Civilization IV System Requirements

Can I Run Civilization IV

Check the Civilization IV system requirements. Can I Run it? Test your specs and rate your gaming PC. System requirements Lab runs millions of PC requirements tests on over 8,500 games a month.


Here are the Civilization IV System Requirements (Minimum)

  • CPU: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP
  • CPU SPEED: 1.2 GHz
  • RAM: 256 MB
  • VIDEO CARD: 64 MB 3D Video Card with Hardware Transform & Lighting (NVIDIA GeForce2+ / ATI Radeon 7500+)
  • TOTAL VIDEO RAM: 32 MB
  • 3D: Yes
  • HARDWARE T&L: Yes
  • DIRECTX VERSION: DirectX version 9.0c (included) or higher
  • OS: Windows 2000/XP
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 1.7 GB
  • SOUND CARD: Yes
  • CD-ROM: 4X Speed CD/DVD-ROM

Civilization IV Recommended Requirements

  • CPU: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP
  • CPU SPEED: 1.8 GHz
  • RAM: 512 MB
  • VIDEO CARD: 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support with pixel & vertex shaders (NVIDIA GeForce 5600+ / ATI Radeon 9600+)
  • TOTAL VIDEO RAM: 128 MB
  • PIXEL SHADER: 1.0
  • VERTEX SHADER: 1.0
  • 3D: Yes
  • HARDWARE T&L: Yes
  • DIRECTX VERSION: DirectX version 9.0c (included) or higher
  • OS: Windows 2000/XP
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 1.7 GB
  • SOUND CARD: Yes
  • CD-ROM: 4X Speed CD/DVD-ROM

What Will Run It?

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