July 29, 2002, 15:55
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Settler
Local Time: 01:09
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 14
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Slow Gameplay problem?
Sorry if this is covered anywhere else but I am having a problem with Civ3 being really slow on my PC. If I turn off the animations, it's not too bad but when it takes 5 seconds for the settler unit to drop his pack and set up shop it's irritating.
I have an AMD 1700+ with 1GB SDRAM, Lots of hard drive space and a GF3 128MB gfx card. WinXP is a pain but I have little choice. I have nothing else running in the background.
Any help?
Dave
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July 29, 2002, 17:29
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Deity
Local Time: 07:09
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Republic of Flanders
Posts: 10,747
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Have you tried running a virus scanner?
Because with your specs, you shouldn't have these problems.
Unless you are playing very well into the modern age on a maxed out huge map with all civs.
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July 30, 2002, 07:28
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Settler
Local Time: 01:09
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 14
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Standard size map and no Virus scanner.
Everything is fine except the animations. THey seem to be the only item that is slow. If I turn them off, through the preferences, I only get pauses in the animinations that seem to be forced.
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July 30, 2002, 07:52
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Emperor
Local Time: 02:09
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Brasil
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I used to face that problem in my old machine (K6-500 w/ 64 MB RAM), but since I updated to a system a little better (Duron 850 w/ 256 MB RAM) I've been having a breeze out of it.
What drivers are you using for your video card? It has been reported that the Win XP drivers for Nvidia cards actually decrease the card's performance.
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July 30, 2002, 08:24
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King
Local Time: 21:09
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Anaheim, California
Posts: 1,083
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Make sure you have the latest drivers for that Gforce.
If you just got the game and haven't obtained and installed any patches that too may be your problem. The game should not run slow on that system. XP should not be a problem either by now. Its either the drivers or you need to install a patch. The original unpatched game had issues with XP and the Detonators that were around back then.
Why is XP a pain? It works well for most people excpept with some DOS games and a few other programs. You should hit the update shortcut in your start menu. If you have never gone to MSs XP udate you are still using XP in an unpatched state. Not a good idea.
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July 30, 2002, 14:12
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Chieftain
Local Time: 00:09
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I just upgraded to a new machine with 2.0Gb Memory, a 512Mb cache and a 64 Mb graphics card running on Windows XP Professional. The game rushes along like nobody's business.
On my old machine, it was slow and annoying, but the game works really well on higher end machines, I've found.
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