Sid Meier's Civilization V — Settings, Requirements & Optimization

2010 · Strategy · Aspyr Media · ESRB Everyone 10+ · Metacritic 90

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Preset: Ultra · Est. 4968 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationUltra
Expected FPS band4968 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerDLSS/FSR not needed at this resolution
Ray tracingRT optional — raster first
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Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 1/9.

Official system requirements

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SpecMinimumRecommended
OSMinimum:Recommended:
ProcessorOS: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7OS: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
MemoryProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHzProcessor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
GraphicsMemory: 2GB RAMMemory: 4 GB RAM
StorageGraphics:256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, or Core i3 or better integrated graphicsGraphics: 512 MB ATI 4800 series or better, 512 MB nVidia 9800 series or better
DirectXDirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0cDirectX®: DirectX® version 11
Item 7Hard Drive: 8 GB FreeHard Drive: 8 GB Free
Item 8Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound cardSound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card

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.

SingleplayerSteam AchievementsMultiplayerGreat SoundtrackCo-op

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Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
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