Performance issues in RTW in battles

[omer681]

My hardware:
Radeon HD4890 1GB
Intel Q9550 (4 cores)
4GB RAM

The battles in RTW are very choppy and slow when I see alot of units at once, but in MTW2 and ETW and NTW they are smooth (on the almost highest graphic settings).
I have no idea what causes this.

Anyone can help me? Thanks.

[Brusilov]

RTW is a different engine to E:TW and N:TW. I think the R:TW and M:TW engines are 'similar' but R:TW is from 2004 and doesn't make the most of recent graphic cards let alone CPUs.

Try turing off Anti-Alaising in-game and using the Catalyst Control Centre (if it's still out there) to override the game settings. I've got a nVidia card and us the nVidia Control Panel to do the same - I used to use nHancer but with a revised version ofthe drivers that can't be used at the moment.

Although it won't make a great deal of difference try something like IOBIT's Game Booster software to remove background services (it does free up a little bit of memory). It's free software and I've used it on and off for a few years now. Before I foind that software I used to stop a lot of services using msconfig (I still do but Game Booster closes down a lot of Windows related services (printers etc) that won't be needed in 'gaming mode').

[omer681]

RTW is a different engine to E:TW and N:TW. I think the R:TW and M:TW engines are 'similar' but R:TW is from 2004 and doesn't make the most of recent graphic cards let alone CPUs.

Try turing off Anti-Alaising in-game and using the Catalyst Control Centre (if it's still out there) to override the game settings. I've got a nVidia card and us the nVidia Control Panel to do the same - I used to use nHancer but with a revised version ofthe drivers that can't be used at the moment.

Although it won't make a great deal of difference try something like IOBIT's Game Booster software to remove background services (it does free up a little bit of memory). It's free software and I've used it on and off for a few years now. Before I foind that software I used to stop a lot of services using msconfig (I still do but Game Booster closes down a lot of Windows related services (printers etc) that won't be needed in 'gaming mode').

When I put all the settings on low, it seems the game's frame rate is locked on either 30 or 60 FPS. Is there any way to remove that lock?
In maximized settings when zoomed in I get about 10 FPS (about 10k soldiers)
in MTW2 I get 30 FPS on best settings

[irishron]

Do you have vsynch checked?

[omer681]

Do you have vsynch checked?

I don't see anywhere an option to check/uncheck it.

That's my preferences file:
SAFE_REFRESH:FALSE
USE_TRIPLE_BUFFER:FALSE
USE_WIDESCREEN:TRUE
SUBTITLES:TRUE
MORALE:TRUE
FATIGUE:TRUE
LIMITED_AMMO:TRUE
SUPPLY:TRUE
FOG_OF_WAR:TRUE
RESTRICT_CAMERA:TRUE
DEFAULT_BATTLE_CAMERA:RTS
EVENT_CUTSCENES:TRUE
SMOKE:FALSE
DESYNC:FALSE
SPLASHES:TRUE
GLINTS:TRUE
REFLECTIONS:TRUE
SHADOWS:FALSE
VEGETATION:TRUE
DETAILED_UNIT_SHADOWS:FALSE
GLOSS_MAPPING:FALSE
STENCIL_SHADOWS:TRUE
MULTI_TEXTURE:TRUE
AUTO_SAVE:TRUE
SHOW_BANNERS:TRUE
UNIT_EXPERIENCE_UPGRADE_EFFECT:TRUE
UNIT_SIZE:160
MASTER_VOL:100
SPEECH_VOL:100
SFX_VOL:100
MUSIC_VOL:70
CAMERA_ROTATE:50
CAMERA_MOVE:50
CAMERA_FOV:75.000000
ENABLE_AUDIO:TRUE
ENABLE_MUSIC:TRUE
ENABLE_UNIT_SPEECH:TRUE
DISABLE_BACKGROUND_FMV:FALSE
DISABLE_ARROW_MARKERS:FALSE
AUDIO_3D_PROVIDER:Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio
CLOUD_TRANSITIONS:TRUE
GRASS_DISTANCE:0
AA_QUALITY:AA_OFF
STRATEGY_RESOLUTION:1920x1080
STRATEGY_MAX_RESOLUTION:2048x1536
STRATEGY_32_BIT:TRUE
BATTLE_RESOLUTION:1920x1080
BATTLE_MAX_RESOLUTION:2048x1536
BATTLE_32_BIT:TRUE
UNIT_DETAIL:SUPER_HIGH
BUILDING_DETAIL:LOW
TGA_CAPTURE_WIDTH:1024
TGA_CAPTURE_ASPECT:1.333333
TGA_CAPTURE_INPUT_SCALE:1
TGA_CAPTURE_RESERVE_SPACE:FALSE
LABEL_CHARACTERS:FALSE
LABEL_SETTLEMENTS:TRUE
MINIMAL_UI:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MIN_ZOOM:30
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MAX_ZOOM:30
FIRST_TIME_PLAY:FALSE
ADVISOR_VERBOSITY:3
MUTE_ADVISOR:FALSE
BLIND_ADVISOR:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_CAMERA:FOLLOW_AI_FACTIONS
CAMPAIGN_MAP_SPEED_UP:FALSE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_GAME_SPEED:22
DISABLE_EVENTS:0
MICROMANAGE_ALL_SETTLEMENTS:TRUE
ADVANCED_STATS_ALWAYS:FALSE
UNIT_USE_SHADERS:FALSE
TERRAIN_QUALITY:MEDIUM
EFFECT_QUALITY:LOWEST
VEGETATION_QUALITY:LOW
KEYSET:0
UNLIMITED_MEN_ON_BATTLEFIELD:TRUE
CAMPAIGN_MAP_CAMERA_SMOOTHING:TRUE
CHAT_MSG_DURATION:10
USE_QUICKCHAT:FALSE
GS_PIDS:FALSE
GS_PIDS_FULL:FALSE
GS_PIDS_CUR:TRUE
ALWAYS_LOGFILE:FALSE
TIMESTAMP_LOGFILE:TRUE
32BIT_UI:FALSE
GS_LOG_RESULTS:FALSE
CHAT_COLOURS:name=ffffa0,private=ff7707,game=94aadc,public=fff777,system=ffffff,lobby=fff777,setup=94aadc,playing=ff0707
EDIT_SETTLEMENT_NAMES:FALSE

[irishron]

The only thing I see is DESYNCH: FALSE. Have tried changing it to TRUE? Is there a setting on the options page that does not show in here?