shogun 2 runs much better than rome ??

[PHSpanther81]

ok so I'm running 64 bit windows 7 , i get ultra quality graphics and framerate with shogun but with a game from 2004 I'm getting under 10 fps in battles. ive tried running it in capability mod with windows xp sdervice pack 2, no results. any ideas?

[€azy-£]

ok so I'm running 64 bit windows 7 , i get ultra quality graphics and framerate with shogun but with a game from 2004 I'm getting under 10 fps in battles. ive tried running it in capability mod with windows xp sdervice pack 2, no results. any ideas?

Maybe damaged *insert something*?? try to reinstall :/

[ccgr1121]

Don't forget, Rome can't use multi-core processors, as they weren't around at the time. Thus, the game ignores them, so a good chunk of your RAM is unused

[lmgtfy]

Don't forget, Rome can't use multi-core processors, as they weren't around at the time. Thus, the game ignores them, so a good chunk of your RAM is unused

how does using only one processor instead of two affect the memory usage/available amount please?

[ccgr1121]

I don't know for sure, I was quoting from Apple in the RS2 main download thread:

Also, despite the graphical improvement, Rome Total War as an engine is six years old. Its age simply does not allow it to take advantage of the improved hardware that have been developed in the intervening years. In fact, a single core processor running at 3.2Ghz will actually show better performance than a Twelve-core with HyperThreading capability running at 2.8Ghz simply because Rome Total War can only function on ONE core. This also unfortunately means that many of the optimizing features of newer model graphics cards are unrecognized by the game and will largely be ignored, making graphics card memory the most important factor in game performance. Finally, because Rome Total War is running on one core only, a large portion of your RAM will be left to side idle because they're simply not accessed

(My Emphasis)