Civilization IV is a turn-based game in which the player builds an empire from very limited initial resources. All standard full-length games begin in 4000 BC with a settler who builds a single city. From there, the player expands an empire while contending with rival nations, using the geography, developing infrastructure, and encouraging scientific and cultural progress.

Civilization IV System Requirements

Recommended Requirements

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz / AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Graphics: AMD All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
System Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 1.7 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For Civilization IV Requirements

Civilization IV requires at least a All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 or GeForce FX 5600 XT to meet recommended requirements running on high graphics setting, with 1080p resolution. This hardware should achieve 60FPS. You should also have 512 MB system memory. Make sure your GPU can run DirectX 9 or Civilization IV won’t run. This means you will require a 18 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

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GTX 1060

How well optimised is Civilization IV for PC? Civilization IV is excellently optimized

Where does Civilization IV rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Management, Strategy, Turn-based, Historic

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GD Verdict

Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

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Pentium 4 1.8GHz

Athlon XP 1800+

GeForce FX 5600 XT

All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500

64 MB

512 MB

DX 9

1.7 GB

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Civilization IV PC Release Date:

30 Jun 2006

Alternative Game Tags: compilation, civilization, pc, 2000s, 2k, 2k games, 4x, civ 4, Civilization, God sim, Sid Meier, Civ iv, civ 4 beyond the sword

Civilization IV vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

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Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

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Radeon RX 480X 4GB

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RAM

12GB

2244%

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