Requirements for AoE 3 and Civ4

[Combine Hybrid]

I'm thinking about buying either Age of Empires 3 or Civilization 4, but first I need to know if my comp can run it with descent graphic without any slowdowns.

Pentium 4, 3.19 or 20 GHz
GeforceFX 5600
512MB of RAM.

And which game should I get? Note that I've never played any of Civilization games before, but I heard it's pretty good from many people and reviews.

 

[spookymooky]

I'd get Civ IV between those. I love Civ 3, though it frustrates me, and AoE3 wasnt that new and exciting.

 

[AiM]

AoE3 is more taxing I believe, most of that is probably due to the excessive blooming the game implements. Civ IV will definately run better, not to mention better value.

 

[sinkoman]

I dunno.

Civ 4 is a great game and all, but it gets [can] get old fast.

Not saying it WILL get old fast, but it has the potential to get boring, fast.

 

[destrukt]

both are awesome and aoe3 has quite a good single player campaign. i also have civ 4 but i haven't got into it yet.

you could probably run aoe3 @ 1024x768 with medium graphics fine; your video card is letting you down the most, than your ram.

 

[SubKamran]

AOE3 runs on:

My comp - AMD 64 3200+, GF 7800GT, Max settings, Shadows Low
My bros: - AMD 2700+, Radeon 9600XT, Low settings

Both smooth, even did network play.

 

[VictimOfScience]

AoE3 will be much more taxing because of all of the bells and whistles, so if that is your concern and you really want a great strategy game, Civ 4 is the way to go. They are both incredibly fun and will keep you busy for countless hours of ever-evolving gameplay.

 

[Fliko]

I'm thinking about buying either Age of Empires 3 or Civilization 4, but first I need to know if my comp can run it with descent graphic without any slowdowns.

Pentium 4, 3.19 or 20 GHz
GeforceFX 5600
512MB of RAM.

And which game should I get? Note that I've never played any of Civilization games before, but I heard it's pretty good from many people and reviews.

Get Civ 4.
I'd suggest saving up for another 512 MB stick of ram, with my current 1 GB of ram, it gets choppy. Though... I do play on maps that are hyper-realistic to Earth.

 

[Combine Hybrid]

How is Civ4 gameplay? I've never played any Civ games before and I have no idea how does the gameplay works.

 

[AiM]

Civ game's are pretty unique, there's no real direct comparison that can be made (at least none I know of) so your best bet would be to read a review. (IGN or Eurogamer if they have it, I dislike GS cause their reviews are usually terrible and the most biased / paid)

 

[Javert]

I don't know about Civ 4, but in AoE 3 you can fiddle with the graphics settings. So you shouldn't have a problem requirements-wise.

 

[Combine Hybrid]

Played the demo of Civ4 and I have no idea how the gameplay works. I see bunch of barbarians owning my ass whole time while I'm struggling figuring out what the hell I'm suppose to do. The demo hardly tells any basic turtorial stuffs.

I hope the real game isn't like this.

 

[Eejit]

There's a full tutorial in the game as well as a helpful manual.

You can change graphics settings for Civ 4 too.

 

[Jintor]

Civ 4 is lovely, great fun.

It shoudl run fine on your machine, though not hyper-realistically.