Sid Meier's Civilization 4 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Sid Meier's Civilization 4
Developer:
Firaxis Games
Publisher:
2K Games
Release date:
25 October 2005 (18 years ago)
User score:
4.3 / 5 (14 votes)

Official system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Sid Meier's Civilization 4 at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Hardware T&L support ( GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)
Pass CPU:
1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Pass Memory:
256 MB RAM (Windows 2000) / 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)
File size:
1.7 GB Free
Operating system:
Windows® 2000/XP with SP1 or higher
DirectX:
DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support (pixel & vertex shaders)
Pass CPU:
1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Pass Memory:
512 MB RAM
File size:
1.7 GB Free
Operating system:
Windows® 2000/XP with SP1 or higher
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card

Sid Meier's Civilization 4 performance on your PC


Sid Meier's Civilization 4 performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060


Sid Meier's Civilization 4 performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Pentium 4405U

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4.3 14 votes

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