Problems running MTW:II

[Reynald de Chatillon]

When I play MTWII the battles are really, really slow, even though I have lots of free memory (25 GB or so) and a half-decent pc (HP Pavilion dv800).

Is the game slow because my pc is just too crappy, or is there a way to fix this?

Thanks.

[homefry]

What 25 Gigs of RAM?

What are your other specs?

[Reynald de Chatillon]

here are my specs, from some website. Turns out I only have 2GB Ram, but Still like 20 GB on my hard drive, after installation.


Should It be running better?

Processor

• Processor
• AMD Turion 64 1.8 GHz

• Data bus speed
• 1800 MHz

Cache Memory

• Type
• L2 cache

• Cache size
• 512 KB

RAM

• Installed Size
• 512 MB / 2 GB(max)

• Technology
• DDR SDRAM

Storage

• Hard Drive
• 80 GB

Display

• Display Type
• 17 in TFT active matrix

• Max Resolution
• 1440 x 900

Video

• Video Memory
• 128 MB

[Juliuscivilus]

You ony have 512mb ram installed.
Thats not enough nowadays for games.
The AMD Turion will do.. but its not extremely fast.
The integrated ATI xpress200 is a slow video'card'.
Thats why

lower your settings.
download fraps www.fraps.com to measure your framerate when you test settings.
MTW2 is quite playable above 20fps.

[Reynald de Chatillon]

You ony have 512mb ram installed.
Thats not enough nowadays for games.
The AMD Turion will do.. but its not extremely fast.
The integrated ATI xpress200 is a slow video'card'.
Thats why

lower your settings.
download fraps www.fraps.com to measure your framerate when you test settings.
MTW2 is quite playable above 20fps.

Sorry, I'm a complete retard when it comes to computers - how do I 'lower my settings' ?
Thanks for your help, I really want to get this to work properly!

[Roman_Man#3]

Moved to The Basement. The discussion now seems to be focused around getting most out of the comp.

[Juliuscivilus]

Sorry, I'm a complete retard when it comes to computers - how do I 'lower my settings' ?
Thanks for your help, I really want to get this to work properly!

go the options->video menu
try resolution 800x600
shader 1
everything else on low
see how it runs

[Reynald de Chatillon]

Thanks so much, it runs really smoothly now!

[Freddie]

When I play MTWII the battles are really, really slow, even though I have lots of free memory (25 GB or so) and a half-decent pc (HP Pavilion dv800).

Is the game slow because my pc is just too crappy, or is there a way to fix this?

Thanks.

Is this a laptop? Please don't tell me your trying to run Medieval 2 on a laptop!?!?!

Thanks so much, it runs really smoothly now!

Well good for you but my advice still stands, don't play games on a computer that is meant for work.