What are ya'll gaming on?

Published on March 16, 2014 By sulley1 In Galactic Civilizations III

Since the alpha is only a little ways out, I was wondering what everyone was planning on playing it (or the beta, or the final version ) on?

My specs:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2GHz

8 GB Kingston 1600MHz RAM

ASUS P8Z77-V LX

ASUS Geforce GTX 670 4GB OC +20MHz (1000MHz)

Raidmax 750W 80 PLUS GOLD

CoolerMaster Storm Scout 2 Case

128 GB Samsung 840 Pro (OS)

1TB Western Digital HDD (DATA)

http://imgur.com/nsErEYQ,sjh4kkc#1

http://imgur.com/nsErEYQ,sjh4kkc#0

Comments (Page 8)

106

Publius of NV

on Mar 22, 2014

My laptop, less than 6 months old:

Windows 8.1 64 bit

Intel Core i7-4930MX

8G RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, 4G VRAM

Drives: 448GB SSD C drive + 1T SATA-III D drive

107

Lucky_Jack

on Mar 22, 2014

danielvr

reply 105

After seeing all the configs here, I'm afraid my 2+ year old laptop will not be enough

Win 7 Home Premium (64bits)

i7-2670QM

16GB RAM

1.5GB Geforce GTX 570M

2x500GB 7200RPM (RAID 0)

Looks more than adequate to me. I don't know why you would spend money for a new computer before trying it out.

108

DARCA1213

on Mar 22, 2014

can i have your laptop? lol. i'll take good care of it.

109

Avatar137

on Mar 22, 2014

P8Z68 Deluxe, i7 2700k @4.7GHz, EVGA GTX570HD 314.22s, 16gb DDR3 2130, 1000W PS, Onboard sound, 32" Bravia XBR, Win7Pro64

It has done well by me for the past 15 months.

110

danielvr

on Mar 22, 2014

Lucky Jack

reply 107

Quoting danielvr, reply 105
After seeing all the configs here, I'm afraid my 2+ year old laptop will not be enough

Win 7 Home Premium (64bits)

i7-2670QM

16GB RAM

1.5GB Geforce GTX 570M

2x500GB 7200RPM (RAID 0)

Looks more than adequate to me. I don't know why you would spend money for a new computer before trying it out.

I'm not even considering buying a new one... This one has to live for at least 3 more years

My point was that I was really impressed with the configurations that people seem to have.

111

Yaskoydray

on Mar 22, 2014

@EvilMaxWar: thanks for the detailed advice! I'll have a look around while keeping those specs in mind -- I'm in Ottawa btw.

@sulley1: thanks for the interesting links, especially the PCPartPicker!

Edit: +1 karma for you guys

112

EvilMaxWar

on Mar 22, 2014

Yaskoydray

reply 111

@EvilMaxWar: thanks for the detailed advice! I'll have a look around while keeping those specs in mind -- I'm in Ottawa btw.

@sulley1: thanks for the interesting links, especially the PCPartPicker!

Edit: +1 karma for you guys

Hey I took a peek at Ottawa CraigList and Kijiji for computer/parts, I could not find a deal that I find worth it. Seriously everything seems overpriced. At least compared to what I can typically find here in Quebec. Well, maybe people here are just more likely to ''Give away'' their stuff.

You might still find some deals on ebay though. Did not check there.

113

sulley1

on Mar 24, 2014

treborblue

reply 104

I bit the bullet and ordered a new PC

Windows 8.1

Intel i7-4770k 3.5GHz 8MB Cache

ASUS Z87M-Plus

8GB Kingston hyper-x Dual DDR3

4GB Geforce GTX 770

120GB INTEL 530 SSD

1TB SATA III HDD

I don't even know what half the techie stuff means, but I hope its fast.

This will pretty much blow away anything that is out right now. You could play Civ 5, BF4, and I would guess GalCiv 3 on high or ultra. You also can overclock the s*** out of that processor. Is this a laptop or desktop? Desktop right? The only thing that might need an upgrade is the ram. I just added 4Gb to my PC so I have 12Gb now.

Yaskoydray

reply 111

No problem!

114

DARCA1213

on Mar 24, 2014

Hey I got a new laptop. It's a HP Envy 17 notebook PC I'll tell the specs about it when I get home, along with the awesome deal I got!

DARCA

115

Lucky_Jack

on Mar 24, 2014

sulley1

reply 113

Is this a laptop or desktop? Desktop right?

When I looked at the Intel website this chip set was described as part of the Desktop processor series, so if he got it on a laptop I would be shocked.

116

Lucky_Jack

on Mar 24, 2014

Lucky Jack

reply 115

Quoting sulley1, reply 113Is this a laptop or desktop? Desktop right?

When I looked at the Intel website this chip set (i7-4770k) was described as part of the Desktop processor series, so if he got it on a laptop I would be shocked.

117

DARCA1213

on Mar 24, 2014

I have no idea how to use windows 8, and I don't know if I have to activate it, but this is what I got.

hp envy windows 8 9200 build

i7-4700 CPU @ 2.40GHz 64bit four cores. I think.

8 GB RAM

1TB hard drive

IDK the graphics card and the DirectX has to be good enough.

It also has a fingerprint reader!

DARCA

118

ParagonRenegade

on Mar 24, 2014

DARCA1213

reply 117

i7-4700 CPU @ 2.40GHz

119

DARCA1213

on Mar 24, 2014

she's hot...for a silver medalist. Lol.

My charisma earned me a super deal for 577$

and the consensus I gathered was 3GHz is insane for laptops, and your crazy. Lol.

120

treborblue

on Mar 25, 2014

sulley1

reply 113

Is this a laptop or desktop? Desktop right? The only thing that might need an upgrade is the ram.

It's a desktop.

I had a choice of 16GB ram and a 2MB 760 GFX card or 8GB ram and a 4GB 770 GFX card to max out my budget.

I chose the latter, I figured it would be easier to upgrade the ram latter.

I'm not really into overclocking, does it make all that much difference?

She's not going to be ready in time for the Alpha

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