ToA also run at Old & Slow rig?

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I've d/l demo and have no problem playing Gold Edition (DL + DA)

I love the game and like to buy a download version, here is my question:

1)  is my machine capable to run ToA smoothly? Not best graphic of course, I am OK with medium setting.  For ref, my last finished game is Civ IV and I am happy with the speed / graphic (not great, but the game is)

2)  if I brought the Ultimate Package and find that I can play with ToA, can I just "uninstall" the ToA and keep DA?  I am not looking for refund or else, this game should last so long until my next upgrade.

My really slow and old rig:

CPU: P4 1.8GHz (single core, not the dual) / 512MB RAM / Win 2000 Service Pack 4 / Gigabyte Radeon 9200

 

Thanks

Andy

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you can run DA acceptably, TA should be fine. TA does not replace DL/DA in any case, so if you get the ultimate bundle you can play whichever you choose.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi!
My really slow and old rig:
CPU: P4 1.8GHz (single core, not the dual) / 512MB RAM
End of quote

My proc is even worse: P4 1.5GHz, but I have 1.5 GB RAM, so it can run DA up to large-all-abundant quite smoothly. In this "density" I've never tried anything bigger, because I can't stand such a size. ;)

With 512MB you're probably limited to medium all-abundant galaxies, if you don't want to wait 10 minutes for a comp to process each turn.

BR, Iztok
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'm running it on an Athlon XP1800+ with 768MB ram and a GF4200ti (64MB ram). I get occasional issues from my Nvidia driver, but other than that it run's fine. Just expect turns to take a touch longer than a faster rig! ;o)
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Both DL and DA run fine on my old machine.

AMD T-Bird 1.0 GHz, 1250 DDR RAM, ATI Radeon 9550 vid. card.

Mind you, I have anti aliasing set to "0", and a few graphics "bells & whistles" turned down, but I can play a large galaxy map with abundant-all with no problems.
I recently could only play on medium galaxies with only 512 RAM, but with more RAM now, the game plays well.

Invest in more RAM would be my advice. ;)
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Just a note. I've added to 1G Ram, brought the ToA. Running smooth, game is great (not fast, of course), graphic is much more better than DA.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
And the great thing about the graphics being much better then DA is that they also use up a lot less memory, so your getting more for less from your computer! Enjoy the game mate, it's awesome!