hopefully the next driver will be killer too, dont want a one and done

I am optimistic about the 340 drivers which will drop support for pre-DX 11 cards!

The performance hit even on the latest rig comes at later turn in a very huge map with lots of opponents. Its inevitable regardless of rig setup. The game is CPU bound especially at end game when almost every tiles are covered with improvement, units and cities.

But some people can't afford new CPUs? or want to play games on lower end hardware? I think it benefits all gamers when we get more people in the industry. If a $500 machine can now play Civ at high settings due to Mantle support, then Mantle just had a significant impact on budget PCs. People need to stop thinking only about themselves.

Agreed. Some upgrades need more than one new CPU. :hort: