civ 3 slows way down

[Guest]

civ 3 slows down so far in. i have 1g ram radeon 9000
graphics card . all updates, patches ect. run windows xp.
i have no more hair couse i pulled it all out lol.....

[Sheik]

Close any programs running in the background.

[Bangedup]

I have read several posts on this and I think it all adds up to crummy programming. I have 640 ram and 800 athlon and I wont try to run anything larger than standard size maps. It sucks and is the reason I didn't buy the expansion pack.

[alva]

First of all, the grafic card isn't all that important.
Huge maps are fully playable as long as you keep the number of civs down.
Originaaly it was designed for 8 civ's at once, but firaxis gave in on popular demand.

So expect slowdowns on not state of hte art material and even then.

[Raion]

This is Civilization.

You actually need a 4.8gH computer and a really fast Internet to play it.

It's also about reality, or lack thereof.



Don't worry, when one gets a faster computer in a couple of years, and Civilization runs alright, it will still be on the hard drive when other games have come and gone.



One needs a Civilization first!
I guess!