21-05-2002 23:49									#1
	Can I use a P II 266 to run Civ 3? Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

I have a P2 266, 160 RAM. Anyone know if that will be enough to run Civ3? I'd love to buy it, but don't want to waste $ if it won't work!

Last edited by txtim on 22-05-2002 at 01:01

	22-05-2002 02:08									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

How come you've only got a 266 processor, but 160 MB RAM - that's more than I've got!

Anyway, the minimum specs are -

300 MHz Pentium II (500 MHZ reccomended)
32 MB RAM (64 MB reccomended)
DirectX 8.0a compatible with 1024x768 screen res.
DirectX 8.0a compatible sound card
DirectX 8.0a itself
Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP (presumabely Windows NT works as well)

	22-05-2002 11:52									#3
	Increase Your PM Length

Before my upgrade, it has worked on my computer (Celeron 300A, 192 Mo RAM, Win 98); but with huge maps I waited about 20 minutes between each turn.

	23-05-2002 18:22									#4
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

It would probably work, but too slowly to be any fun. Save your money and upgrade your PC first. By the time thats done the CIV3 price will be down anyway.

	24-05-2002 06:02									#5
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

I have a pII 266 with 224MB of Ram - The game works fine if you stick to the 4 smaller map sizes and don't play with more than 8 civs. Depending on the options you choose, things can get get pretty slow towards the endgame.

For my PC, I can play up to 6 players on a standard map with no slowdown at all. I can play the largest map size with 1 or 2 civs, but as I get into the Modern Era, I am looking at about 3 minutes between turns.

So yeah, you can play it as long as you stick to smaller, less populated worlds - but upgrade your PC ASAP so you can really enjoy it - you can get a killer PC (Athlon XP 1800 with 512 MB PC2400 DDR RAM) on the net for like $600 bucks now. I ordered mine yesterday.