Civilization IV on my NEW MacBook

Here's what a reviewer over at insidemacgames.com said: "Civ IV is not nice in the system requirements department. Although I didn't have anything that barely fulfilled the minimums to test on, my MacBook Pro (2.16 gHz Intel Core Duo, 1 GB RAM, 256 MB VRAM) ran it well at native resolution (1440x900) with details turned up, but would noticeably slow on larger maps with lots of civilizations and towns. I also tried the game on my friend's 1.5 gHz PowerBook G4, and even with settings all the way down the game ran so slowly as to be unplayable."

Civ IV uses a ridiculous amount of graphics processing power. It makes PCs chug unless you have a fast graphics card.
Sorry, but just let it go

If you must you might want to search the internet for a hack for the game. I believe there's one available that will lower the system requirement check to allow it to play. How well I don't know but it might be enough for your to play the game.

It runs a tad sluggishly but is definitely still playable even at full resolution for me. I play in Windows XP on my MacBook 2.0GHz 2GB RAM, it sounds like you are in OS X?

Hi, I've also bought a MacBook with the hope of playing Civ2, which needs OS9, which in turn is unsupported by the intel core duo..... If Civ 4 and Civ 2 are out, can anyone tell me if Civ3 runs??? I hear there may be a problem with resolution but can't find out what that is.

Thanks all!

Hi, I've also bought a MacBook with the hope of playing Civ2, which needs OS9, which in turn is unsupported by the intel core duo..... If Civ 4 and Civ 2 are out, can anyone tell me if Civ3 runs??? I hear there may be a problem with resolution but can't find out what that is.

Thanks all!

I had CIV III successfully running on my macbook with only 512MB mind you.