Radeon Xpress 200m

[Kataphraktoi]

With 384 RAM. Yes, its a laptop. Does it have a hope in the cold, dark lands of Heck of running civ4? My main computer is fried at the moment

Anyone that has run civ4 on a laptop, feedback appreciated

[Nor Me]

It should be fine.

I'm playing it on an 128MB Geforce Go 7400 with no problems. My last laptop had a 64MB mobility Radeon 9700 which could handle it.

Is all of that 384MB dedicated video memory or is it shared with the rest of the system? As my last laptop had only 512MB with it's 64MB graphics card, I still couldn't see that being a problem but you could do with a full 1GB at least to handle the late game on huge maps.

I first played Civ4 with a Geforce 2 MX. There was the odd glitch, which might have been fixed by a patch, but it was playable on small maps.

[Kuciwalker]

I think he means the whole system has 384

[Kloreep]

I agree with Nor Me that the video card will likely be all right; although I don't know the specifics of yours, anything recent enough from ATI or NVidia should be all right. If it has at least 64 MB VRAM I'd guess it is (recent enough). Just turn all the detail settings off/down all the way and that part should run pretty smoothly. I myself am okay with a Radeon Mobility x300 w/ 64 MB VRAM. RAM will likely be a bigger problem for you, especially if you're trying to run both XP and Civ4 with only 384; just make sure your virtual memory has a decently high limit.

[Kataphraktoi]

Ok, it only needs to load up, not actualy play a game. I wanted to check out the DG position

Thanks

I think he means the whole system has 384