Civilization V system requirements: can you run it?
- Developer:
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher:
- 2K Games
- Release date:
- 21 September 2010 (12 years old)
- Metacritic score:
- 90 / 100
- Our user score:
- 4.6 / 5 (52 votes)
Official Civilization V PC system requirements
These are the PC specs advised by developers to run at minimal and recommended settings. Those requirements are usually very approximate, but still can be used to determine the indicative hardware tier you need to play the game.
Minimum
Recommended
Graphics card:
- 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, or Core i3 or better integrated graphics
Graphics card:
- 512 MB ATI 4800 series or better, 512 MB nVidia 9800 series or better
CPU:
- Dual Core CPU
CPU:
- 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory:
- 2GB RAM
Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- File size:
- 8 GB Free
- File size:
- 8 GB Free
- Operating system:
- Windows® XP SP3/ Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
- Operating system:
- Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
- DirectX:
- DirectX® version 9.0c
- DirectX:
- DirectX® version 11
Your PC build in Civilization V
Your GPU in Civilization V
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Civilization V FPS benchmarks
Average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.
Your CPU in Civilization V
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
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