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Civilization: Beyond Earth System Requirements Revealed

October 6, 2014 by Ryan Parreno

Not only does the game require DirectX 11, it requires at least a midrange graphics card.

Firaxis Games have revealed the system requirements for Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth on Steam.

Firaxis earlier clarified that Beyond Earth would not have strategic view, a feature that originally allowed players to observe and play Civilization games with a bigger map. Strategic view did not just allow players to manage events in the map all at once. It also allowed them to run the game on lower end PCs, as detailed graphics were unnecessary on this view.

These system requirements reveal Firaxis has purposely planned the game for detailed graphics on mid range and high end configurations, leaving lower end PCs out entirely. Not only is DirectX 11 a requirement, the game also requires graphics cards at the level of the Nvidia 8800 GT, and these are the minimum specs. Other requirements are at relatively lower bars, such as 2 GB RAM and a 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo.

How do you feel about Firaxis’ design decisions? Will you upgrade your PC to playBeyond Earth? Read the minimum and recommended specs below, and share your thoughts with us in the comments. Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth will be released to Windows on October 24, and then to Mac and Linux in the future.

MINIMUM: 
 
OS: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7 
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz 
Memory: 2 GB RAM 
Graphics: 256 MB ATI HD3650 or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD 3000 or better integrated graphics 
DirectX: Version 11 
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space 
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card 
 
RECOMMENDED: 
 
OS: Windows® Vista SP2 / Windows® 7 
Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU 
Memory: 4 GB RAM 
Graphics: AMD HD5000 series or better, nVidia GT400 series or better, or Intel IvyBridge or better integrated graphics 
DirectX: Version 11 
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space 
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card
 
Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2012 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.

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