Did anyone else have alot of performance problem`s with Civ4? I own vanilla plus the two expansions, Once the map became filled improvement`s there was ALOT of stuttering frame rates happening. It killed the game for me, I can`t enjoy something that ran so poorly.
I first tried the game with a AMD X2 2.8 ghz, 3GB ram, 8800GT 512, Vista 32 bit. It ran like shit no matter the graphic settings. I then upgraded to an ATI 4870 1 GB and it still run`s like shit. I`m assuming its because of the cpu. If Civ4 was running on a single core, The clock speed just isn`t fast enough.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I originally ran Civ4 on a lesser computer than yours, without the slowdowns you describe. I used an athlon 64 3500, probably a 5600 Nvidia card, a raptor HD, probably 2G ram, XP Pro. System is homebuilt and was pretty good for it's day, but IIRC it was built about the time civ4 came out, 5+ years ago. I usually play the biggest maps too, and slowest speed, and with all the bells&whistles.
My only guess for your problems is my 3500 vs your 2800, your Vista vs my XP, I'm guessing my raptor is faster, and then the usual installation/bloatware/etc. thiings. My boot/OS HD is just for games and system programs. I keep all unnecessary programs and services from running in the background, drivers updated, regularly clean out old files and defrag and CCleaner and CleanUp! and all that stuff.
Your system should do better, it seems to me.
Sorry I can't be of more help.