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well, looks like its time to save up 900 dollars for a new pc...
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Sep 21, 2010
Civilization V brings brand new gameplay elements to this beloved franchise, while maintaining the "just one more turn" mentality.
My PC can't handle this game, sadness ensues.
" Yeah, I know what you're sayin'. I can run it beautifully, but I mainly want to play with my brother who is using a laptop running at around 6 fps. He played around 10 turns before he said "fuck it". "6 fps? Ouch... That is pretty bad.
" If all the settings on low and the resolution turned down doesn't help, I might suggest using the strategic view. It's the same game with a simplified view. "tried.. the thing is, once i saw the quick look (clouds + water + overall amazing looking game), thats what i want my game to look like. but the clouds aren't clouds. they're greyed out hexagons haha. :(
" :( well, looks like its time to save up 900 dollars for a new pc... "You don't have to save up $900 if you just need to upgrade your video card or CPU...
" @Jayzz said:naw i need to, I have a Laptop right now that can (somehow) run sc2 pretty well, but not civ 5." :( well, looks like its time to save up 900 dollars for a new pc... "You don't have to save up $900 if you just need to upgrade your video card or CPU... "
" @OllyOxenFree said:SC2 is pretty damn optimized, as with all other Blizzard games. But yes, if you have a laptop then just getting a new video card isn't going to cut it. Civilization V is also a very heavy CPU centric game." @Jayzz said:naw i need to, I have a Laptop right now that can (somehow) run sc2 pretty well, but not civ 5. "" :( well, looks like its time to save up 900 dollars for a new pc... "You don't have to save up $900 if you just need to upgrade your video card or CPU... "
" @Jayzz said:yeah its kinda lame, i wish i never watched that Civ 5 quick look D:" @OllyOxenFree said:SC2 is pretty damn optimized, as with all other Blizzard games. But yes, if you have a laptop then just getting a new video card isn't going to cut it. Civilization V is also a very heavy CPU centric game. "" @Jayzz said:naw i need to, I have a Laptop right now that can (somehow) run sc2 pretty well, but not civ 5. "" :( well, looks like its time to save up 900 dollars for a new pc... "You don't have to save up $900 if you just need to upgrade your video card or CPU... "
" @Jayzz said:Not to mention that upgrading a graphics card in a Laptop is more or less impossible." @OllyOxenFree said:SC2 is pretty damn optimized, as with all other Blizzard games. But yes, if you have a laptop then just getting a new video card isn't going to cut it. Civilization V is also a very heavy CPU centric game. "" @Jayzz said:naw i need to, I have a Laptop right now that can (somehow) run sc2 pretty well, but not civ 5. "" :( well, looks like its time to save up 900 dollars for a new pc... "You don't have to save up $900 if you just need to upgrade your video card or CPU... "
Good luck on the new PC purchase. I plan to build my own sometime soon. Maybe I'll wait until christmas time so my parents can buy me some of the parts.
" If all the settings on low and the resolution turned down doesn't help, I might suggest using the strategic view. It's the same game with a simplified view. "Except, for me at least, strategic view crashes the game if it's open during an auto-save turn.
Sucks about the OP. All of my settings are set somewhere between off and low and the game runs acceptable, although the in-between turn slowdown that used to happen late game in Civ4 now starts happening in during BC times.
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