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I wonder if a 5 year old computer will run the game?

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I wonder if a 5 year old computer will run the game?

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I managed to have the foresight to buy a 64 bit system five years ago (windows Vista) and now i hear Galciv3 will only run on 64 bit systems!

 

But since my computer is now five years old,,,, i dunno??

 

I cannot remember the stats of my computer exactly (I'm at work right now) but it is what you would call a 'mid range' gaming system five years ago, purchased from an online Ebay store.

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Reply #76 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Mystikmind, reply 9


Oh, that reminds me of the old "CPU not supported" in the original Alpha Centauri. And do we care that the CPU is not supported??? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always wondered what dummass moron programmed that one in, and what they were thinking, given the fast evolution of computer technology going on all around them? Besides, what is the worst thing that can happen, the computer crashes? Oh dear, cannot risk that possibility, lets just stop the game from having any chance of working at all!
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Note that while that may 'seem' stupid you have to also understand that 'ambiguous error messages' can generate a LOT of support calls.

Let's say you're running Xcom Enemy Unknown. You're on XP. You press play, and .. it crashes. You can reduce a lot of support calls by having an error message "Hey XP isnt supported idiot did you read the box?"


Let's say you're playing CoD:Ghost. You  have an GT9800. You press play and, you get a bizarre "DirectX not initialized" error. WTF!?! Or would you prefer "Sorry yoru video card does not support DirectX 11"

Reply #77 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting ParagonRenegade, reply 75

I'd rather not discuss this, since it'll be a waste of time as we're both rather set in our opinions, and I've had this discussion literally dozens of times.
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Likewise, I've participated in similar discussions for lot, but you first opponent who actually tries to have a discussion. So if you don't mind to invest some time into PM conversation, I'd welcome that. Maybe you'll help me to confirm my complains or help me to understand that I'm wrong somewhere.

Still, should we clean this topic a bit?

 

Quoting ParagonRenegade, reply 75
Regardless, no hard feelings?
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Why, just because we have different opinions? Variety is the spice of life. Remember what Legion said about seeing picture from different points of view? Even if those scientists told that universe is just hologram. :D

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Reply #78 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

You can probably but you most likely won't enjoy the experience.

Reply #79 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

For many years I had rather weak PCs, so even if I could launch more modern games, their performance was slow and their settings were put on minimal. I say if game is good, I ignored "flaws" and enjoyed the gameplay. Maybe that's why I prefer to dwell on GoG, where you have good old games, not beautiful new ones? :)

Reply #80 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Rudy_102, reply 79

For many years I had rather weak PCs, so even if I could launch more modern games, their performance was slow and their settings were put on minimal. I say if game is good, I ignored "flaws" and enjoyed the gameplay. Maybe that's why I prefer to dwell on GoG, where you have good old games, not beautiful new ones?
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Unfortunately, many of those GoGs will become unplayable in the near future as more an more of us migrate to newer PCs with Windows 8 (and, in the future, newer levels of Windows) as MS continues to ignore the need for backward compatibility support in their OS.

I just recently migrated to a new PC with Windows 8 and I was shocked at how many of my Good old Games I can no longer play.

Reply #81 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Lucky, reply 80
Unfortunately, many of those GoGs will become unplayable in the near future as more an more of us migrate to newer PCs with Windows 8 (and, in the future, newer levels of Windows) as MS continues to ignore the need for backward compatibility support in their OS.

I just recently migrated to a new PC with Windows 8 and I was shocked at how many of my Good old Games I can no longer play.
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GOG.com itself takes care about the backwards compatibility. By now, they support Windows 8 for almost all of the games they sell.

Reply #82 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Lucky, reply 80
Unfortunately, many of those GoGs will become unplayable in the near future as more an more of us migrate to newer PCs with Windows 8 (and, in the future, newer levels of Windows) as MS continues to ignore the need for backward compatibility support in their OS.

I just recently migrated to a new PC with Windows 8 and I was shocked at how many of my Good old Games I can no longer play.
End of Lucky's quote

You could send your message to mitrosoft and tell them you don't like "weight" so much you don't want to buy it. As long as there demand, there will be supply. No need to tell me about progress, W7 could be named progress, W8 is regress.

So we could opt for new OS, maybe Linux based, maybe specifially SteamOS in future, who knows. And as good Gaunathor here said, GoG team has been known for supporting their titles well, so I do hope they'll continue to do that in the future.

Reply #83 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Rudy_102, reply 82
So we could opt for new OS, maybe Linux based, maybe specifially SteamOS in future, who knows. And as good Gaunathor here said, GoG team has been known for supporting their titles well, so I do hope they'll continue to do that in the future.
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As long as my games will run on it, and it has similar apps for my apps that don't run on it. Unfortunately, that is where MS has us by the b***s. I have a nephew that works at MS and even he thinks this back-level compatibility stuff is pure crap.

Reply #84 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Lucky, reply 83
As long as my games will run on it, and it has similar apps for my apps that don't run on it. Unfortunately, that is where MS has us by the b***s. I have a nephew that works at MS and even he thinks this back-level compatibility stuff is pure crap.
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Many people think Bieber is a singer, hotseat is not needed ;P , consoles' performance is fine, and 32bit software is a way to the future.

I guess source of problem is because people are lazy and don't do things personally, they have IT-department, who "makes their stuff works" for them. Most people just want one big button "make it cool now". When they begin to have problems on personal level, that's when concern and care appear. As long as mitrosoft is going to have casual customers who use their PCs/tablets/laptops/phones for "skype and kitten", well, you know, wall of rooms where IT-departments quarters will hear a lot of interesting curses, swearing, and obscenity.