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Old October 18th, 2006, 09:02 AM

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Default Re: On the cusp...

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alexti said:
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kimmitt said:
But the turn processing time means that I just can't justify buying the game to myself. I spent more time watching turns process than playing them, and this on the first few turns of a 5-person game in the demo.

My machine's a 2 GHz with 768 MB of RAM; my graphics aren't the best, but my problem isn't with graphics processing.

It doesn't sound right. I thought you were complaining about sluggish turn processing on turn 80 on a huge map. I've marginally better computer and turn processing in similar setup takes maybe 1-3 seconds...
How long are those turns taking? I've never seen it take longer to process than to play. Even when it's taking 10-15 minutes on late turns on a huge map, I'm taking hours to set up the turn.

My system's around the same, 1.8G Athlon, but 1G of Ram, which makes me wonder if the memory is the difference. If you're hitting the swap file, that can make a huge difference in speed. Check your memory usage while it's processing.
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