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    To those who play Civ4 Mac version, I have a question...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Ichigo, Oct 13, 2007.

  1. Ichigo

    Ichigo Notebook Evangelist

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    Civ 4 seems not to be using all of my RAM. In Activity Monitor, it shows that Civ4 is only using 300MB or so and I have 1.3-1.4GB of RAM left inactive or free, the majority of it the latter. I think this may be the source of my stuttering in-game, but I'm not sure. Is this a common issue?
     
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  2. 00fez

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    Do you have a macbook or macbook pro?
     
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  3. Ichigo

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    Santa Rosa Macbook Pro.

    Can someone else check with Activity Monitor by command+tabbing out to check the memory usage of Civ4?
     
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    Do you have the latest patch installed?
     
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    I was thinking about buying this game. If your problem gets resolved can you give me an idea of how it runs and at what settings it runs at.
     
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    This happens on all settings, low or high.

    I guess I'll install the patch when I can find the disc again.
     
    Ichigo, Oct 13, 2007
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