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Hi everyone,

I am now about to change my good old PC with a bit more modern setup and I was wondering -- is this game going to utilize 8 cores? Is there any point getting e.g. i7 4790k instead of i5 4690k? I still keep in mind how horrible Cities XL was, performance-wise, utilizing single core only.

Any guidance much appreciated.
 
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co_martsu said:
The system requirements on Steam are not final ones and may be subject to change still! So please check out the recommended requirements as well:

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8 (64-bit)
Processor: 3 GHz Quad core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX460, 1 GB RAM or AMD Radeon HD 6850, 1 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 2 GB available space

This goes for both desktops and laptops.
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Ouch, my couple year old desktop is just skirting by the current recommended requirements at
Windows 7 64-bit
AMD 980 quad at 3.5GHz
8GB RAM
nVIDIA GTX 460

I assume this is still the recommended requirements?

Also, how important is the GPU compared to the CPU?
My laptop is only
i7 2.8GHz
16GB SRAM
nVIDIA 560m with 2GB VRAM

Wondering how much of a bottleneck that 2.8GHz i7 is going to be with Skyline.
 
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If someone has the time to tell me if this will run, then thank you. I've read the system requirements. I know nothing about computer specs. I'm mostly going to be playing this on a Windows computer, which I'm sure can handle around medium options,
but I'm wondering if this will run on my Mac.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

Thanks for taking your time for answering.
 
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charlesnew said:
If someone has the time to tell me if this will run, then thank you. I've read the system requirements. I know nothing about computer specs. I'm mostly going to be playing this on a Windows computer, which I'm sure can handle around medium options,
but I'm wondering if this will run on my Mac.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

Thanks for taking your time for answering.
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Barely. Intel HD Graphics 4000 is the major factor holding you back (not upgradable either.. at least my ultrabook wasn't)
 
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mentok said:
How would the gpu in a macbook (intel iris i think?) stack up to this?
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The Intel Iris in the 13" MacBook would barely cope. And I mean barely.
The Intel Iris Pro in the 15" MacBook would fare a bit better, and might actually be playable (it does a mighty fine job at Wasteland 2, for example, with settings on high or medium-high) but I can't tell you for definite without trying, and the game hasn't been released yet :p

The high-end 15" MacBook of course comes with a (disproportionately old) discreet nVidia graphics card so... that would work well...
 
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In one of the video collections, they mentioned the spec's of the machine they were demonstrating it on, and it was an i5 2500K with a 660 GPU. Both of those are about 3 generations behind current spec's, so im pretty sure that any new (current model) laptop would be plenty, just make sure it has a dedicated GPU rather than an 'on-board' one, like an intel one, as they're really not intended for gaming.
I'd even go as far as expecting a current gen i3 to be fine, certainly the desktop version.

Judging based on Ghz is a false sense of security. We had 3ghz Pentium 4's, quad core Q6600s etc about 8 & 6yrs ago, and nobody is going to tell me that's on par with any of the current processors.

I dont know how things stand with AMD processors, i know they're getting slaughtered by Intel on the whole, but the fact still remains that a current AMD processor will be fine. Any desktop CPU in the last 3 generations should be, laptops, make it 2 as they're slightly underclocked due to heat/cooling restraints.
You can tell the intel gen's by their first digit, 2500, 3570, 4690, 5930 etc
 
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Why Apple puts gfx cards with little VRAM to it's Macs?
3ghz quad-core, check
4gb RAM, double check
1gb gfx card, oh dear have only 512mb.

I guess everything will be like CK 2 and EU 4, lower graphics and game gets slower at the end of the game because of the growing world.
 
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vtavil said:
Why Apple puts gfx cards with little VRAM to it's Macs?
3ghz quad-core, check
4gb RAM, double check
1gb gfx card, oh dear have only 512mb.

I guess everything will be like CK 2 and EU 4, lower graphics and game gets slower at the end of the game because of the growing world.
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apple macs aren't designed with videogames in mind that much. Better graphics cards require bigger space, they can overheat more and eat battery life very fast. People that buy macs don't game and don't need these powerhungry, heavy and big laptops. This is why apple computers are so slick, lightweight and thin, not because apple is good but because they made a hardware sacrifices in order to make them look good for people that usually buy these apple products.
 
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Ok?

I'm also worried that my laptop can't handle Cities skylines. As I have little knowlegde about hardware, can someone tell me if these specifications are able to run the game:


Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M @2.50Ghz
RAM: 8.00Gb
64-bits

Graphic card:
AMD Radeon HD 7600M Series

Thanks!!
 
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medopu said:
apple macs aren't designed with videogames in mind that much. Better graphics cards require bigger space, they can overheat more and eat battery life very fast. People that buy macs don't game and don't need these powerhungry, heavy and big laptops. This is why apple computers are so slick, lightweight and thin, not because apple is good but because they made a hardware sacrifices in order to make them look good for people that usually buy these apple products.
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Ugh you're telling me, over the years Macs have become more and more shiny and less and less actually useful for the things they really used to stand out for (audio, video, graphic design etc). Heck even in the 90s Apple had a thriving games economy that simply didn't survive the transition to OS X in the early 00's. I use my Macintosh for app development and graphics and sometimes I catch myself thinking I really don't need a Mac for this. Then I remember how much I dislike Windows in general... Not that MacOS is an experience of magical wonder, but at least they can maintain some level of consistency between releases...

When it comes to the higher-end Macs (we're talking the bigger iMac, and the 15" MacBook Pro, and that ridiculous-but-amazing Mac Pro) then they do tend to put in alright video cards, but they suffer two-fold because not only are they particularly good cards for gaming on (seriously, the current MacBook Pro has a mid-range 700 series card that really needs updating) but they're not exactly the workstation cards you'd expect from a non-gaming graphics machine, unless you buy the MacPro but by that point you may as well have bought a high-end Windows PC and Hackintoshed it.
 
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