Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

- Platforms: PC
- Developer: Firaxis Games
- Year: 2008
- Genres: Strategy
- Tags: Single-player, Multi-player, Family Sharing
- Operating systems: Windows, macOS
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a Strategy game from 2008 by Firaxis Games. Available on PC. This page lists the system requirements, a quick check of whether your PC can run it, and a price comparison between stores.




Quick check
This check compares memory and disk space only. Compare your CPU and graphics card with the requirements above manually.Minimum requirements
Minimum: Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent Memory: 512 MB RAM Video: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better DirectX® Version: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization DirectX(r) version (included on install) Sound: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card Hard Drive: 900 MB
Recommended requirements
Recommended: Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Video: 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 9 support (pixel & vertex shaders) Sound: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card