM = game flows better, especially in large or huge maps.

redstar1 · November 7, 2002, 12:48

Quote:

Originally posted by Mrice16
I use a Pentium 4 2.0Ghz, 512 RAM, GeForce 4 128MB XP PRO. It works OK

LOL

I should have thought anything would 'work ok' on that

Nikolai · November 7, 2002, 13:40

I have a P4 2.0 GHz, 512 MB, 120GB HD(got to include that!

), GeForce4 64 MB(I think), Windows XP Home. It works very(

) well!

Alex · November 7, 2002, 15:06

We need an :envy: smilie...

vmxa1 · November 7, 2002, 15:28

AMD 1.6gz 512 mb radeon 8500 on 21" using XP PRO

mrmitchell · November 7, 2002, 15:30

PIII 863 MHz, 128 MB, 20GB HD, Win ME,

I know its a dinosaur but it still plays relatively smooth

Does anyone have a bunch of P4s, preferably >2GHz, that they want to get rid of for free?

Solver · November 7, 2002, 16:18

My dinosaur:

500 MHz, 128 RAM. Will get a new one soon probably though

. Plays very fine on Standard maps, since PtW I can also play on Huge + 16 civs.

lateralis · November 7, 2002, 18:57

PowerMac G4 2 x 1 gHz
1.5 gig RAM
80 gig factory HDD
40 gig add on HDD
GeForce4 MX 64meg dual head vid card

everything runs pretty smooth

Macintosh REPRESENT!!!!

Lateralis

Tiberius · November 8, 2002, 03:52

AMD Duron 900 MHz, 256 MB RAM, S3 Savage4 16 MB video, Win Me.

Works fine on standard maps and 8 civs. Don't know for huge maps and 16 civs 'cause I play with standard settings.

Tiberius · November 8, 2002, 03:55

Quote:

Originally posted by lateralis
PowerMac G4 2 x 1 gHz
1.5 gig RAM
80 gig factory HDD
40 gig add on HDD
GeForce4 MX 64meg dual head vid card

everything runs pretty smooth

Macintosh REPRESENT!!!!

Lateralis

Jesus Christ! Are you playing on a server or what? 1.5 GB of RAM

bongo · November 8, 2002, 10:56

I have a P3, 550MHz with 128MB RAM, it works fine but slows down in the end-game. I suspect that a week graphic-card(AIT rage lt 8MB(!)) is a bottleneck. I added another 128MB RAM and it helped some, not much though.

Lucarse · November 8, 2002, 11:07

Dell Athlon 1.4GHz
128 RAM
Stealth 3D card (4mb)
WIN 2000 (you know O/S can play a part)

Runs Like the wind until i alt-tab and open my mail..... snore

anarres · November 8, 2002, 11:19

AthlonXP1700, 512Mb RAM, GForce3 64Mb, Striped RAID 160GB HDD ATA133

, 21" FST IIYAMA, Win2k (I _hate_ XP)

Runs like a beauty in 1600x1200, 100Hz. No problem running other stuff in background.

eden5900 · November 8, 2002, 14:17

Hey Kids - Can you gujys check out "SLOW MOTION SUCKS" Thread and let me know if anyone has any ideas? All game animations run in slow mo. Thanks.
tim.

Unspeakable Horror · November 8, 2002, 14:25

PIII 600Mhz
256 RAM
GForce 1
WinXP Pro
It works ok even on huge maps (until Industrial Era)

Jaybe · November 8, 2002, 16:22

HP pavilion 7935 1.3GHz, 30GB HD, 384MB, but NO AGP slot so animations are sllooww. I do NOT like having to turn off animations for battles!

G4 iMac (15" screen) 800MHz, 768MB, 60GB HD, NVDA GeForce 2MX. The video speed about makes up for its slower processor speed compared to the HP.

Quote:

Jesus Christ! Are you playing on a server or what? 1.5 GB of RAM

He probably just does graphic arts & video (the Mac specialties). With that much RAM he can probably have all the supporting apps open at once.

Jon Shafer · November 8, 2002, 16:40

Quote:

Originally posted by vmxa1
AMD 1.6gz 512 mb radeon 8500 on 21" using XP PRO

'Cept for the 21" and the AMD (I've got a laptop), that's me. :P

Mattaba · November 9, 2002, 15:57

PIII 500 192 MB RAM TNT2 32 MB.
I only play standard maps.

alva · November 10, 2002, 09:26

amd 1400 TB(works like 1200 d*mned ECS mobo's)
256ddr
geforce 1(sdr) (the original

)
19inch (sampo)
80G&40G HD's
win XP

Quote:

Dell Athlon 1.4GHz
128 RAM
Stealth 3D card (4mb)
WIN 2000 (you know O/S can play a part)

Runs Like the wind until i alt-tab and open my mail..... snore

200$ and your pc is ready to fly again
(especially that stealth thing needs to be changed

)
(and add a bit more MEM while your at it

)

sgrig · November 10, 2002, 10:02

I have a Celeron 650 laptop, with 384MB RAM (running Win2000). Actually before I only had 128MB of RAM, and although it handled 140x140 maps with 12 players very well, but the slowdown was tremendous for 256x256 maps with 16 civs - waiting times were upto 40-50 minutes (read a book a browse the net during that!). However now with the recent upgrade, I started a PTW game on 300x300 map with 24 players, and currently I'm in late ancient age (but with most of the map already covered with cities) and waiting time is about 90 secs. However this with about 5 windows of IE6 open, Excel, Outlook, WinAmp playing and maybe other software and while the civ turns are happening, task switching is instantaneous.

I guess for a fairer comparison I should start a more reasonable game, but I just want to see where the limit of my upgraded computer is!

Jon Shafer · November 10, 2002, 11:22

I agree, Civ 3 and the editor are quite a bit more efficient. Especially the editor.

No longer does my 1.6 gHz sit for 5 seconds every time I put a road down.

lateralis · November 10, 2002, 15:39

There is one key reason I have 1.5 gig of RAM. because I can!!!

I bought 2 512m sticks back when Ram was in the bargain basement before it went back up and then back down again. (I guess its pretty cheap again now? I wouldn't know, all my machines are maxed out

) I also play on a tiBook 800 with 768m RAM. On bigger maps, (especially huge) it can lag a bit.

lateralis

BTW Yes, I use my mac for all that "memory intesive" stuff . ie, CIV3

Finvola · November 10, 2002, 20:52

1.4 GHZ, AMD Athlon,256MB SDRAM,60GB Ultra DMA Hard drive