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Memory Requirements for larger maps

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November 26th, 2006, 14:07
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At the moment my rather poor 256 MB of RAM can only handle tiny maps well in the modern era. I'm going to get some more memory soon though and wondered how much others are using here and what kind of performance they get on the larger maps.

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November 26th, 2006, 14:48
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I have 2GB. My performance is fine on huge maps even in to the late game.
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November 26th, 2006, 19:25
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2 GB also, no probs in late game on any map size.
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November 27th, 2006, 11:49
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I've got 1 GB, and my machine slows down noticeably later on Large maps, enough so that I haven't tried Huge. However, I don't think it's a RAM constraint, as Task Manager always shows substantially less than 1 GB of physical RAM in use.

Frequent saving and reloading helps considerably, as often as every 10 turns or so. Thanks to Kylearan for that suggestion a while back.
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November 27th, 2006, 13:51
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Thanks for the responses so far! smile

Anyone use between 1-2GB? Good to see where Civ is happy or not.
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November 27th, 2006, 14:54
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Amount of memory is not the only factor to determine game speed, though it is probably the single biggest contributor. I imagine you'll want memory of decent speed, as well as a decent video card to handle those huge maps.

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November 27th, 2006, 17:14
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Not to sound too condescending, but I was aware of that smile

My computer is still pretty decent on every front barring memory.
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November 27th, 2006, 21:59
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Actually, T-Hawk brings up a good point. I guess I do it as a matter of course now and so have taken it for granted.

I too save and reload, although not as often as every 10 turns, and will even exit and re-start while holding the shift key in marathon sessions. As I said, I do this as a matter of course and not because things are slowing down; but I do recall that before I got into that habit the game would slow down after two or three hours of gameplay.
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November 28th, 2006, 09:18
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Nope, looks like I'm the condescending one, sorry about that! smile

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November 30th, 2006, 00:42
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I've got a two-year old P4, a 256mb Radeon X800, and only 1 GB of ram. Scrolling around late-game standard size maps can get pretty chunky at times (although I'm not sure how much of that is due to the mediocre ATI drivers). I've never thought to check memory usage like T-Hawk though.

Maybe I should try your periodic reloading trick! (Or maybe I should stop playing 5+ hour marathon sessions).
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