GalCiv 2, what system are you/they aiming for?

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I loved GalCiv because it was a great game and because it needed a normal system to run it!

Now a 3D Engines sound great, Look at what you can do with one. However these things tend to get a little crazy and then you need a dedicated 3D card with 64mb Ram to get a Strategy game to run!).

The question for any dev's reading this is it worth me getting TotalGaming.net with the hope of joining in the Beta testing again on GalCiv 2 without me buying a new system?

My yee old current PC is a notebook you see, but it does have a 16mb Mobile Radeon.

So simple question to the community or the developers do you reckon a 1GHZ P3, 512mb Ram, 16mb Radeon

Will have the umph to run GalCiv? I was really impressed by the system specs the game needed last time, but the 3D engine has really made me think the specs are going to be a little silly this time.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Depending on which Radeon card it is, I think that you'll be fine.  Have you tried downloading the Political Machine demo to see if that will run on your laptop? That uses Direct3D, although Gal Civ will be using more 3D code than Political Machine does.  But it will give you an idea, and we're going to do our best to program Gal Civ so that users with lower end systems can turn off some of the eye candy to get better performance.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
That's good to know you all are taking care of the people with low end systems. However, I'm planning on having a Doom 3 capable machine in the not too distant future. So, I'd like to have all the eye candy effects that you can send my way! ;)
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

In most respects, GalCiv 2 will have lower requirements than galCiv 1.

It will require a card that can do 3D though.  Like a TNT card or better which is what you need for Pol Machine.

Drivers will be the key though.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for the feedback,

If you try your best that is the most i can ask.

I will download the political machine demo and if that works I`ll join Total Gaming on Friday and get the full game (PM), was thinking about that anyway. If not, I might need to get a new PC first! :)

I know my system is getting a little old, but I was not planning an upgrade for a year.

If it can run Wolf3D, Homeworld, Mechcommander2 I hoped it could run GalCiv 2. Lets hope for the best eh? :)
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Vosper, if you have trouble getting the demo to run, you can e-mail me and I'll send you a test exe.

 [email protected]

 

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks CariElf but so far no problems with it.

I will admit I have only run it for a min, it loaded and i could move the candidate around.

I signed up for TotalGaming and downloaded PM and GC-AP so I can play both while I am in exile in Germany for the next two weeks.

I will check in a few weeks if there are any major issues.

Thanks for the great support as always.