Will you buy a new computer for Civ5?

[The Emperor Fabulous]

My current computer is a Dell mini10 netbook. So yes.

[Felch]

I just got a new one in January, so no, I'll probably be fine.

[CanuckSoldier]

I just bought this rig, I needed a new one anyway, and Civ5 gave me an exuse to hand off my 2 year old ASUS for this :P

http://asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=bplbQOy6w8myYSq5

CS

[Quintillus]

Voids the warranty.

At least the memory does not - I've upgraded that on an in-warranty Dell before, told them so, and not had any issues. Hard drive shouldn't, either - operating system I know does not, also from personal experience (technically downgrading, but same basic difference). Even optical drive shouldn't matter; same goes for wireless cards. Anything internal and yeah, that's iffy territory, but (at least for U.S. least-expensive-line home system consumers) Dell doesn't bar the easy upgrades.

I bought a new computer system for Civ4. My 256MB graphics card doesn't handle some huge maps (had to abort a Planet Generator v0.68 game due to graphic crashes every turn), so I'll definitely get a new 1GB graphics card. The computer is single core, so I'll have to see how that goes as I adjust to the game and advance up the map sizes.

Conflict: saving for both a new computer near year end and an iPad (primarily for e-books) a half year earlier. At least my monitor is good.

Well, with Civ5 coming out, that should be an easy choice .

I'll be sticking with my vintage 2007 Dell system regardless, though, and not upgrading it (anymore than I already have) for Civ alone, at least. The only exception is if my current system breaks down, in which case I'm still not sure I'd be willing to spend enough for a veritable upgrade this year.

[thyrwyn]

already did not "specifically" to play Civ V, but that certainly flavored my decision making process. . .

[ColdWizard]

I too recently bought a new computer. However, it's a laptop and gaming performance was not a consideration. So if it can play civ 5 complete/gold/whatever, great. If not, I'm not fussed.

[Japher]

I certainly hope so. Wifey might have a say in that though.

[SpencerH]

Nope. I might be willing to upgrade the video card but even that change is unlikely to be necessary.

[Blaupanzer]

We'll see. More ram and bigger video card maybe or whole thing if that's really necessary. PROVIDED that Civ V is not Civ III redux. As noted, we'll see.

[CanuckSoldier]

We'll see. More ram and bigger video card maybe or whole thing if that's really necessary. PROVIDED that Civ V is not Civ III redux. As noted, we'll see.

I'm pretty sure I can assure you that Civ5 will be a new animal and not significantly like Civ3 or Civ4, other than still being a GOD Game. The hex tiles and 1UPT pretty much makes this a no brainer.

CS

[ColdPhoenix]

I'm pretty sure I can assure you that Civ5 will be a new animal and not significantly like Civ3 or Civ4, other than still being a GOD Game. The hex tiles and 1UPT pretty much makes this a no brainer.

CS

I assumed he was alluding to Civ3's reputation as the worst of the series rather than the actual workings of the game.

Personally I thought that Civ3 was still a better game than Civ2 and worth buying though. (Not a better game for it's time than Civ2, but a better game overall)

[Dinner]

My computer is pushing three years old so it's pretty much time to buy a new one. I know they said the game would be released in fall 2010 but I suspect it won't be out until Sep-Nov just in time for the Xmas buying season so I'll aim on buying a computer around the same time.

[wodan11]

I know they said the game would be released in fall 2010 but I suspect it won't be out until Sep-Nov

Hrmm. Are you aware that the definition of the Fall / Autumn season (in the northern hemisphere) is Sep-Nov?

[Azuarc]

I just hope the game doesn't bog down horribly like Civ 4 did for me. I don't know if it was my card, my memory, or just the game itself, but some stuff just took forever. My #1 hope for Civ 5 is that they streamline the engine so I don't have to spend long periods of time between turns or in some cases just getting one units to move.

[rah]

I bought a new desktop for IV so it's about time to buy a new one anyway. I hope the laptop I bought two years ago will still be good enough.