Oh btw all the graphics settings are low except for high texture strategic i think but it works (i'm learning whats different so i'm on settler with 6 other civs on small map and havent tried anything more yet) and it looks better than civ iv does. i have run civ 5 in directx9 and directx 10/11 i noticed the fan was working much higher using directx9 so should i use directx10/11 to launch from now on? thanx in advance. i notice on one of my info things gpu-z it says the intel hd graphics has directx 10 support (and sm4 shader thingy whatever that means). My question is, i have celeron 887 dual core 1. but so was civ iv and that runs on high everything without even hitting 70% of the graphics load, so i thot i would try!). (i did wonder since its supposed to be below the minimum. After 7 hours of install and download i amazingly find civ v runs ok so far on my dell inspiron 15 3521.