Will this asus run civ 6. Need help please

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Some of the following will no doubt sound rather patronizing, and I apologize in advance.

Civilization VI is a massive game and to play it you need a fairly powerful computer. In order to compute all your input as a player, and then compute a response (the turn-based design), it needs to perform a staggering amount of calculations. This requires at least an Intel processor from the i5 series and the 4th generation. Your processor is actually slightly better (same series but a higher generation). But that's not all.

In order to display the moves and developments on your screen, Civ VI also needs a surprisingly powerful graphics engine. This requirement is stated as 2GBs of video RAM. Graphics engines can be either separate units in a...
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Steam lists the following recommendations:

CPU: 4th generation i5
RAM: 8GBs
VRAM: 2GBs (nVidia 770)

I don't think the HD 520 IGP in the 6th gen CPU will be enough. The HD 620 IGP in the 7th gen CPU might just do it.

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Well, if you could find the following details about your ASUS, I'll try to give you a less garbled explanation.

Open the Settings app and select System in the upper left corner. Click About in the menu on the left and tell me what it says under 'Processor' and 'Installed RAM'. That would be a great help.

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I haven't picked this computer up yet. It's bought and paid for and need to pick it up. It's my girlfriends Christmas presents but I was really hope I'd be able to play civ 6. I thought the guy at Best Buy said it was a 7th gen processor but I could be wrong
 
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Some of the following will no doubt sound rather patronizing, and I apologize in advance.

Civilization VI is a massive game and to play it you need a fairly powerful computer. In order to compute all your input as a player, and then compute a response (the turn-based design), it needs to perform a staggering amount of calculations. This requires at least an Intel processor from the i5 series and the 4th generation. Your processor is actually slightly better (same series but a higher generation). But that's not all.

In order to display the moves and developments on your screen, Civ VI also needs a surprisingly powerful graphics engine. This requirement is stated as 2GBs of video RAM. Graphics engines can be either separate units in a computer or built into the processor. The latter design is called an integrated graphics processor or IGP. Your ASUS uses an IGP. This allows ASUS to manufacture sleek and stylish computers like your Vivobook, but it means that the graphics power is always going to be less than the alternative.

In an Intel processor, this IGP is referred to by 'HD' and a number, e.g. '520'. HD 520 is the IGP built into your i5-6198 processor, and for an IGP it is quite a capable engine. But I don't think it will be able to provide the 2GBs' worth of graphics output required in Civ VI. As I didn't know exactly what series or generation you were using, I had to allow for the possibility that your ASUS might have the most recent generation (7th). The IGP in this generation is the HD 620, and the graphics output of this IGP is very close to 2GBs and so it might be powerful enough to run Civ VI. Unfortunately, in a laptop you can't replace a processor with a newer or better one.

Therefore, in my assessment, you're not going to be able to play Civilization VI with your ASUS Vivobook.

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Thank you so much for your time and wisdom. I know very little about computers. I loved civ 5 which played pretty well on my old laptop that I no longer have. I was hopeing they would make civ 6 with lower system requirement. Guess I can alway download off steam and if it doesn't work they have a refund policy. I'd concidwr buying my own gamin pc but the civ series are really the only game I play that I can't play on my PS4
 
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