Sid Meier's Civilization V — System Requirements, FPS Estimate & Refund Help
2010 · Strategy · Aspyr Media · ESRB Everyone 10+ · Metacritic 90
Official PC requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG, retrieved 2026-08-21. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7 | OS: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7 |
| Memory | Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz | Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU |
| Graphics | Memory: 2GB RAM | Memory: 4 GB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics:256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, or Core i3 or better integrated graphics | Graphics: 512 MB ATI 4800 series or better, 512 MB nVidia 9800 series or better |
| DirectX | DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c | DirectX®: DirectX® version 11 |
| Item 7 | Hard Drive: 8 GB Free | Hard Drive: 8 GB Free |
| Item 8 | Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card | Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card |
Multi-GPU FPS estimate
Estimated average FPS by GPU at 1080p / 1440p / 4K, derived from Sid Meier's Civilization V's demand tier (tier 5, Moderate (mainstream GPU)) and published TechPowerUp-style relative-performance indices (RTX 4090 = 100), retrieved 2026-08-29. Planning estimates, not benchmarks.
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 150 | 99 | 57 |
| RTX 4080 Super | 135 | 89 | 51 |
| RTX 4080 | 129 | 85 | 49 |
| RX 7900 XTX | 144 | 95 | 55 |
| RX 7900 XT | 135 | 89 | 51 |
| RTX 4070 Ti Super | 115 | 76 | 44 |
| RX 7800 XT | 115 | 76 | 44 |
| RTX 4070 Super | 108 | 71 | 41 |
| RTX 4070 | 101 | 67 | 39 |
| RX 7700 XT | 104 | 69 | 40 |
| RTX 3070 | 94 | 62 | 36 |
| RX 6800 XT | 114 | 75 | 43 |
| RTX 4060 Ti | 83 | 55 | 32 |
| RX 6700 XT | 101 | 67 | 39 |
| RTX 3060 | 76 | 50 | 29 |
| RX 6600 XT | 86 | 57 | 33 |
| RTX 2060 | 69 | 45 | 26 |
| GTX 1660 Super | 57 | 38 | 22 |
| RX 580 | 66 | 44 | 25 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | 54 | 36 | 20 |
| GTX 1650 | 43 | 28 | 16 |
| Intel Arc A770 | 88 | 58 | 33 |
| UHD 770 (integrated) | 18 | 12 | 8 |
Method: a game's demand tier maps to a “GPU index needed for ~60 FPS at 1080p”; each GPU's relative index produces an estimate via a diminishing-returns curve, then scaled for resolution. Source: TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), 2026-08-29.
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Fix & refund help →Optimize Sid Meier's Civilization V & build your refund case
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Refund eligibility & appeal
Informational consumer reference — not legal advice.
My appeal package — Sid Meier's Civilization V
Refund window: under 2 hours played and within 14 days of purchase — no questions asked.
Appeal letter draft
Subject: Refund request — Sid Meier's Civilization V (Crashes / won’t start) Dear Steam Support, I am requesting a refund for Sid Meier's Civilization V, purchased on [purchase date]. The game is game crashes at launch or during play, which makes it unusable for me. Purchase details: - Game: Sid Meier's Civilization V - Platform: Steam - Purchase date: [date] - Playtime: 1 hour(s) - Issue: game crashes at launch or during play This is a genuine technical issue rather than a change of preference. I have included my system information and steps already tried. Please process a refund or offer an alternative resolution. Thank you, [Your name] [Account/order number]
Evidence checklist
- Receipt / order confirmation with date
- Screenshot or clip of the issue (error code, crash, FPS counter)
- System specs (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS, driver version)
- Steps already tried (driver update, file verify, reinstall)
- Server-status screenshot if the issue is online/matchmaking
Generated at GameFixPro · 2026-09-10
Release & version notes
Official release date: 2010-09-21. Ongoing patches and version history are published by the developer — for the latest patch notes, see the official store or support page. GameFixPro summarizes the official release only and does not invent patch dates.
About Sid Meier's Civilization V
Real-time strategy genre has always been about domination over your opponent, and Civilization in general expanded on the concept. Civilization 5 allows players to pick one of the 43 civilizations available in, including DLCs and the expansions. After that players in single player or multiplayer games will place their first cities, which will act as capital, and begin the race. In order to win, players will have to meet one of the following conditions: - defeating every other existing nation through combat to get Domination Victory; - building and launching a spaceship to get Science victory; - completing the Utopia project by filling out 5 trees of social policies, to get Social Victory; - winning a vote after establishing the United Nations, to get the Diplomatic victory; - getting the highest score at the end of the time period, if no other win condition was reached, to get Time Victory. Every civilization is represented by one of the most influential historical figures and voiced in the language of that nation. Easy to pick up game mechanics of research, foraging, and building, allow the player to immerse themselves into the game atmosphere of continuous development.
For the complete specification sheet and an expanded multi-GPU FPS comparison, explore Full specs & performance data on GameFigs.
Sources & attribution
- Game metadata (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- GPU relative-performance indices via TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), retrieved 2026-08-29.
- FPS estimates on this page are GameFixPro planning estimates from the demand-tier + GPU-index model — not benchmark results.
- Pre-launch intelligence (release windows, settings, editions, pricing, beta dates) is compiled from each title's official publisher / studio announcements and is source-linked per item with its retrieval date (2026-09-09). Where a detail is from reporting rather than a primary source, the item's source line states so. This is preview material, not an official specification.
- Refund verdicts summarize each platform's published policy (Steam, Epic, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo) and are not a guarantee of outcome.
How the Sid Meier's Civilization V FPS estimate and refund verdict are computed
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). The FPS estimate compares your selected GPU's relative-performance index against the tier's required index using a diminishing-returns curve, then scales for resolution. The refund verdict compares your playtime and purchase date against the platform's published window (14 days / 2 hours on Steam and Epic; discretionary on PlayStation; 14-day capped on Xbox; no-refund policy on Nintendo eShop for downloaded software) and weighs technical defects more favourably than preference changes. All outputs are planning guides — verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available, and confirm policy with the platform before acting.