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 Civ4 VGA Guide

Please note: Cards MUST HAVE 64MB VIDEO RAM, and this should be assumed for every card listed; I will only mention it for cards that typically may have less than 64mb ram.

This table also does NOT necessarily reflect actual functionality, but instead theoretical functionality. I will update it periodically with information on specific cards that may have trouble more often than others. The list is roughly sorted in order of least performance on top, but not precisely (more in age order really). Remember that updated drivers are a must for running ANY game, and that other system-specific factors such as motherboard and motherboard drivers, system RAM, DirectX, and installed software.

These results have not been tested thoroughly, and the author and Apolyton do not take any responsibility for inaccuracies as posted. This is a collation of information from other sites (see top post) and should be treated as such.

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List of Video Cards for Civilization IV
Name of Product T+L/Shaders version Runs? Notes
ATI Desktop Cards
3D Rage and variants None No.
Rage 128 and 128 Pro None No.
Fury MAXX None No.
Radeon VE None No.
Radeon LE T+L Slowly. Req. 64mb video ram, not sure if this is available with that.
Radeon SDR/DDR T+L Slowly. Req 64mb video ram, not sure if this is available with that.
Radeon 7000 None No.
Radeon 7200 T+L Barely. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 7500 T+L Barely. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 8500 and LE Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9000 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9100 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9200 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9250 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9500 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9550 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9600 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9700 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon 9800 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers!
Radeon x300 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix
Radeon x200 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix
Radeon x300 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix
Radeon x550 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix
Radeon x600 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix
Radeon x700 Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix
Radeon x800 and x800pro Shaders 2.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix Fairly fast!
Radeon x1000 series Shaders 3.0 Yes. Requires updated drivers, and some require the UnPak fix Very Fast!
nVidia Desktop Cards
TNT and TNT2 series None No.
Riva 128 and variants None No.
Geforce 2 T+L Yes, slowly Requires 64mb video ram
Geforce 3 Shaders 1.1 Yes, slowly Requires 64mb video ram
Geforce 4mx 420 T+L Yes
Geforce 4mx 440 T+L Yes Requires 64mb video ram
Geforce 4mx 460 T+L Yes Requires 64mb video ram
Geforce 4mx 460 T+L Yes Requires 64mb video ram
Geforce 4mx 4000 T+L Yes
Geforce 4PCX 4300 T+L Yes
Geforce 4ti 4200 Shaders 1.1/1.3 Yes
Geforce 4ti 4400 Shaders 1.1/1.3 Yes
Geforce 4ti 4600 Shaders 1.1/1.3 Yes
Geforce 4ti 4800 and SE Shaders 1.1/1.3 Yes
Geforce5 FX 5200 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 PCX 5300 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 5500 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 5600 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 5700 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 5750 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 5800 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 5900 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 5950 Shaders 2.0a Yes
Geforce5 FX 6200 Shaders 3.0 Yes This is a fairly slow card compared to other 5xxx and 6xxx cards.
Geforce5 FX 6500 Shaders 3.0 Yes
Geforce5 FX 6600 Shaders 3.0 Yes
Geforce5 FX 6800 Shaders 3.0 Yes Fairly fast!
Geforce5 FX 7800 Shaders 3.0 Yes Very Fast!
ATI Notebook Cards
Mobility 320 None. No
Mobility 340 None. No
Mobility Radeon T+L. Not sure Has T+L, but no texture/pixel pipelines, so may not work.
Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP T+L. Not sure Has T+L, but no texture/pixel pipelines, so may not work.
Mobility Radeon 7500 T+L. Slowly. Update drivers, should work, but very slow. Must have 64mb vRAM.
Mobility Radeon 7800 T+L. Slowly. Update drivers, should work, but very slow. Must have 64mb vRAM.
Mobility FireGL 7800 T+L. Slowly. Update drivers, should work, but very slow. Must have 64mb vRAM.
Mobility Radeon 9000 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes Update drivers, should work. Must have 64mb vRAM.
Mobility FireGL 9000 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes Update drivers, should work. Must have 64mb vRAM.
Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP Shaders 1.1/1.4 Not sure Has T+L and shaders, but no texture/pixel pipelines, so may not work.
Mobility Radeon 9200 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility Radeon 9600 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility FireGL T2 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility Radeon 9700 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility Radeon 9800 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility Radeon x300 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility Radeon x600 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility Radeon x700 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility FireGL V5000 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
Mobility Radeon x800 Shaders 2.0 Yes Update drivers, should work
nVidia Notebook Cards
GeForce2 Go (all) T+L Slowly Absolute minimum, and must have 64mb ram. Not going to play well.
GeForce4 Go 410 T+L Slowly Must have 64mb ram.
GeForce4 Go 420 T+L Slowly Must have 64mb ram.
GeForce4 Go 440 T+L Slowly Must have 64mb ram, but 32 may work (Imran)
GeForce4 Go 4200 Shaders 1.1/1.4 Yes Must have 64mb ram.
GeForce FX Go 5100 Shaders 2 Yes
GeForce FX Go 5200 Shaders 2 Yes
GeForce FX Go 5600 Shaders 2 Yes
GeForce FX Go 5650 Shaders 2 Yes
GeForce FX Go 5700 Shaders 2 Yes
Quadro FX Go700 Shaders 2 Yes
Quadro FX Go1000 Shaders 2 Yes
GeForce Go 6200 Shaders 3 Yes
GeForce Go 6600 Shaders 3 Yes Fairly fast.
GeForce Go 6800 Shaders 3 Yes Fast.
Quadro Go 1400 Shaders 3 Yes Fairly fast.
GeForce Go 7300 Shaders 3 Yes Very fast.
GeForce Go 7800 Shaders 3 Yes Very fast.
Intel cards
Intel Extreme Graphics IGP None No.
Intel Extreme Graphics 2 IGP Vertex 1.1 Unclear Does not support Pixel shaders, and may be using emulation for T+L.
Intel 815 chipset None No.
Intel 830 chipset None No.
Intel 852 or 855 chipset None No.
Intel 910 or 915 chipset No hardware. May work. Intel does not support T+L, but this chipset may work anyway.



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