I dont why you're all waiting for a fix for this!! I mean ok its a good game but Civilization IV is much better. So for all of you who are waiting go and buy Civ IV and expansion pack and play to your hearts content. Why is Civ IV better than galciv??? Because it has multiplayer thats why. Ok now dont get me wrong galciv is a good game but multiplayer is where games shine. And Civ IV is a superb game. I own it myself and the expansion and comparing the two I think CIV iv beats it because it has loads of civs compared to galciv II's and multiplyer. The graphics are better as well so why youre all waiting for a fix im off to play civ iv. And for those of you who are playing galciv I expect youll be updating every 2 weeks. Not me hehe Im off to play. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I know why, because we want to play galciv 2, not civ4.....

so youre having problems with galciv II as well setekh otherwise you wouldn't be looking in these forums. Yes we all want to play galciv 2 setekh but this is my point. No one can play because of all these issues. Civ IV rules!!!

Wow, I wonder how many people are gonna keep posting this same topic "Game slow down on Vista with nVidia!!" Its the videocard., not the game.

And joe90bigrat90, quit being ignorant. First of all, if you havent noticed, the people with Gal Civ issues, are Vista users with nVidia(Screw nVidia, get ATI.) And btw, Civ 4 wont run on Vista, it tells you "This game has known compatability issues with Vista" and wont run. Oh, and the people here wanna play Gal Civ, hence why were all on the forum for it.

Vista is slower then XP in all games.
Not only it uses about x2 memory when started "empty" (XP ~200MB , Vista ~400MB) but it also all the DRM video/audio checks slow things down.

So either wait for SP1 or get back to more or less stable OS like XP. Even Dell now backsteped and give an option to perches PC with XP instead of initial "Vista only".

Im afraid youre wrong geminisama. I am running windows vista and Civ IV runs perfectly. If you install civ iv it wont work but once you patch it, it runs on vista O.K. Im also running warlords on vista and this too works fine. Check it out on the web. You obviously are not very bright if you think civ iv doesn't work on vista. Install the patch geminisama and it will work fine.

who likes CIV IV???? I DO!! who likes CIV IV WARLORDS???? I DO!! Who likes geminisama???? I DONT!! HAHA geminisama cant even get CIV IV working on vista!! Haha thats funny. geminisama is a loser!! He goes like this: Oh and by the way civ iv wont work on vista!! Haha He thinks hes right and knows everything. He is completely wrong. He must be a bit of a moron if he cant get CIV IV to work on vista. Come on geminisama what else are you going to tell us thats complete and utter rubbish.

Joe, there is no call to berate other users.

If you like to play other games, that's fine. Other users' desire to play GC2 instead doesn't hurt you, so I'm not sure why you feel it's so important to convince them not to play GC2. If you want to civilly discuss the merits of other games, I suggest you take it to the off topic forum.

Lol, wow. You are by far, the most immature and childish person on this site.

Now hang on geminisame. Youre the one who started this. 1- quit being ignorant was what u said which I class as being rude. And secondly you said Civ IV doesn't run on vista. You are talking bollocks. Civ IV works perfectly on vista so before you start slagging people off and speaking about things you know nothing about I suggest you get your facts right first. Anyway Im not going to argue about this forever with a moron who doesn't know what hes talking about. I have better things to do with my time. Im outta hear!!!

Lol, you may want to google "ignorance" before you get childishly insulted by something like that. And secondly, you deserve a LMAO. You start dishing out immature insults, when a person says a game doesnt work. And Im the "moron"? And yes Einstein, I DID dl the patch for Civ4, and I still got the "This game is not compatable" message. Thus, your wrong.

ok dick weed. I cant prove to you that civ iv is running on my vista system but heres a link especially for you.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1969540,00.asp

Now what are you going to say: That doesn't prove anything because it doesn't work on your system. Well tough luck knob end. It does work!! So you must be a beginner when it comes to pc's. Youre a bit stupid really telling everyone that civ iv is not compatable with vista. Do you want me to send you my system specs and take a screen shot of the game running just for you!! You ****in prick!! Just because you cant get it working you tell everyone it doesn't work on vista. Im probably talking to a 6 year old kid here. Haha Jerk!!

Joe, you've already been warned once. If you can't cool it and watch your language, you're going to be taking a vacation from our forums.

yer ok sorry for the language. Just annoyed with geminisama for saying CIV IV doesn't work on vista when it does. Hes basically calling me a liar but what the hell. Anyway im off to play CIV IV. Seeya.

Ya know, your just proving my point even more. You are merely a immature child. Now, lets clarify some things. 1) Please quit throwing childish insults at me. This is the internet, you cant offend me, so quit trying. 2) I never once called you a "liar" nor implied it, and yes, I just reviewed all my previous posts, and no "liar" came from my mouth. 3) And lol, you amuse me, big time. Obviously, not everyone can play it on their Vista, and that makes you furious(LOL.) 4) I dont see why you even CARE. This is the forums for "GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS 2", NOT "CIVILIZATIONS 4" The people here are more concerned about GAL CIV, than CIV4, or we wouldnt be posting here, nor playing the game, now would we? And lastly 5) If I was a 6 yearold, I would be filled with IMMENSE pride for being more mature than you. Now lets drop it, kay?

Uhhh.... sorry to interrupt the exchange, but the whole slowdown issue has been solved in the lastest beta... at least for me. Thanks CariElf!