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Sid Meier's Civilization V

Sid Meier's Civilization V

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🖥️ Sid Meier's Civilization V system requirements

Minimum and recommended PC specs (official, from Steam). Meeting "Minimum" means you can play; for smoother visuals and higher settings, refer to "Recommended".

🖥️ Can your PC run Sid Meier's Civilization V?

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Requirement equivalentGPU tierCPU tierMemory
Minimum HD 2000 / 3000 series / 7 series AMD Athlon II X2 / Athlon 64 X2 / Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB
Recommended — 4-core processor (estimated) 4 GB

💻 Minimum

OS *
Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz
Memory
2GB RAM
Graphics
256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, or Core i3 or better integrated graphics
DirectX®
DirectX® version 9.0c
Hard Drive
8 GB Free
Sound
DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
Note
Optimized for the touch-screen Ultrabook™ device

🚀 Recommended

OS *
Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
Processor
1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
512 MB ATI 4800 series or better, 512 MB nVidia 9800 series or better
DirectX®
DirectX® version 11
Hard Drive
8 GB Free
Sound
DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
Note
Optimized for the touch-screen Ultrabook™ device

Source: Steam store page (updated 2026/10/8). Requirements may change after updates; check the store page before buying.

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