Release Date

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
Civ III does not require a Pentium III, it requires a PII 300Mhz, which is even a middle-of-the-road PII

Also, I'm not sure where you got the idea that you needed a 3D video card, because you don't -- you simply need to be able to do 1024x768x16bit color.

For all these months that have felt like years I have feared that CivIII might need a bigger machine then my "P2 350 Mhz 64 RAM crummy old graphics card"! Thank you Mister Magaha, if you are reading this you are reading the post of a very happy Civer.

[Rasputin]

hey the game must be finished if they got time to post at apolyton again.. well done Firaxis !!!

now lets hope itsa world wide release, not October in USA , November in Europe, December in Asia , Jan in rest of world or even later !!!

[Provost Harrison]

Well I seem to be managing just fine with my Athlon 700 (1st gen). I have no need for an upgrade for a good while yet. In fact, I have no money for an upgrade for a while yet

[JellyDonut]

I wish somebody would release the Mac system reqs. I don't think I have to worry tho. I've got a 500MHz iMac.

[Sabre2th]

IMAC=BLEH

In fact, ALL MAC=BLEH

Is the mac version coming out at the same time? Or are they coming back to that after? I don't have a mac, but this might interest some of the other Apolytoners.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS



Civ III does not require a Pentium III, it requires a PII 300Mhz, which is even a middle-of-the-road PII. By the time the game hits shelves, Pentium 4 2Ghz machines will be available, so by contrast, PII-300Mhz doesn't sound unreasonable to me, but I suppose I'm slighly biased


Dan

Dan, what difference does it make what PC's are being sold when the game hits the shelves. Its what people own that matters. And there have been huge sales of PC's all through the last 4 years - which, given the lack of any new killers apps (other than games) means lots of those machines are still out there - lots of 2 and three year old mid range and budget machines. (anyone have any data on the installed base of PC's?) Now serious gamers of course have better machines, but you will lose part of your market due to the requirements. But then you knew that, there are trade-offs, etc. Ah well.

LOTM

[tniem]

Originally posted by Sabre2th
Is the mac version coming out at the same time? Or are they coming back to that after? I don't have a mac, but this might interest some of the other Apolytoners.

Another company is making the mac version. Can't remember their names. Any way they said they hope to make the mac version's release coincide with the pc release as much as possible. I do not believe however that they have given any specs yet.

[Sabre2th]

LOTM: Civ3's requirements are equal to or lower than most games on shelves now. Firaxis had to start somewhere.

[MidKnight Lament]

I whole-heartedly agree. Anything less than a 300 would have been holding back too much. (I can say that despite the fact I'm sitting on a P2 233.) I thought the minimum specs were mighty reasonable actually.

Kudos to Dan for answering in good humour when there's so much pessimistic anarchistic rubbish being posted in the threads here these days. I think they've shown a great deal of patience, and sure enough, they came up with the goods in the end.

[Solver]

Dan's comments inspire me very much. I'll be able to play with ease. Just a question, is 300MHz minimal or Medium? Anyway, I'm proud with low requirements for Civ!

[Rasputin]

actually i wish they were higher minimum standards, i could justify upgrading then, cant do that till i have a need now !!!oh well theres always civ 3 MPGE !!!!!!!

[Fidel]

In any case, my 600Mz company Dell laptop will be able to handle it. No longer will business travel be a drag (until stupid bateries go blank after 2 hrs)....
There is God, after all...

[rah]

Originally posted by Ming
A God has spoken... YES!!!!!!

As a member of the:
The Official Apolyton Optimist Civers Club (OFAOPCiCLu)
all I can say is... We have many reasons to be Optimistic!

Thanks for commenting.

Keep on Civin'

Ditto

RAH

[Urban Ranger]

I am a god

Months ago I predicted that Civ 3 will run on PII 400MHz. That's pretty close to the real thing

Seriously it's a very modest requirement, even though Dan hasn't told us anything about how much memory do we need.

I think you can run it on a slower computer, it just takes longer for the computer players to take their turns.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by MarkG
ok, people, run for intel's site! when are p4 2ghz scheduled to be on the market?

I have browsed a norwegian site named hardware.no, and there it stands that P4 2 GHz will hit the shelves in third quarter this year. That could mean [drool] that the unofficial release date that says around christmas are right!

Yes I know Firaxis haven't informed about the release date yet, but hey, we have to do something in the middletime!