Sim City V

[Nehkara]

[Stormchaser]

Has anyone played Anno 2070? Its taken me by surprise at just how many city building games are out there!

[Nehkara]

IMPORTANT:

If you pre-order SimCity via Amazon today or tomorrow, you get beta access this weekend: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

Looks like it has to be Amazon.com (not .ca) and has to be a physical copy, not a download. So there you have it.

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by stormchaser

Has anyone played Anno 2070? Its taken me by surprise at just how many city building games are out there!

Anno 2070 is good, especially if you like that type of game. I own it. You can get it for a wicked deal when Steam is having their sales.

[psicodude]

Originally Posted by stormchaser

Has anyone played Anno 2070? Its taken me by surprise at just how many city building games are out there!

I have it as well, and it's not real a city building game in the traditional sense. It's more like a city builder mixed with an RTS. Think Age of Empires with larger cities and a much more complex economy.

It's a great game though. According to Steam, I am now over 80 hours played!

[QuadCityImages]

Tempted by the preorder thing, but I'm pretty busy this weekend so it won't really benefit me much. I'll probably just wait and save up some BEst Buy gift cards by March.

[worth]

New laptop on the way...mostly due to the amount of hype surrounding this game...and the fact I needed a new computer, but Sim City put me over the edge. Do not disappoint me Maxis!

[Old Yeller]

Nvidia just came out with more keys on their facebook page.

I got in.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Someone point me towards a good laptop on the Bestbuy (or whatever) website that would run this game perfectly that won't break the bank. I need to get a new laptop anyways mine kinda bite the bullet last week (though I might be able to fix it) but regardless.

[worth]

Not sure what your budget is but I got the Lenovo Y580 for $997 all in including taxes direct from Lenovo which I think is a pretty decent price for the amount of power you get.

• Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 6MB)
• Windows 8 64.
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2GB
• 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
• 15.6" 1920x1080
• 1TB 5400 rpm
• Blu-ray/DVD-RW

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...CC7CD3494BC0ED

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Someone point me towards a good laptop on the Bestbuy (or whatever) website that would run this game perfectly that won't break the bank. I need to get a new laptop anyways mine kinda bite the bullet last week (though I might be able to fix it) but regardless.

So, I have been looking for awhile. The issue here is that the recommended specs for the game are not easy for a laptop to reach, at least not low-cost laptops. This is specifically due to graphics. That said, there are some options. Here are a few:

CPU is great, GPU is better than min spec but not up to recommended spec:
($899)
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42081


CPU is better than min spec but nowhere near recommended spec, however the GPU is great and better than recommended spec:
($1199)
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42874


CPU is great, GPU is great (above recommended spec):
($1399) ($100 off right now, free shipping)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...16834230888CVF

[Nehkara]

Mobile graphics:

680M
7970M
675MX
670MX
------------------------------- (Recommended spec for SimCity)
675M
670M
660M

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by worth

Not sure what your budget is but I got the Lenovo Y580 for $997 all in including taxes direct from Lenovo which I think is a pretty decent price for the amount of power you get.

• Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 6MB)
• Windows 8 64.
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2GB
• 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
• 15.6" 1920x1080
• 1TB 5400 rpm
• Blu-ray/DVD-RW

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...CC7CD3494BC0ED

This is a nice laptop. It is similar to my first link. The one at MemEx has less RAM but is a little less expensive.

The 660M is very popular as a mobile GPU but does not quite reach the recommended spec for SimCity.

[worth]

Yeah, I didn't notice that before but I think I will survive.

[Muffins]

Originally Posted by worth

Not sure what your budget is but I got the Lenovo Y580 for $997 all in including taxes direct from Lenovo which I think is a pretty decent price for the amount of power you get.

• Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 6MB)
• Windows 8 64.
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2GB
• 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
• 15.6" 1920x1080
  
• 1TB 5400 rpm
• Blu-ray/DVD-RW

ewwwww....they still put these slow a** things in laptops?

[worth]

I actually have a 128gb crucial m4 SSD waiting to install, no NBD for me.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820148612

[La Flames Fan]

In conjunction with the new SimCity, EA is announcing SimCityEDU as well, bringing it back into the classroom. I remember playing Sim City in school on the old Macs...Great times!

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/20/si...assrooms-in-m/

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by Nehkara

Mobile graphics:

680M
7970M
675MX
670MX
------------------------------- (Recommended spec for SimCity)
675M
670M
660M

How do you reckon a 650M would do?

[burn_this_city]

Hopefully my 640M with 1.5GB will cut it.

[RedMileDJ]

I'm trying to find one of those websites that will tell me if my PC can run this, but I can't find one that has the new Sim City available for picking.

Anyway, this is me. Can anyone let me know? Can I run this? (Man I hope so!)

3.30 gigahertz Intel Core i5-2500K
8 GIGs of RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6800 graphics card
931 GB of HDD space left
DVD reader / writer
Windows 7 (64 bit)