video card

March 19, 2006 8:44 AM from

Hello everyone, just purchased the game and in checking the manual I have a question on the video requirements. I may be just alittle dense here but do you have to have a stand alone video card or is it a recomendation for better quality video. I have a integrated nvidia chip with 128 ddr ram shared with total system ram of 512. Since I dont like that setup I'm saving for a better card but I'm still a couple of weeks away from getting a nvidia with 512 megs that should hold me for awhile. Thanks in advance for any answers.

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Reply #1 March 19, 2006 9:13 AM from

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Should work. I'm running on a slow intel integrated graphic ship with shared memory and it is ok...
Remember to install the latest nvidia drivers...

Reply #2 March 19, 2006 10:19 AM from

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As horgel2 said, you should be okay although I highly recommend not just upgrading the video card, but also adding some system memory (cheap, easy, and efficient at least up to around 1 GB or so).

Reply #3 March 19, 2006 11:52 AM from

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I run the game on much lower specs and it definitely works fine. AA is automatically switched off for the cut scenes but this is not a big deal.

The only thing you should assure is that you have the newest video and audio drivers and the last version of DirectX.

Reply #4 March 19, 2006 4:54 PM from

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Thanks for advice, didn't want to wait to start playing the game. I'm a long time strategy gamer played Civ's 1,2,3; MOO1,2 and a somewhat disapointing 3; and Masters of Magic [wish they had done a sequal to that one

] was going to buy GC 1 but it sold out and they never got anymore in. Hope this game is what MOO3 wasn't. I did have a MOO3 game going that was interesting got to 635 moves but a bug in the game made me go bankrupt. Hope this game doesn't have a simular problem thats along time playing on the weekends to have a bug pop up. Thanks again.

Reply #5 March 19, 2006 4:59 PM from

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Thanks to everyone who replied. Not sure if I sent a group reply to all who did but all commets were appreciated.

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