Civilization V specs posted

System Requirements

Operating System: Windows XP SP3/ Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7
Processor: Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 8 GB Free
DVD-ROM Drive: Required for disc-based installation
Video: 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, or Core i3 or better integrated graphics
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
DirectX: DirectX version 9.0c

Recommended System Requirements

Operating System: Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7
Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 8 GB Free
DVD-ROM Drive: Required for disc-based installation
Video: 512 MB ATI 4800 series or better, 512 MB nVidia 9800 series or better
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
DirectX: DirectX version 11

Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2008 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.

Shouldn't be too surprising. The game won't really push limits on the graphics side, but even Civ 4 could make a system chug in the end-game on large maps with lots of civs on the board.

Word is they've gotten the game to scale up to 12 threads in internal testing, which is awesome news if true. More games utilizing multiple cores is a good thing.

 

It looks like it's optimized to use multiple cores/threads. That would be totally awesome. Even Civ IV causes my desktop to chug a bit on the really big maps with ~8 civilizations. The real question is not if my computer can run it, but if I am willing to sacrifice my social life for this game

 

Already posted.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam.../507658-system-requirments-civ5-official.html

 

Indeed, please continue conversation here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam.../507658-system-requirments-civ5-official.html