DANG

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dang. i thought just about everybody here had gaming computers. i am running a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. prossesor, 1024 mb. Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb. Creative sound blaster sound card (my Audigy broke), and 5.1 surround sound. in my opinion its the only way to game. in my opinion i think you should try to save up for a better comp. trust me it changes everything.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
sup gaming buddy?

My Specs:
P4 2.8Ghz
1024MB DDR in Dual Channel
Audigy 2 ZS (insane sound!)
Logitech z-5300 speakers (280 watts 5.1 system)
Dual 17" LCD Samsung 712N Monitors (pic here)
Leadtek A250 Geforce 4 128mb (still looks great, maybe upgrade soon)
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'd agree that having a decent computer makes all computing more enjoyable, particularly gaming and developing (I run VS.Net Architect and it's as big a hog as any premium game). Some of the specs I've seen mentioned here are crazy out of date - but if it still works for what you do with your computer, I guess that's cool!

My core components are an AMD Athlon 64 3000 w/ 1G RAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, and 120G Maxtor SATA HD and although it's not top-of-the line my PC nicely handles every high end game I play (from MahJongg to Doom3 and provides nice and smooth .Net development.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
hey not everyone has a money pit in the back yard. anyway stardock want galciv 2 to work on lower end systems so having the less well off or people with diferent prioritys for there money helps them.

Stardock could better have a battery of similar uber puters but that would limit the sample having all sorts not just rich games nuts helps.

I would love a pentium 10 uber puter but money is tight with me so my spec is a little more resonable and some others have even older specs
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
my ram is ddr dual channel too. and i got the same speakers as you. hooray. my monitor is 17' but not LCD. I know stardock is developing this game for people with less capable computers, im just sayin i thought most of the people beta testing were gaming addicts lik myself. its nice that this game will run on lower level computers. that way my friends can play javascript:editor_insertHTML('_ucCommentForm_comments_txtBody',' ')
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Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I see no real reason to have a top notch computer to play a turnbased strategy game. Besides some of us really wants it to run on our laptops so we can play wherever we are.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have a simple system at home: Athlon 700, 256 RAM, 32MB graphic card, sound blaster card...
And paying a few grands would not make it play GC2 alot better :hot:


My 2 cents, gaming systems:
It really depends. 2-3000$ for a super-console is quite expensive. It's TWENTY PS2, lots of working hours, perhaps your child's private education, a student's yearly rent, or lots of food If you also use the rest of the computer it's a different matter though, but otherwise it really depends on where you place "playing" in your priorities. And my own priorities say that I'm looking forward to laptops
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i dont just play turn based. i play top of the line games. i just a have a nack for stradegy. and im only a spoiled kid who got into gaming and beta testing. my computer is a hand me down from my uncle. his is the best computer.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Lucky you
And you are doubly lucky because now is seemingly the most awesome month of the decade up to now for RTS players: Age of Empires III is announced everywhere and Empire Earth II just got its review from GameSpy (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/empire-earth-2/606973p1.html)
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
yup. i've been watchin those games and others. i beta test for atari also. only they give me discounts on games when i do. i just loved GalCiv so much i had to help w/ the sequal. i think this is kinda wut they're tryin to do w/ Civ IV. i cant wait for tat game. Civ III brought me into turn based stradegy