R2TW performance on notebooks

[koovie]

Just curious, what are your thoughts about CAs support for mobile graphic cards and other mobile system components for Rome 2 TW ?

[kikokyle]

Just curious, what are your thoughts about CAs support for mobile graphic cards and other mobile system components for Rome 2 TW ?

What kind of GPU and CPU are in the notebook?

[koovie]

What kind of GPU and CPU are in the notebook?

I have got a

-Intel Core I7-3632QM with 2.2 GHz (up to 3.2 with Turbo Boost)
-NVIDEA Ge Force GT630M with 2 GB memory
-8GB DDR3 memory
-Win 8 64 bits


Lets hope that R2 will have proper quad core support.^^

[kikokyle]

I have got a

-Intel Core I7-3632QM with 2.2 GHz (up to 3.2 with Turbo Boost)
-NVIDEA Ge Force GT630M with 2 GB memory
-8GB DDR3 memory
-Win 8 64 bits


Lets hope that R2 will have proper quad core support.^^

I'm thinking medium to medium-high.

[jamreal18]

I have got a

-Intel Core I7-3632QM with 2.2 GHz (up to 3.2 with Turbo Boost)
-NVIDEA Ge Force GT630M with 2 GB memory
-8GB DDR3 memory
-Win 8 64 bits


Lets hope that R2 will have proper quad core support.^^

What is brand of your laptop???

[koovie]

What is brand of your laptop???

From Acer

[Briareos]

I have got a

-Intel Core I7-3632QM with 2.2 GHz (up to 3.2 with Turbo Boost)
-NVIDEA Ge Force GT630M with 2 GB memory
-8GB DDR3 memory
-Win 8 64 bits


Lets hope that R2 will have proper quad core support.^^

You have nothing to worry about, sir! ,'-)

[Greve Af Göteborg]

If you can play Shogun 2 you'll be able to play Rome 2, there's your benchmark.

[Queen Annes Revenge]

If you can play Shogun 2 you'll be able to play Rome 2, there's your benchmark.

Yeah, CA has been pitching this idea. I will be in the market for a laptop at some point, probably with integrated gfx as it gets quite expensive otherwise. Can anybody share experiences on running Shogun 2 on such a laptop?

[Petroniu]

Notebooks? I thought all companies quit making those.
On the other hand, if you refer to mobile hardware, there are pretty good laptops and even ultrabooks too. Hell, even I am running S2 on a laptop while being away at uni. And it works with all settings on high(unfortunately my GPU isn't strong enough to even allow me to go for ultra settings...).

[Altimis]

I bet "high" settings because CA promise more performance for notebook and enjoyable.

[koovie]

I bet "high" settings because CA promise more performance for notebook and enjoyable.

I really hope so.

Dice did the same with BF 3 and I can play it on high settings with some on ultra without lag...

[SamueleD]

With a simple Ge Force GT630M I doubt you'll be able to do much, unless you play in 720p instead of 1080p, then you should get decent detail.
I'd say low-medium in 1080p or medium-high in 720p, but try Shogun 2 (even the demo) to see how it copes with it.

[koovie]

With a simple Ge Force GT630M I doubt you'll be able to do much, unless you play in 720p instead of 1080p, then you should get decent detail.
I'd say low-medium in 1080p or medium-high in 720p, but try Shogun 2 (even the demo) to see how it copes with it.

I tried it already ^^

I could play the Sekigahara battle with around 8000 men on high/ultra settings. The frame rate dropped a little when ever zoomed into a huge blop of troops.

However I often heard that S2TW was not really optimized for quad cores. Is that true? Furthermore I guess that demo versions arent optimised as well since they are usually released some time before release.

[SamueleD]

I tried it already ^^

I could play the Sekigahara battle with around 8000 men on high/ultra settings. The frame rate dropped a little when ever zoomed into a huge blop of troops.

However I often heard that S2TW was not really optimized for quad cores. Is that true? Furthermore I guess that demo versions arent optimised as well since they are usually released some time before release.

Then I think that I underestimated your GPU
I think you'll be able to play Rome II on high.

As for the cpu, TW games are all poorly optimized for multi cores, let's hope they'll do better with RII

[Caelifer_1991]

If it's anything like FotS it won't work with Optimus at all.

[koovie]

If it's anything like FotS it won't work with Optimus at all.

I am planning to buy FotS for my laptop. Are there any problems with it on laptops?

My specs:


-Intel Core I7-3632QM with 2.2 GHz (up to 3.2 with Turbo Boost)
-NVIDEA Ge Force GT630M with 2 GB memory
-8GB DDR3 memory
-Win 8 64 bits

[Caelifer_1991]

I am planning to buy FotS for my laptop. Are there any problems with it on laptops?

My specs:


-Intel Core I7-3632QM with 2.2 GHz (up to 3.2 with Turbo Boost)
-NVIDEA Ge Force GT630M with 2 GB memory
-8GB DDR3 memory
-Win 8 64 bits

I've been entirely unable to play FotS since I bought it, the campaign works, but the game crashes while loading a battle 100% of the time. It also doesn't recognise my Nvidia 555M 3GB, only recognising my integrated card with 512MB video memory that ought to work in unison with it via optimus. As far as I'm aware those two issues are interconnected. Either way, I wasted my money, and neither CA nor Nvidia have fixed it since release. Strangely enough, although Shogun II uses the same engine, and although it also had problems with Optimus, I've been able to play that including the battles. So long story short, if you have an integrated card working alongside that GT630M with optimus, I'd avoid FotS, a lot of people have had problems with it significant enough to render the game entirely unplayable.

[koovie]

I've been entirely unable to play FotS since I bought it, the campaign works, but the game crashes while loading a battle 100% of the time. It also doesn't recognise my Nvidia 555M 3GB, only recognising my integrated card with 512MB video memory that ought to work in unison with it via optimus. As far as I'm aware those two issues are interconnected. Either way, I wasted my money, and neither CA nor Nvidia have fixed it since release. Strangely enough, although Shogun II uses the same engine, and although it also had problems with Optimus, I've been able to play that including the battles. So long story short, if you have an integrated card working alongside that GT630M with optimus, I'd avoid FotS, a lot of people have had problems with it significant enough to render the game entirely unplayable.

Great......

Lets hope CA makes it better for R2TW.

BTW I could run the S2 demo on high sets. Maybe it will work....

[Anna_Gein]

I've been entirely unable to play FotS since I bought it, the campaign works, but the game crashes while loading a battle 100% of the time. It also doesn't recognise my Nvidia 555M 3GB, only recognising my integrated card with 512MB video memory that ought to work in unison with it via optimus. As far as I'm aware those two issues are interconnected. Either way, I wasted my money, and neither CA nor Nvidia have fixed it since release. Strangely enough, although Shogun II uses the same engine, and although it also had problems with Optimus, I've been able to play that including the battles. So long story short, if you have an integrated card working alongside that GT630M with optimus, I'd avoid FotS, a lot of people have had problems with it significant enough to render the game entirely unplayable.

I had the exact same problem on two different laptop of similar performance.

It worked fine after I used a work around about .Check this link to see if it isn't the problem. Though be cautious with it. You will asking more to your laptop than what it is suppose to deliver.

Great......

Lets hope CA makes it better for R2TW.

BTW I could run the S2 demo on high sets. Maybe it will work....

Cautious cautious cautious.

I tested Shogun 2 for a decent time on my previous laptop ; it worked fine. Once I bought it and install I always experimented CTD. Even on the campaign map with a ration of CTD every 8 turns. I suspect the patch and the late inclusion of direct x 10 caused a grave decrease of performance.

That said I was initially able to run S2 on medium sets only so it may work for you.