System requirements

[SamBC]

The system requirements are finally revealed!!
http://steamcommunity.com/games/289070/announcements/detail/892100538370620761

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64bit / 8.1 64bit / 10 64bit
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i3 2.5 Ghz or AMD Phenom II 2.6 Ghz or greater
MEMORY: 4 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 12 GB or more
DVD-ROM: Required for disc-based installation
VIDEO CARD: 1 GB DirectX 11 Video Card (AMD 5570 or nVidia 450)

Recommended

OS: Windows 7 64bit / 8.1 64bit / 10 64bit
PROCESSOR: Fourth generation Intel Core i5 2.5 Ghz or AMD FX8350 4.0 Ghz or greater
MEMORY: 8 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 12 GB or more
DVD-ROM: Required for disc-based installation
VIDEO CARD: 2 GB DirectX 11 Video Card (AMD 7970 or nVidia 770 or greater)

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++ 2012 and 2015 Runtime Libraries, and Microsoft DirectX. Internet connection and acceptance of Steam™ Subscriber Agreement required for activation. See www.steampowered.com/agreement for details.

Mac system requirements have also been published (by Aspyr) at https://blog.aspyr.com/2016/10/04/sid-meiers-civilization-vi-faq/

Operating System: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) and MacOS 10.12 (Sierra)
CPU Processor: Intel Core i5 (4 cores)
CPU Speed: 2.7 GHz
Memory: 6 GB
Hard Disk Space: 15 GB
Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 6790
Video Card (NVIDIA): GeForce 775M
Video Card (Intel): Iris Pro
Video Memory (VRam): 1 GB
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard, Steam Controller (optional)

Feel free to discuss these and ask questions about what fits in them. Not that you're likely to get official answers, but you'll probably be able to help one another out a bit.

[Army Pea]

I just hope the game is optimized.

I exceed the recommended specs for Civ5 yet end game (medium map , 6 Civs , 12 city states) would grind to a practical halt end game.

[SamBC]

Turn times ought to be a product of CPU, but in Civ5 it's like it's trying to render all the animations you can't see or something, late game - if you switch to strategic view, it goes much quicker.

[Kali]

Where do i check all my specs so i can link them here so you guys can check em out, system things isn't my thing when it comes to computers tbh. Thanks for helping.

[Army Pea]

Originally posted by SamBC:

Turn times ought to be a product of CPU, but in Civ5 it's like it's trying to render all the animations you can't see or something, late game - if you switch to strategic view, it goes much quicker.

I know here are some decent work arounds in Civ 5 for turn times.

I used to remove movement animations for the AI which drastically reduce the time.

I know that Civ 5 was designed so the AI decisions were bottle necked and didn't utilize multithread processors which really hindered large maps and plenty of Civs.
Damn near crippling to wait a full minute between turns.

My hope is that this new engine they have built for Civ 6 had those situations in mind and can offer significantly less turn wait times compared to Civ 5

[SamBC]

Originally posted by Kali:

Where do i check all my specs so i can link them here so you guys can check em out, system things isn't my thing when it comes to computers tbh. Thanks for helping.

If you open dxdiag, save the results to a text file, paste that file to pastebin, and paste the link to pastebin here, that's the quickest way to do it.

[SamBC]

Originally posted by Army Pea:

Originally posted by SamBC:

Turn times ought to be a product of CPU, but in Civ5 it's like it's trying to render all the animations you can't see or something, late game - if you switch to strategic view, it goes much quicker.

I know here are some decent work arounds in Civ 5 for turn times.

I used to remove movement animations for the AI which drastically reduce the time.

I know that Civ 5 was designed so the AI decisions were bottle necked and didn't utilize multithread processors which really hindered large maps and plenty of Civs.
Damn near crippling to wait a full minute between turns.

My hope is that this new engine they have built for Civ 6 had those situations in mind and can offer significantly less turn wait times compared to Civ 5

I hope so too, but long late-game turn times seem to be rather par for the course in 4X games - though to a variable extent between games, of course.

[Kali]

Originally posted by SamBC:

Originally posted by Kali:

Where do i check all my specs so i can link them here so you guys can check em out, system things isn't my thing when it comes to computers tbh. Thanks for helping.

If you open dxdiag, save the results to a text file, paste that file to pastebin, and paste the link to pastebin here, that's the quickest way to do it.

http://pastebin.com/wmyec5xv
Here you go, think i did this right hehe

[SamBC]

Originally posted by Kali:

Originally posted by SamBC:

If you open dxdiag, save the results to a text file, paste that file to pastebin, and paste the link to pastebin here, that's the quickest way to do it.

http://pastebin.com/wmyec5xv
Here you go, think i did this right hehe

Looks like it won't refuse to run, but the integrated GPU will be a tad underpowered. I'm not sure how well it will run for you, and you'll certainly want the graphics settings turned down if I'm any judge.

[HePlaysCoolGames]

Are my specs good enough to play the minimum?

My computer isn't the best and struggles to play many games but i can not tell very well if my computer can play the minimm of civilization 6. My specs are as follows:
AMD A4-6210 APU
with Radeon R3 graphics
These are the parts i am not sure if they'll play. Everything else should work fine but i'd like to know if it will run.
Thank you for your help.

[Kali]

Originally posted by SamBC:

Originally posted by Kali:

http://pastebin.com/wmyec5xv
Here you go, think i did this right hehe

Looks like it won't refuse to run, but the integrated GPU will be a tad underpowered. I'm not sure how well it will run for you, and you'll certainly want the graphics settings turned down if I'm any judge.

Yeah i thought so 2! Thanks for taking your time!

[SamBC]

Originally posted by HePlaysCoolGames:

Are my specs good enough to play the minimum?

My computer isn't the best and struggles to play many games but i can not tell very well if my computer can play the minimm of civilization 6. My specs are as follows:
AMD A4-6210 APU
with Radeon R3 graphics
These are the parts i am not sure if they'll play. Everything else should work fine but i'd like to know if it will run.
Thank you for your help.

I don't think it will refuse to run, but that integrated GPU is very very weak for the game.

[brife71]

Intel(R)HD 4000? I know everything els is fine, just a bit concerned about the integrated graphics card. Civ V ran fine on mid levels so I'll guess VI will on low levels which I'm fine with but wanted some opinions

[SamBC]

Originally posted by brife71:

Intel(R)HD 4000? I know everything els is fine, just a bit concerned about the integrated graphics card. Civ V ran fine on mid levels so I'll guess VI will on low levels which I'm fine with but wanted some opinions

It's outside of the minimum requirements, but I'm pretty sure it has the required APIs. If so, it probably won't refuse to run, but it may not run very well.

The game is clearly much more graphically demanding than Civ5.

[Vetotat]

Is a Core 2 Duo E8400 at 3.9GHz enough to meet the minimum?

[Fiach Dubh]

Hello SamBC; I was wondering if you could tell me how well this would run Civ VI? I am planning to upgrade soon; but until then I want to at least know if my computer can handle it. Also, does the 3.5 GHz instead of 2.5 help more even though it isn't an i5; or because of how it processes differently it wouldn't matter?

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4150 @ 3.5GHz
GPU: NIVIDA GTX 745 OEM (4GB VRAM)
RAM: 6GB DDR3
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Display: 1920x1080

Thank you for your time!