Civ V Demo Performance vs. Full Game Performance

[Schmeekle]

While I technically don't meet the system requirements, I can run the demo perfectly well with lower settings (at least, for a few hours into a round). How well can the full game perform for me, based on that? I figure that battles will get bigger with the full version, but I don't know if that will significantly affect performance.

I have:
AMD A6-4400M APU w/ Radeon HD Graphics
4.00 GB RAM.
AMD Radeon HD 7520G

Thanks ahead of time for any input you may have. I just want to see if I should buy Civ V or have to go with Civ IV. I don't have enough budget left to get both, and I don't want to waste my money on something I can't play beyond early-game. Unless, of course, someone wants to buy one for me ; )

[The Mailman Thinks I Am Gay]

You can, I use a single cpu from 2005, and I can run this. Granted, I have up the ram to 4gb and have a decent graphic card from a few years back.

[Schmeekle]

引用自 LuftWaffle：

You can, I use a single cpu from 2005, and I can run this. Granted, I have up the ram to 4gb and have a decent graphic card from a few years back.

Thanks, I appreciate your response. What kind of settings can you use with that? Low, medium, etc.

[Clovis]

I have an old i5 with only integrated graphics and I can run the game on low settings without FPS problems, so I think you should be fine :)

[Satoru]

That's a really really really bad notebook video card.

I'd try the demo, but you'd be lucky if it runs with verything set on low. It's bascially around the range of an HD3000/4000

[powmod]

引用自 Satoru：

That's a really really really bad notebook video card.

I'd try the demo, but you'd be lucky if it runs with verything set on low. It's bascially around the range of an HD3000/4000

Lol. Don't you just love it when people post in a thread and don't even read the OP. Cuz I do. It's H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S.

OP: You should expect some FPS drops as more units spawn on the map, but it's a TBS game, so how bad can performance affect gameplay?

[Schmeekle]

引用自 Satoru：

That's a really really really bad notebook video card.

I'd try the demo, but you'd be lucky if it runs with verything set on low. It's bascially around the range of an HD3000/4000

The only reason I haven't upgraded the card is the fact that I don't want to be bottlenecked with some other part I have, and end up buying something too powerful for me to take advantage of.
I guess I have another question; what's a good upgrade to my current card?

[Satoru]

引用自 Blackwater Park：

引用自 Satoru：

That's a really really really bad notebook video card.

I'd try the demo, but you'd be lucky if it runs with verything set on low. It's bascially around the range of an HD3000/4000

The only reason I haven't upgraded the card is the fact that I don't want to be bottlenecked with some other part I have, and end up buying something too powerful for me to take advantage of.
I guess I have another question; what's a good upgrade to my current card?

That appears to be a laptop setup. You can't really upgrade your video card if it's a laptop.

[Mazey]

Given the demo works okay for you, there is a good chance the full game will be fine too.
But, equally, there's also a good chance that the late game will get too complex for your computer and either cause crashes or frustratingly long turn times.

So it's up to you if you want to take the risk really.

[The Mailman Thinks I Am Gay]

I run most of the game on High, turned off shadow, and turn off AA.

It runs pretty soild, hangs at time though, not that bad.

Also, becarful of picking a big map, my load time are bad on those.

[Rhym]

Performance wise there is no differenct between the demo and the full version, as long as you keep the map size the same. Huge maps with lots of cities do slow things down signifigantly.