Weird Gameplay problem

[Firebat11]

My Rome Total War (Vanilla) is experiencing weird issues.


When I start a new campaign everything is fine, but after like 50 turns or so (I don't think this matters anyway), the game lags. And by lag I mean, slow, fast, slow, fast, slow, fast.

Example: I open up a scroll from the left side of the screen (at the beginning of my turn) and it waits a sec, and then opens really fast.

Battles do the same thing. Units move really slow, and then they run and then are really slow, etc.

I figured it may be a video card problem? But when I played Rome like a year ago it was fine.

Any suggestions?

[Brusilov]

If you post some information (PC specs, operating system etc) then someone may be able to help.

[Archibald Cunningham]

Video card, you say? Are you experiencing audio lag, also?
If so, I strongly suspect that it is not, in fact, your video card. I think I had a similar problem with M2:TW at one point. I simply ripped my computer apart, cleaned it well, checked the wiring and re-installed both DirectX and my video card drivers. Worked a treat, so it did.


Archie

[Brusilov]

Yes, dust is a PCs worst enemy (after water and other liquids)......