Right or wrong?

[Alexander III]

Just installed RTW and RS 1.6 to my computer because the upcoming release of 2.0

I have a problem: my pc doesnt run the game smoothly, even my old 2004 bought pc runned it better.

Specs: Ati Radeon hd 4600 series(3gb), Amd phenom 8550 triple core processor 2.2 ghz, 6gb RAM.

Sounds weird huh?

[Paedric]

Crack are illegal, so no.
You can buy RTW gold for 3$ on steam, that's almost nothing.

[Timefool]

Your processor. RTW only utilizes one core, rendering your other 2 useless. In other words, you have a single 2.2 Ghz processor for Rome. Overclock it to get better performance or reduce unit size.

[Alexander III]

That really might explain it.

never thought about that.

But my game box says minimum requirement is 1 ghz so I think that 2.2 ghz fills recommended requirement.

[Brusilov]

One thing that you can do to help a PC handle RTW better is to stop a lot of the Windows services from running in the background using msconfig (from the run dialog box).

The alternate to that is to use IOBIT's Game Booster software (it's free) - this can be used to put your PC into 'gaming mode' and it closes a lot of Windows background services that you should not need while playing games.

http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

I've started to use it again on my latest system.

[Alexander III]

Thanks a lot !

[General Brittanicus]

Thanks Brusilov, im gonna give that a go see if it'll help me play with larger unit sizes.

[Brusilov]

Thanks Brusilov, im gonna give that a go see if it'll help me play with larger unit sizes.

A lot depends on your system - I doubt that you will see any graphic improvements (if that is what is limiting your system) but you should not get a drain on your memory with Game Booster running - so that may help the game run a bit smoother.

The problem with any comparison is it needs to be the same action before and after using Game Booster.

I'm quite happy to use it - you will see how many Windows Services get shut down.

[General Brittanicus]

A lot depends on your system - I doubt that you will see any graphic improvements (if that is what is limiting your system) but you should not get a drain on your memory with Game Booster running - so that may help the game run a bit smoother.

The problem with any comparison is it needs to be the same action before and after using Game Booster.

I'm quite happy to use it - you will see how many Windows Services get shut down.

My problem with large unit sizes was that i got quite a bit of lag, but with this gamebooster thing it runs a lot smoother even the biggest battles now, which still have a bit of lag, but there is a marked improvement.

[chaplain118]

Just installed RTW and RS 1.6 to my computer because the upcoming release of 2.0

I have a problem: my pc doesnt run the game smoothly, even my old 2004 bought pc runned it better.

Specs: Ati Radeon hd 4600 series(3gb), Amd phenom 8550 triple core processor 2.2 ghz, 6gb RAM.

Sounds weird huh?

Are you running in 64 bit? I think RTW can only run in 32 so your system might just be shifting between the two modes as you're running it. Just a speculation, take it with a grain of salt

[Alexander III]

Are you running in 64 bit? I think RTW can only run in 32 so your system might just be shifting between the two modes as you're running it. Just a speculation, take it with a grain of salt

6gb Ram = 64 bit vista

[Ioannes Tzimiskes]

I didn´t know about this software, thanks very useful information for me.

[HMonk]

I have a Q4 2.83 cpu running win 7 64 bit with 8 mbs memory and have no problems with RS 1.6

[thedave]

I had also a performance problem, I had to disable some useless graphic option (not sure which one it was, exactly). After that I got a performance boost with almost no optic downturn. I think it was some AA setting or something with anisotropic filtering. I also did an upgrade to the newest driver for my graphic card. I always play on the highest settings everywhere, including unit size. (I also have x64 system)

[Brusilov]

If you have an Nvidia card it's best to use the Nvidia control panel to override the in-game settings.

A while ago I was using nHancer in place of the Nvidia control panel as I read somewhere it was better. I am not using it at the moment as I've recently changed my PC - I do have it installed though.

nHancer web site: http://www.nhancer.com/

[thedave]

Nice, this turn out to be a collection of game tools. I also have one: "ShiftWindow" gets rid of the bars if you are playing in window mode. http://www.grismar.net/shiftwindow/

Ok ok, its offtopic.

[Cooraan]

If you have an Nvidia card it's best to use the Nvidia control panel to override the in-game settings.

A while ago I was using nHancer in place of the Nvidia control panel as I read somewhere it was better. I am not using it at the moment as I've recently changed my PC - I do have it installed though.

nHancer web site: http://www.nhancer.com/

How do you add Roma Surrectum to it? Or do you just enhance RTW settings and it will change it for RS?

[Brusilov]

How do you add Roma Surrectum to it? Or do you just enhance RTW settings and it will change it for RS?

Add RS to what - Nvidia Control Panel or nHancer.....

The idea is to, for instance, switch off anti-alaising in-game and set the Nvidia Control Panel to 'override' program settings.

[Cooraan]

nHancer.....sorry about that.

Edit: Nvm figured it out.

[apple]

AA is one of the thing that needs the most performance but it's well worth to have it set to at least x4 if you ask me.