At least a game like Civ doesn't need high fps. Even 30 fps should probably look fine. I just hope your CPU isn't too near the minimum specs (whenever they will be published).

970 should be plenty good, even at high setting

You should be fine, but limited to 1080p.

I have been playing civ 6 on my 8 year old laptop but as it ages, the loading time takes forever and I am thinking of getting a new laptop. Not exactly have the money for a great laptop so will onboard graphics like Arc or Iris Intel or even those on AMD machines be able to handle such a new game like Civ 7? Other than Civ I hardly play any other games probably only like Tropico and just normal usage of everyday laptop

If you think it's going to be similar to Civ 6, I think you're in for quite a shock. I think the requirements for this are going to be pretty high, particulalry the GPU and its memory. Look at the textures in the screenhots (NOT the poor quality leaders)

Of course, if you already have a killer rig, you will almost certianly be safe but being able to run Civ 6 isn't a good indicator.

Thanks for all the responses. I like what I've seen so far of Civ VII, but I think it's inevitable that I will have to buy a new GPU, since mine is so old.

I'd love to be able to enjoy Civ VII in all it's beauty, like I enjoyed Civ VI.

Originally posted by The Doctor:

If you think it's going to be similar to Civ 6, I think you're in for quite a shock. I think the requirements for this are going to be pretty high, particulalry the GPU and its memory. Look at the textures in the screenhots (NOT the poor quality leaders)

Of course, if you already have a killer rig, you will almost certianly be safe but being able to run Civ 6 isn't a good indicator.

This, clearly the game will require a lot more power than civ 6.

At pax they discussed grpahics developement changes because of firaxis themselves no prepares every platform including nintendo switch. So civ 7 has been designed to run on potato from get go.

min specs is nintendo switch....its a mobile game....i wonder if it will be on the google play store?