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.

[Wightpants]

Hi people.

My old school rig has kept up sufficiently with my gaming so far. But has it met its end in Civ 6?

QX9770 Quad core @ 3.8GHz (LGA 775 Socket)
Radeon HD 5850 1Gb

Will it go? Or is an 'i' system a must?

Thanks in advance for any help,
Wightpants.

[ichijikuibo]

Originally posted by Wightpants:

Hi people.

My old school rig has kept up sufficiently with my gaming so far. But has it met its end in Civ 6?

QX9770 Quad core @ 3.8GHz (LGA 775 Socket)
Radeon HD 5850 1Gb

Will it go? Or is an 'i' system a must?

Thanks in advance for any help,
Wightpants.

It might your QX9770 is quite a bit more powerful than an i3 but since its older than an i3 there is a chance that it won't run if the game uses an instruction set available in i3 that isn't in yours.

[RRW359]

Originally posted by Wightpants:

Hi people.

My old school rig has kept up sufficiently with my gaming so far. But has it met its end in Civ 6?

QX9770 Quad core @ 3.8GHz (LGA 775 Socket)
Radeon HD 5850 1Gb

Will it go? Or is an 'i' system a must?

Thanks in advance for any help,
Wightpants.

It think it's just above what the game claims to be the minimum.

[knb10000]

Can I able to run?

Intel I3-5010 2.1 Mobile
4 GB Ram
AMD R5 330
Windows 8.1

Is tere any late game issue like Civ 5?
I am ok with minimum graphics.

[mrwoof]

Originally posted by SamBC:

Originally posted by mrwoof:

So the question this raises for me is, is it worth pre-ordering?

If I only had Mac and/or Linux machines, I wouldn't pre-order without confirmation it will be coming to that platform at launch. There are no pre-order exclusives this time, jus...

Yeah, that's me, couldn't figure how to star or heart a comment, so thanx! 🤔😉

[Leegh al Gaib]

RIP being able to play this on my old laptop. Good thing I bought a new one last year :)

I wonder if you could scrape by running this with just integrated graphics (Intel HD Graphics), given Civ has always been more CPU intensive and never required too powerful a video card.

[WLion]

Might as well ask as well:

(Laptop)
Intel i5-3317U 1.7GHz (read it can run up to 2.5GHz or thereabouts)
6GB RAM
GeForce 635M
Windows 8.1

Able to run or no?

[SamBC]

Originally posted by WLion:

Might as well ask as well:

(Laptop)
Intel i5-3317U 1.7GHz (read it can run up to 2.5GHz or thereabouts)
6GB RAM
GeForce 635M
Windows 8.1

Able to run or no?

I doubt it would refuse to run, but I wouldn't expect it to run well.

[jcp011c2]

I'm going to take a chance my computer will run it. The only issue may be the video card. CanIrunit states that I don't have the minimum video card for Civ 6, but it also states I don't have the minimum video card for Civ 5, which my 3,000+ hours will tell you is incorrect. o_O

If I have to buy a new computer so be it. I was going to anyways.


I don't know why it seems that video card comparisons are so confusing. Or at least they are to me. Everything else is easy to confirm but I can never figure the video card stuff out.

[Rock Rebellion]

Can my laptop run Civilization VI?

I have an old laptop, but I hope it will be able to run this game...
I will be happy if it can run on low settings :)
Thanks in advance!

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 2630QM @ 2.00GHz 57 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
4,00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. RF511/RF411/RF711 (CPU 1)
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Samsung)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M (Samsung) 44 °C
ForceWare version: 372.70
SLI Disabled
Storage
232GB Crucial CT250BX100SSD1 (SSD) 26 °C
Optical Drives
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7717H

[Rhudda]

Probably best to check this site:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

[Rock Rebellion]

Originally posted by Unferð:

Probably best to check this site:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

I already tried this which led to negative resutls, but since this website is sometimes wrong I was hoping for some good news :)

[Waeress]

Originally posted by jcp011c2:

I don't know why it seems that video card comparisons are so confusing. Or at least they are to me. Everything else is easy to confirm but I can never figure the video card stuff out.

It's mainly because it is very very very big business. Graphic cards is an industry that exploded a long time ago and it's success have been driven mostly by games even when they have many more uses.
The research and development costs are high, but the possible revenues are huge. So the big 2 are selling what is produced in any way possible.
Much are also down to production faults, which are still very common. Build a card and it might not meet standards for model X, then you sell it as model Y or model Z.

[SamBC]

Originally posted by jcp011c2:

I'm going to take a chance my computer will run it. The only issue may be the video card. CanIrunit states that I don't have the minimum video card for Civ 6, but it also states I don't have the minimum video card for Civ 5, which my 3,000+ hours will tell you is incorrect. o_O

If I have to buy a new computer so be it. I was going to anyways.


I don't know why it seems that video card comparisons are so confusing. Or at least they are to me. Everything else is easy to confirm but I can never figure the video card stuff out.

It won't refuse to run if your video card supports the right APIs, most likely; if it doesn't support those APIs, it absolutely won't run. And it has higher API requirements than Civ5 - slightly higher even than Civ5's DX11 mode. If you can't run DX11 mode, you won't be able to run it, but even if you can, you might not be able to.

GPUs are hard to compare because there's the questions of both API support and raw processing power.

[SamBC]

Originally posted by Rock Rebellion:

Can my laptop run Civilization VI?

I have an old laptop, but I hope it will be able to run this game...
I will be happy if it can run on low settings :)
Thanks in advance!

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 2630QM @ 2.00GHz 57 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
4,00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. RF511/RF411/RF711 (CPU 1)
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Samsung)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M (Samsung) 44 °C
ForceWare version: 372.70
SLI Disabled
Storage
232GB Crucial CT250BX100SSD1 (SSD) 26 °C
Optical Drives
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7717H

It shouldn't refuse to run on the nVidia GPU, might refuse to run on the integrated graphics, and may not run very well in either case.