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System Requirements / Low Performance (Laptop Related?)

August 14, 2014 1:30:08 PM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

What the heck are the system requirement for this? I have a fairly new, fairly decent rig, but I am getting atrocious performance... 6 fps in planet viewer, and 10 fps on the standard screen on new game.

I have a i7-4810, 16gb RAM, and GTX 870m 

 

Are these not enough, or should I be getting better performance than this?

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Reply #1 August 14, 2014 1:42:59 PM
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Minimum:
    • OS: 64-bit Windows 8.1 / 8 / 7
    • Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD K10 Dual-Core
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 10.1 Video Card (AMD Radeon HD5x00 Series / Nvidia GeForce 500 Series / Intel HD 4000 or later)
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Hard Drive: 3 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Recommended:
    • Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 Processor or Equivalent
    • Memory: 6 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 1 GB DirectX 10.1 Video Card
    • Hard Drive: 5 GB available space

 

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Reply #2 August 14, 2014 1:54:50 PM
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Since you have a mobiiltiy card its likely the game is using your integrated Intel card

Force the use of your Mobilty card via the Nvidia COntrol Panel

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Reply #3 August 14, 2014 2:11:05 PM
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I have the same problem too.  I have already forced it to use the NVidia but it still has major issues.

 

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Reply #4 August 14, 2014 2:15:35 PM
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A lot of people have had this problem with this and other games. A smart move for StarDock would be to have the code query for this condition (if possible) and issue a warning.

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Reply #5 August 14, 2014 2:24:30 PM
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yeah, not sure what the problem is.  The Nvidia GPU activity indicator in the system tray lights up and says that GalCiv3 is using the GPU.  It just does not run well.  I lowered my resolution from 3200x1800 down th 1920x1080 and it does improve up to about 11-12 FPS.   Other games, Metro, Crysis3, Titanfall, etc run at high FPS so I suspect it is something in the game itself.  Not complaining of course, it is beta. But I want to point it out so if they want any other info they can ask for it.

 

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Reply #6 August 14, 2014 2:32:06 PM
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Similar issue here.

Quadro 4000M (laptop)

Running at 1920x1080

340.66 quadro driver

Vsync on (off doesn’t make a difference. Is there any way to display framerate?)

Anti-aliasing off

Bloom and ui off (makes a slight difference)

Other games such as tropico 5, civ 5 and company of heroes 2 are fine.

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Reply #7 August 14, 2014 2:36:13 PM
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Hit d to display debug information (including framerate)

 

And yes, I did make sure I was using the nvidia card, not the integrated chipset.

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Reply #8 August 14, 2014 3:19:48 PM
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I could be mistaken but i dont think they have done a lot of optimization yet for the game 

considering its a turn based its more of a polish point ao proboly not very high on the priority list

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Reply #9 August 14, 2014 5:18:02 PM
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There is a large difference between a few seconds extra time between turns and unplayable lag.

 

Anyways, I just tried setting my GC3 to force using the integrated graphics - I actually got BETTER performance : 30 fps in both planet screen and main screen. 

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Reply #10 August 14, 2014 5:38:00 PM
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I played this on my old alienware laptop M14 555M NVIDIA. The game is choppy but not unplayable (I don't have the highest graphic settings on either). I do recall that the in the alpha NVIDIA released a beta driver and it caused some issues, maybe this has to do with that?

In any case, you should probably send your debug.err file to Stardock or post it up here so they can take a peek to see if something else may be causing the problem.

The debug.err file is in your "Documents/my games/GalCiv3" folder. It replaces it every time you play the game. So try running the game with the nVidia card and send (post) it to them.

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Reply #11 August 14, 2014 6:36:49 PM
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Set it to run with the Nvidia card again

 

Debug.err : http://pastebin.com/jbCVSuSS

 

EDIT : 

Ran it with integrated graphics, debug.err : http://pastebin.com/WVufhdtc

 

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Reply #12 August 14, 2014 9:39:46 PM
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@Wraith367

Thanks for the tip on switching to integrated graphics and the 'd' key, it now runs fine for testing. (Intel HD4000)

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Reply #13 August 14, 2014 11:04:52 PM
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All,

 

I can confirm as well, I have an NVIDA GTX 870 M and integrated Intel HD 4600, I get better FPS on the Intel. Yes I have the latest drivers.

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Reply #14 August 15, 2014 12:48:56 AM
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I got a 4600 as well its fine.

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Reply #15 August 15, 2014 8:36:28 AM
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Please remember this is beta. If you are experiencing technical issues or crashes, be sure to let us know so we may report them to the developers.

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit 

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