Been playing (actually just limping along) since early beta on 2 old machines and think its time for a new one scaled to Galciv so I am asking for help from all you immense map players. Current games have been pretty much limited to medium maps.
So here is what I am thinking, along with some questions
1) Intel Core i7 5820K 6 core on an ASUS X99-DELUXE.
Read lots of debates on i7 4790K/z97 vs the 5820/x99 as to the best for gaming but based on prior Brad posts IIRC more cores = GOOD for GalCiv. Thoughts?
2) 16Gb Ram
Is that enough is good play on immense maps with lots of AI? What are you guys (gals) using? Should it be stretched to 32Gb?
3) 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB – if I’m feeling frisky OR
1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB – if my wallet is doing the talking
Again form Brad, GalCiv3 will make use of unused video ram to improve performance. Monitor is a 24” 1920x1080 so I don’t either board will be stressed from a graphics performance stand point.
4) Drives 3 x 256 SSD’s –just cause I already have them
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I Thank ya for any help/advice