Release Date

[java4me]

I think that they should at least make the resolution for the game at least 800x600 and have the option of uping it to 1024x768 or higher!

[Solver]

Guys, thanks for support . Shortly, I'll start a new thread about it, so that Firaxis see it, asking them about the issue. Hold on...

[Zealot]

Originally posted by Solver
Guys, thanks for support . Shortly, I'll start a new thread about it, so that Firaxis see it, asking them about the issue. Hold on...

Just make them feel overwhelmed with protests!

[Admiral PJ]

korn692 (or some other number)
stated that people able to could take out a loan to buy a $600 or more computer, but I would strongly disagree with advising loans..
they aren't good as you end up paying more than the original value you loaned, because of interest (banks and companies don't loan out of the goodness of their heart! )
and because of depreciation, where after only a year your computer system could be half the value from when you bought it (if you were to try to sell it) you are in trouble if you lose your job/income and can't pay the loan interest.. you'd have to sell your computer and scrape together enough money probably (on big loans your house can be lost through debt /bankruptcy).

You would be better off saving up in a bank account the money for new hardware.. and buy a mid range system I would suggest, something thats above the average system requirements for your needs ( soon they will go up) and that dosen't cost a lot because its new technology in the CPU etc..

I suppose unless theres a killer applciation that uses the speed of the new P4 processor there won't be a lot of point for people to buy it, unless its more affordable for the power to cost ratio.

Economics.. what b*ll*cks


AdmiralPJ

[korn469]

Admiral PJ

that was one of the suggestions i gave in addition to upgrading your cpu or asking for a new computer as a christmas present...no matter if you take out a loan or not if you sell a computer a lean later you are going to take a loss on it

however on a 750 dollar loan from a bank you end up paying about 820 dollars if you take the loan for one year, or seventy dollars in interest...big deal, i spent 20 dollars just on gas yesterday (hell i probably buy 15-30 dollars in gas a week because i have to do alot of driving)

taking a loand from a bank would be better than going through the dell program which charges like 14% interest a year for four years...if you do lose your job, they will next try to collect from your cosigner before turning you over to a credit agency...but you won't lose your house because of a $70 a month loan...

my thing is there is almost no excuse why if you already own a computer to browse on the apolyton forums and your favorite game is civ that you can't meet the p2 system requirements...

i'm sure anyone of us on here would be willing for those who want to know to help them with installing a new cpu, or motherboard and cpu

check out pricewatch.com

right now you can get the following

750MHz CPU & Large Cooler. K7VZA, Full ATX, SOCKET-A CPU, 4X AGP. Built in 3D Sound. Retail Box

for $102 dollars with $3-$11 in shipping

you can find memory on that site too

so if you want to play civ3 bad enough...i'm sure you can buy what you need to play

[Ming]

Keep on Civin
Deal with the reguirerments...

[Sabre2th]

While I think it's important for them to provide low requirements, I think it's equally important to support the capabilities of higher-end systems. I don't think Firaxis could change the requirements at all, up OR down. If your computer is too old to run it and you can't/won't replace it, that's just going to be too bad. The civ community as a whole can't suffer just because a few people can't play the game.

I would like for everyone to be able to play. Unfortunately, that is not possible.

[Simpleton]

I don't know if this means anything but I was in a computer game store yesterday and I overheard a salesperson said he was certain that Civ3 is to be on the shelves in 2 months....Of course I'm from Canada and we're pretty kooky up here anyway so you probably can't believe a word of it......but you can always hope.

PS. If Civ3 is due in 2 months in Canada it's probably due out in a week in USA!! Damn you southerners!!!

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Simpleton
PS. If Civ3 is due in 2 months in Canada it's probably due out in a week in USA!! Damn you southerners!!!

I think civ3 is important enough to get a North America release, not just U.S. Maybe even a WORLD-WIDE release

I'm covered no matter what

[Mahdimael]

Even so, LOTM, strategy games have been doing a number of things that require more powerful machines. Look at any number of RTS games that must manage hundreds of units at once or strategy games that offer 3d this or that. The genre is going beyond representing units with little boxes with x's in them because it has to to sell games to new customers.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Grumbold
A PII-300 without graphics card has been less than the minimum required for the many styles of games for years. I know it is inappropriate to compare across genres too much, but just think how it must feel to try and keep up if you are a FPS or flight/racing fan. Even RPG's are graphics heavy these days. I've already gone through 3 different 3D cards (one blew up) and expanded to 256MB Ram and 50Gb hard disk space. These requirements are so low it amazes me.

well i guess thats why i thought a hope for lower requirements wasnt entirely unreasonable. When i bought my machine I was told that the CPU chip i was getting wouldnt be good for games like quake or doom. which was fine, for i never intended to play such games, and i still dont. I doubt I am alone among Civ fans in that my gaming interest is completely restricted to strategy games.

LOTM

[War4ever]

i am running a p2 266 160 megs or ram..... if i run the game minimaly.... do i have a hope in hell of playing without an upgrade.... ???

some advice would be appreciated... i can upgrade but not sure if i am ready to pull the trigger just yet and just to play civ3 from home....

[Lung]

Am i being too optimistic about being able to play Civ3 with a P166 MMX?

I'm sure that Firaxis will make Civ3 old PC-friendly, but i may be pushing my luck

[korn469]

War4ever

don't go upgrading just yet...you should be able to get civ3 to run on your system...if it doesn't work, defrag your hard drive then goto the start menu under run type in msconfig and make sure you are only running what is vital...also make sure that you have all of the latest drivers and patches for you software

although it requires a p2 300 you have way more ram than the minimum civ3 requirement and that should help alot, plus a p2 266 is almost as fast as p2 300 so it should work...

Lung

how much ram do u got? i think you are out of luck...and btw do u have a tower case? if so it is probably ATX compliant so if you want to upgrade you can find amd mother board/duron combos that are around 100 dollars and will fit into your case

[War4ever]

thanks korn........

i was suckered into this HP everything computer a few years back when they were the rage... i have one of these recovery disks with win 95 and my sound and video card built in

if i knew then what i know now...there is no way i would buy this piece of crap they call a computer....