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Civ is one of those games that have enough nostalgia for me, that I always buy it at release. I even preordered this from amazon, using the 20% prime discount, and got the 25th Anniv edition.

I remember Civ I did not my interest for long, but then really playing the heck out of Civ II.

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

I'll hold off on Civ 6 until the first expansion comes out.

warspite1

+1

Me too.

And I like Civ V.

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

I'll hold off on Civ 6 until the first expansion comes out.

warspite1

+1

Me too.

And I like Civ V.

Me too, and I don't like Civ5 at all.

The hardware requirements for CIV 6 are at http://www.civfanatics.com/

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

The hardware requirements for CIV 6 are at http://www.civfanatics.com/

Thanks for the link! [:)]

Dx11 was released in 2008 or 2009, so it's not exactly brand new cutting edge tech.

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ORIGINAL: chemkid

Video card: 1 GB DirectX 11 Video Card (AMD 5570 or Nvidia 450)

MINIMUM?!!! [X(] sure...

...my trusty w510 on the trash? - ...or another $50 saved (remind me to skip LPs for this title) [:'(]

@Zorch - thanks for the link!

warspite1

Forgive the stupid question but how do I know if my computer is up to the task. All that Direct X stuff gives me a headache...and as for the rest of it [&:]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: chemkid

Video card: 1 GB DirectX 11 Video Card (AMD 5570 or Nvidia 450)

MINIMUM?!!! [X(] sure...

...my trusty w510 on the trash? - ...or another $50 saved (remind me to skip LPs for this title) [:'(]

@Zorch - thanks for the link!

warspite1

Forgive the stupid question but how do I know if my computer is up to the task. All that Direct X stuff gives me a headache...and as for the rest of it [&:]

I make a guess:
AMD 5570 = AMD Radeon 5570
Nvidia 450 = Nvidia GeForce 450

DirectX is bunch of drivers and comparable software which you can download for free. Run dxdiag (hit Windows logo + r on your keyboard, type dxdiag, and hit the enter) to see what version you've got. If you see DirectX version # to be smaller than 11, you need to find and download DirectX 11.

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: chemkid

Video card: 1 GB DirectX 11 Video Card (AMD 5570 or Nvidia 450)

MINIMUM?!!! [X(] sure...

...my trusty w510 on the trash? - ...or another $50 saved (remind me to skip LPs for this title) [:'(]

@Zorch - thanks for the link!

warspite1

Forgive the stupid question but how do I know if my computer is up to the task. All that Direct X stuff gives me a headache...and as for the rest of it [&:]

Robert, post your PC specs here, you will get all the answers you need here. [:)]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: chemkid

Video card: 1 GB DirectX 11 Video Card (AMD 5570 or Nvidia 450)

MINIMUM?!!! [X(] sure...

...my trusty w510 on the trash? - ...or another $50 saved (remind me to skip LPs for this title) [:'(]

@Zorch - thanks for the link!

warspite1

Forgive the stupid question but how do I know if my computer is up to the task. All that Direct X stuff gives me a headache...and as for the rest of it [&:]

Try this: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

Just ran it to see if I can run Civ 6

The result. http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cy ... on-6/13429

Video card meets minimum.

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: chemkid


MINIMUM?!!! [X(] sure...

...my trusty w510 on the trash? - ...or another $50 saved (remind me to skip LPs for this title) [:'(]

@Zorch - thanks for the link!

warspite1

Forgive the stupid question but how do I know if my computer is up to the task. All that Direct X stuff gives me a headache...and as for the rest of it [&:]

Try this: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

Just ran it to see if I can run Civ 6

The result. http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cy ... on-6/13429

Video card meets minimum.

warspite1

Thanks Emperor, I will take a look.

ORIGINAL: chemkid

sure thing, but my pc is not exactly brand new cutting edge tech either...
for me, it's more the vram requirements - someday... [8|]

Some of these new games take of +30 gig of disk space when installed.

If you set lower resolution, you can reduce the vram needed to run.

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1 gb of vram will be tough for some games. Keep in mind that Directx isn't just a software api. It also needs a certain level of hardware support, such as shader level. So even if you have enough memory or whatever, the gpu still might not fully support a directx version.

I usually google directx support level for specific cards when there is a question.

For instance, both the AMD 5570 and NVidia 450 are dx11 cards.

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/desktop/5000/5570
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gts-450-oem-us.html

ORIGINAL: Qwixt

1 gb of vram will be tough for some games. Keep in mind that Directx isn't just a software api. It also needs a certain level of hardware support, such as shader level. So even if you have enough memory or whatever, the gpu still might not fully support a directx version.

I usually google directx support level for specific cards when there is a question.

For instance, both the AMD 5570 and NVidia 450 are dx11 cards.

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/desktop/5000/5570
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gts-450-oem-us.html

Good to know...thanks for the links! [:)]

That game need a decent pc to run, minimum of 8GB of ram, esp if you want to play on large map with many civs. Need a video card that handle directx 11 or 12.

Many players failed on their games, due to hardware specs, that wasn't enough. So if you are planning on playing this a lot and want to have huge setup, like earth like. Better off doubling that base memory up to 16GB. A good video card as well, doesn't have to be state of the art. Most hardware are pretty cheap, for example Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 is really good for that price.

Check with newegg.com for hardware, some can be barebones. If you are planning on buying few parts over time, gonna waste money. If you are planning on building a new pc.

ORIGINAL: RisingSun

Better off doubling that base memory up to 16GB.

I have only 8 GB of RAM and it is enough (along with i7 and GeForce GTX 580 with 1,5 GB) to run Crysis smoothly at near maxed out settings. And now I find out it may not be enough for newest strategy games [X(]

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

ORIGINAL: RisingSun

Better off doubling that base memory up to 16GB.

I have only 8 GB of RAM and it is enough (along with i7 and GeForce GTX 580 with 1,5 GB) to run Crysis smoothly at near maxed out settings. And now I find out it may not be enough for newest strategy games [X(]

Civ VI recommended memory is 8gb, and 4gb for min spec.