What Are Your System Specs?

[Chesh 173]

in my case, upgrading to 8G ram should fix my proformance issues, right?

 

windows 8.1

 

Intel Core i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz 2.60GHz

 

4G ram 64 bit

 

nvidia geforce 840M

Nope, but 8GB will help a bit.

You seem to be on a laptop which means you have a low-powered system so it can run on batteries, so your performance will suffer.  

Not to mention your i7 processor is only a dual core which is minimum requirements, along with the 840m probably just minimum as well.

AMD FX 6300 six core, Sapphire Radeon R9 270, 8GB Ballistic Crucial RAM, windows 8.1. Running game at 1080p.

Nice setup, you should do well with this game.

would upgrading ram be worth it then?

[rmjohnson144 39]

Upgrading RAM is up to you.  I think it would probably eliminate lag early game. but mid to late game your lag may return.  If you like assets and mods installed you will definitely need 8GB, but that will cause lag unless you use the most basic ones for need rather than want.

If you plan on creating 9-tile cities then 8GB may be worth it as you may not get there without it.

Memory prices have been low lately, so it's up to you on if it's worth it.  If you like city builders and plan on playing it a lot, then maybe.  otherwise you may want to play some more to decide if you will play this game enough to warrant investing more money in your laptop.

But you are definitely low on RAM as windows wants around 1.5GB and the game wants up tp 3.5GB so you can see you are over 4GB immediately.

You may also want to check to make sure you are using your 840M graphics.  You also have an Intel integrated graphics in yoiur laptop and you will get bad lag if it's being used.  You need to make sure the 840M is being used before doing anything.  It should be in the nVIDIA control panel somewhere.  Sorry, I don't have a laptop so I am unfamiliar where it would be located.

[rewright 804]

ASUS M32BF-B03

• Running Windows 8.1
• AMD A10-Series
• Processor: 3.7GHz (with Turbo CORE up to 4.3GHz)
• Cash: 4MB
• RAM: 8GB
• Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

So far seems to run the game fine.

Dick Wright

[BluesFan 0]

Core i5-4690k 3.5 GHz Quad Core OC'd to 4.2 GHz

Asus z-97A MB

16 GB GSkill Sniper 1866 MHz DDR 3 Memory

Corsair Hydro Series H50 liquid CPU cooler

GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB GDDR5 Video Card

2x Acer 24 " Widescreen LCD Monitors

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Runs MGS5GroundZeroes,Far Cry 4,and this game all on high settings.

No problems whatsoever.

[xonedl 341]

i5 2500k 4GHz @ Hyper212+
Asus P8P67LE
12GB DDR3 1333
Sapphire R9 280X @ Prolimatech MK-26 (stripped factory cooler cuz too noisy)
40" Samsung TV......... AMD VSR (super sampling) from 1080p to 1440p
Windows 10 Pro 64bit
Logitech G300, G105, Chillstream

Playing everything at 1440p (2560x1440) nowadays, that card still can handle it somewhat... just can't expect max out in modern games.

  Edited October 8, 2015 by xonedl  

[Trekker4747 75]

System I am getting, I think it should run the game fine, but wanting some "experienced" opinion on this system and how well it'll run Skylines with high(er) setting and using the various map-size mods (not the 81-tile one, just the 25-tile one) to have a large-sized map.

Intel Core i7 6700 Quad-Core, 3.4 GHz

16 GB DDR4-2133 RAM

2 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 

Windows 10 OS, 2TB HDD, Integrated Sound, Yadda, Yadda. 

 

[rmjohnson144 39]

Looks good.  Plenty of ram for assets and a few mods if desired.  Cpu should handle a few mods and 25-tiles.  Video is about minimum for 25-tiles, but more video ram would be better.  I prefer 8GB, but I think the 960 only goes to 4 gb.  Maybe look for some 6gb and 8gb cards if budget allows.  It will be easier on the assets.

[Trekker4747 75]

Thanks, I've already ordered the system and the larger video cards didn't quite fit into the budget. I'm hoping the lack of VRAM, which I wanted more of, can be made up for by the system RAM.  Maybe down the road I'll get a better video card and upgrade.   But this one on its own already required me to get a bigger PSU, so I figured something about it must be good.    Thanks for the help. 

[3aw6 0]

I am looking at buying a used computer from someone and am hoping to find out if it could run this fantastic game I've been itching to play.

 

It is:

AMD Phenom II 1090T 3.20ghz

24gb ram

AMD Radeon 6970 2gb video

600 watt thermal take PSU

1tb hard drive

 

Any thoughts? 

[rmjohnson144 39]

I see no problems with your system.  It should handle it to 25-tiles.

[3aw6 0]

Thanks!  I know it beats the min specs but falls just shy of recommended specs for GPU. I just didn't want to fork out the cash and then  be disappointed that it didn't work.

[rmjohnson144 39]

Your GPU is way, way past minimum specs.  It is equivalent to the 7870 that is recommended.  You should have no problems with your video card.

As for forking out cash, what are we talking about?  As a whole, the system should handle the game fine.  But is it worth the money is another story.

[Aakash Raj Dahal 3]

I play the game on my laptop.

The specs are : 
Intel Core i7 5500U @ 2.4GHz
8GB RAM 
1TB HDD
AMD R9 M375
Windows10
 

[johndoh4 13]

I play it on my Desktop:

AMD FX 8320 @ 4.2GHz (Over-clocked)
16GB Ram DDR3
512GB Samsung Pro SSD (Boot)
2TB HDD
AMD R9 280 (Over-clocked)
725W PSU

[ArabianCamelsUnited 0]

My game runs fine at top settings with 60 mods enabled.

CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K

GPU: Nvidia GeForce 750ti SC

RAM: 16gb DDR3

OS: Windows 10 (latest version)

[Boss Tradamus 1]

Hello Mayors,

i'm gaming with my 5 year old PC:

CPU: Intel Core i7-3820
Mainboard: ASUS P9X79
RAM: Corsair Rip Jaws 16GB
SSD: 512GB Samsung Evo
GPU: Gainward 8GB 1070 Golden Sample (added this year, to replace broken Sapphire 7970)

Operating System:

Windows 10 Pro

About my Game:

Mods: ca. 70
Assets: ca. 1700

All graphic settings max.

[im_method 2]

Gaming Computer
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core, 3.7GHz (Overclocked to 4.9GHz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H80i V2 Water Cooler
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW
Memory (RAM): Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8) DDR4-3000
MotherBoard: Gigabyte Z370 Aurus Gaming 7 ATX
Hard Drive: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM650X 650W Modular Power Supply
Case: NZXT S340 Elite Matte Black Mid-Tower
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional

[gobrowns 0]

I need a new graphics card, but should I even bother with this computer?:

Intel Core i3-3220 3.30 GHz, 6GB

 

[rmjohnson144 39]

1 hour ago, gobrowns said:

I need a new graphics card, but should I even bother with this computer?:

Intel Core i3-3220 3.30 GHz, 6GB

 

I depends on you.  This game likes a larger CPU for larger cities.  A dual core won't get you to a full 8-tile city.

Maybe look at specs for this game.  Minimum is too low, but recommend specs would be a minimum.  Higher if you use workshop.

I guess it just depends on what you want out of this game.

[soaluc 0]

Hello everyone, in a AMD A4 7300 8GB 1TB Radeon HD8470D 2GB will the game run at all? 

[LukasArts 0]

On 30.5.2018 at 3:06 AM, soaluc said:

Hello everyone, in a AMD A4 7300 8GB 1TB Radeon HD8470D 2GB will the game run at all? 

Yeah, I think it will. You cant expect your city to grow too big due to the dual-core processor though.

 

 

[gobrowns 0]

Does hard drive size matter with this game? Would 2TB run the game better than 250GB?

[gobrowns 0]

I'd like to build a large city with lots of assets and mods like the popular YouTube builders. 

What kind of system would I need for that?

[Avanya 2,605]

On 28/8/2018 at 7:07 PM, gobrowns said:

Does hard drive size matter with this game? Would 2TB run the game better than 250GB?

Nope, it doesn't matter as long as you have enough space for the game and some extra (computers generally don't like when the disk gets full). SSD will make it load faster, but doesn't really do much for performance while playing.

On 28/8/2018 at 8:46 PM, gobrowns said:

I'd like to build a large city with lots of assets and mods like the popular YouTube builders. 

What kind of system would I need for that?

A good place to start is to see what sort of system the youtubers have. Many have their specs shown in their About page or there's a link to a website where they have it listed. Ofc they have some extra stuff for recording that you don't need, but it gives you an idea of what sort of CPU, GPU and amount of RAM they use.

[QuantumChicken 82]

My specs are 2x Xeon E5-2690s @3.5GHz (2x8cores/16threads, upgrading to e5-2687W v2s at some point), 16GB memory (upgrading to 128GB at some point, also had 64GB, but it was ECC, so I changed it over to gaming), a GTX980 GRID model, and 8x,10k rpm SAS 160GB drives in a raid-0 setup. I also do virtualization, hence the crazy cores/threads count.

[ARTFX 53]

CPU: Intel i7-7820X
Mobo: Gigabyte X299 Aorus Ultra Gaming Pro
RAM: 64GB Trident-Z RGB DDR4-3000
Cooler: Corsair H150i Pro
SSD: Samsung EVO 860 Pro 1TB
HDDs: bunch of 7200RPM Sata drives
GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
Case: Fractal Design Define R6 Tempered Glass Edition
PSU: BeQuiet! Dark Power Pro 11 750W modular PSU
Screens: Dual 1080p Samsung 24" monitors (thinking of going 4K someday)
 

All the stuff below is not needed for Cities Skylines but for my work as a music producer, however it does help in getting a nice high quality audio experience and I will be using these for the theme music production of my Cities Skylines series.

Audio interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i4
Speakers: Alesis M1Active520

[TheOtherRick 0]

Ok...let me start with the specs for my rig...

OS - Win10 Home 64-bit
CPU - Intel I-5 8600K 6 Core Coffee Lake 14nm @ 3.6 GHz
RAM - 16GB (2x 8GB with two slots still empty)
MB - ASRock Z370 Pro4
GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

These specs well exceed the recommended specs for the game.  

I currently have 31 mods installed from the workshop, and 21 assets from the workshop...minimalistic compared to the numbers I have read about from other players. One of the mods is the "Loading Screen Mod" by thale5. When I load, my RAM and VRAM numbers go orange. 8.5 of RAM and 15 of VRAM. This is before I have placed my first road. So here is my question....

Does anyone know if I can go to 32GB of RAM (since I have the available slots) on Win10 Home, and are my other components (CPU, etc.) capable of allowing that increase? I realize that I could simply research this myself, but I like input from folks that play the game. 

[TheOtherRick 0]

Well I went ahead and did the research...learned some good stuff...and found the answers I was looking for.

[Leo_the_robot 67]

My primary system is the one on the right on the shelf.
I play SC4 on the one behind the monitor on the left which is designed for older games.

and for everything else... I've a 2005 macbook lol.

the specs are as follows.
Right system (Thor)
 

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System Summary:
System Name:THOR
System Manufacturer:Zalost
System Type x64-based PC
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor, 4200 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
MotherBoard Manufacturer: MSI
MotherBoard Model: MS-7693
Secure Boot State Supported
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

DVD-RW/CD-RW:
Drive E:
LG Super Multi Internal 24x DVD Rewriter with M-DISCâ„¢ Support
Model: GH24NS90
Status OK
Transfer Rate 653.42 kbytes/sec

Audio:
Name Logitech G430 Gaming Headset
Manufacturer Logitech Headset G series

Name Realtek High Definition Audio
Manufacturer Realtek

Name Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000.
Manufacturer Microsoft

Name NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Manufacturer NVIDIA

Name NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Manufacturer NVIDIA

Video:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Monitors:
Acer UT220HQL
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 x60 hertz

Sony Wega TV
Resolution: 1688 x 1014 x 60 hertz interlaced

Oculus Rift DK2 - Display

Network Interface Device:
Name Killer e2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30)
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type Killer e2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30)

Name ASUS PCE AC56 Dual Band Wireless AC1300 PCI Express Adapter
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter

HHD:
x2 Samsung 850 EVO SSD - 120gb SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E120B/AM

Drive C:WINDOWS
Windows 8.1
File System NTFS
Size 111.45 GB
Free Space 23.63 GB

Drive L:LINUX
Ubuntu Linux 18.4
File System ext4
Size 111.45 GB
Free Space 80GB

Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5

Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
File System NTFS
Size 1.82 TB (2,000,396,742,656 bytes)
Free Space 552.67 GB (593,427,136,512 bytes)
Volume Name Data Storage

PNY USB2.0 Multislot + Card reader

Drive F:
Description Removable Disk (card reader)

MISC:
Vantec UGT-PCE2S1P
LPT 1 - Multi Mode Parallel port SPP, EPP, ECP
COM 2 - High Speed Serial port 1
COM 3 - High Speed Serial port 2

AverMedia C027 HDMI + Composite + Component Audio/Video Capture card.

Keyboard: Blackweb USB Rainbow LED Illuminated Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Model:BWA78HO004

Touch Interface Device: Acer UT220HQL Monitor
Trackball mouse: Kensington M01286-M

Left system: Mimir
Primarily used for stuff thor can't play due to being too new.
like SimCity 4!

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System Summary:
System Name:Mimir
System Manufacturer:Zalost
System Type x64-based PC
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s)
MotherBoard Manufacturer: Gigabyte
MotherBoard Model: GA-P35-S3L (rev. 2.0)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.0 GB
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) Yes
Intel® 64 Yes

Drive C:WINDOWS
Windows XP SP3
File System NTFS
Size 931 GB
Free Space 918 GB

Drive D:DOS MSDOS 7.1 File System: FAT32 Size: 58 GB Free Space: 57.5 GB 

Video:
NVIDIA GeForce 580 GTX

Network Interface Device:
Realtek PCIe Gigabit Lan Controller.
alfa awus036nh USB wireless card (when needed)

Audio:
Realtek ALC888 8 channel onboard audio chipset
OPL3LPT - LPT1 - DOS MODE ONLY 

 

[kSlank 146]

I play on a laptop from 2019 and works well

2.80 GHz CPU

16 GB RAM

GeForce GTX 1060

Win10 Home