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Civilization: Beyond Earth will take players beyond the traditional confines of our humble planet, allowing the player to colonise an alien world in an attempt create a new future for mankind. Continuing Alpha Centauri's classic gameplay, Civilization: Beyond Earth has the player exploring and expanding their settlement on an alien planet, no doubt rubbing shoulders with a few angry extraterrestrials along the way.

Civilization: Beyond Earth System Requirements

26 Nov 2015 - Specs reviewed

Minimum Requirements

OS: Win Vista 32
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3650 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 420
VRAM: 256MB
System Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card

Recommended Requirements

OS: Win 7 64
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz / AMD Phenom 9100e Quad-Core
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
VRAM: 1GB
System Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB Hard drive space

PC System Analysis For Civilization: Beyond Earth Requirements

Civilization: Beyond Earth requires at least a Radeon HD 5750 1024MB or GeForce GTS 450 to meet recommended requirements running on high graphics setting, with 1080p resolution. This hardware should achieve 60FPS. Civilization: Beyond Earth needs a Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz or Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ processor coupled with a GeForce GT 420 to get it to run minimum system requirements. This will return around 30FPS at 720p screen res on low graphics settings, but you can also adjust the settings further to tweak. Make sure your GPU can run DirectX 11 or Civilization: Beyond Earth won’t run. In short you need a 11 year old PC for best Civilization: Beyond Earth performance.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Civilization: Beyond Earth for PC? Civilization: Beyond Earth is well optimized

6.7

Where does Civilization: Beyond Earth rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Management, Strategy, Turn-based, Sci fi, War

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Civilization: Beyond Earth System Requirements

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GD Verdict

Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+

GeForce GT 420

Radeon HD 3650

256 MB

2 GB

Win Vista 32

DX 11

8 GB

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AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+

GeForce GT 530

Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB

512 MB

3 GB

Win Vista 32

DX 9

8 GB

FPS

Recommended Requirements

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AMD CPU

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AMD Graphics Card

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GD Verdict

Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz

Phenom 9100e Quad-Core

GeForce GTS 450

Radeon HD 5750 1024MB

1 GB

4 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

8 GB

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Civilization: Beyond Earth PC Release Date:

24 Oct 2014

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Civilization: Beyond Earth vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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Core i7-10700TE 8-Core 2.00GHz

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Radeon RX 480X 4GB

658%

RAM

12GB

200%

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