Galactic Civilisations 2

[Lemur]

I'm liking it, but I'm crashing like the Hindenburg every time I play it. I've updated all drivers, dialed down the hardware acceleration on the sound, and I'm completely stymied. Gonna have to go to the support chat rooms and see if they can help a lemur out.

[Lehesu]

I'd like to buy it, but I want to be sure that it will be playable with my system. I have a Pentium III 1.0 Ghz processor, 256 Mb RAM, GeForce 4 Mx 420.

The min specs are a 800 Mhz processor, 256 Mb RAM. I meet the min specs, but minimum specs don't always mean playable. Anybody on the lower end of the computer power curve that has this game?

[Lehesu]

Getting a new computer in the semi-near future. No use spending money on a computer that I will no longer use.

[Zenicetus]

I'd like to buy it, but I want to be sure that it will be playable with my system. I have a Pentium III 1.0 Ghz processor, 256 Mb RAM, GeForce 4 Mx 420.

The min specs are a 800 Mhz processor, 256 Mb RAM. I meet the min specs, but minimum specs don't always mean playable. Anybody on the lower end of the computer power curve that has this game?

You might want to post that question over in the official forum, maybe do a search first on that topic to see if others have already covered it (http://www.galciv2.com/).

I agree that your RAM is really low, not just for this game but Windows in general. You might be able to get away with it, if you're running a really stripped-down config with no extraneous services running. But more RAM would be better. One gig is pretty standard these days for all major applications and games. Two gigs is where you start to really notice that things are running like silk with no (or very little) HD paging with modern games. Having lots of RAM also helps when you're multitasking a game, like Alt-Tabbing out to ask a question on the game's web forum, or check email. GalCiv2 has a very smooth Alt-Tab exit and return, if you don't have a tight RAM ceiling.

Edit: just noticed your post about a new comp on the horizon. Go for 2 gigs RAM, even if it means skimping a little on the CPU speed. Tons of RAM and a hot video card are more important than having the fastest possible CPU.

[TinCow]

I'm liking it, but I'm crashing like the Hindenburg every time I play it. I've updated all drivers, dialed down the hardware acceleration on the sound, and I'm completely stymied. Gonna have to go to the support chat rooms and see if they can help a lemur out.

I am having the same problems. Most crashes seem to come when I'm in the shipyard.

[TinCow]

I had one crash in the Shipyard, while designing a tiny fighter. No crashes since though, and i've made dozens of ships.

My shipyard crashes seem to occur mostly when I try to update a ship I have already designed. For some reason nothing happens when I click save. Then when I exit back to the galaxy map, the save window comes up asking for a description of the ship and it crashes. I've also had a few random no-reason crashes.