Civ3 system requirements from the infograms website

[Urban Ranger]

I don't think Civ 3 needs a very fast processor. Actually the important thing is amount of memory you have, so the game can fit into memory. If you have a slower processor, all it means is the game will be slower

The graphics mode doesn't seem right, it should be 800x600 to cover a much larger audience. 800x600 is good on a 15" monitor. 1024x768 requires a 17" monitor.

[Alex 14]

The requirments given out by Infogrames look like standard requirments for the game, i'll be surprised if 300 Mhz is a minimal PC requirement. 32MB Ram looks like the least you should have to play the game.

These requirments look a little too high, because I have run more advanced games smoothly on a PC less powerful than the requirments show.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
800x600 is good on a 15" monitor. 1024x768 requires a 17" monitor.

800x600 is not good on a 15" monitor, such monitor requires 1024x768! And a 17" needs 1280x1024 otherwise it looks too ugly

[Sabre2th]

I disagree ADG. Thanks for your opinion anyway.

[Sabre2th]

I would also like to point out that my 17" Trinitron monitor is set on a beautiful 1024x768.

[Executor]

Originally posted by KoalaBear33
Executor you are the first person that I have ever met who doesn't use a swap file The swap file is basically virtual RAM so if you run out of RAM then the OS uses the swap file as extra RAM. Since you have 384MB RAM you should be all right under most circumstances. I wonder what happens when you do run out of memory (try opening up as many applications as you can). I think your PC will crash. It's best to enable swap file unless you are 100% positive that your PC is not going to use all of the 384MB RAM.

KoalaBear33

I use a proggie called Cacheman, and it tells me exactly how much RAM I have free at any one moment. Right now, I have 117MB free.

I've tried opening as many programs as possible, and I ran out of the System and User resources (I have 22% free at the moment) with 80MB free.

I disabled the swap file because I noticed that Windows would use it even when there was lots of free RAM.

[CivPatriot]

If those specs are correct, and I don't see why not, then GREAT!! I was hoping that my computer would run Civ3.

I wonder if the Mac version will be OS X or Classic? I hope X(I'm buying a Mac before I go to college)

[Darkknight]

Well so much for my P166 96mbRAM Win95 PC but it should be fine on my laptop PIII633 256mbRAM Win2K!

[joseph1944]

Originally posted by Darkknight
Well so much for my P166 96mbRAM Win95 PC but it should be fine on my laptop PIII633 256mbRAM Win2K!

I still think the game will run on a 233 P-1.. Isn't a 300 a P-II?
If it is, than they would loose all of the sales to P-I owners. Keep in mine that Sid himself said he would keep the requirements as low as possible so everone can play the game.
Darkknight, I heard somewhere that MicroSoft will stop supporting Win 95 in 2002.

[Solver]

Excellent! I'm so happy I don't need a new machine for this, and I love that civ games have such low requirements. This is why I still have 64MB RAM, just because everything I have runs fine with it. My current concern is getting a cable modem. Thanks Sid, I'll interview you someday, as a reward .

[KoalaBear33]

Don't get your hopes up on the low system req... things might change a bit so you should reserve some money for upgrades...

KoalaBear33

[Grumbold]

A P300 is pretty old and it may be that they are being careful to keep the specs inclusive, i.e. Win95 may run Civ-III on a P233 but W2K is more demanding. A second hand P300 only costs about the same price as a game in the UK now so it might be worthwhile considering upgrading anyway if the prices are similar in the US.

[Gothmog]

What is a Pentium 300 anyway? I never heard of that model. They must have meant Pentium II 300 mhz.

[Zealot]

I object!

It's great to see that you are all happy, but I'm not! My monitor, despite being 14", only supports up to a 800 x 600 resolution!
I have to demand a support for 800x600! How can I explain to my parents that I need a new monitor just to play a game?!? After all, a monitor is just a monitor! I didn't play Railroad Tycoon II because of that, but I can live with that.
But not without CIV III!!!

Give me support for 800x600!

Pretty please?

[N35t0r]

Urban Ranger, i don't think this is entirely like that...

Processor speeds are very important in this; a CPU with 100 Mhz can handle the same amount of info that a CPU with 200 Mhz but only half it's RAM... (roughly, this does not take RAM speed into account)

I've experienced that SMAC works MUCH better on an P166 with 20 MB RAM than on my P 133 with 20 MB ram...