What do I need to do to my pc so Medieval II will run on high settings with NO lag?

[Laverick]

Hi I love the graphical qualites that are in medieval II and hate the lag that it imposes! i want to exploite the game to its full potential in this area and was wondering what i would need to upgrade in my pc to do this. My specs are:

Pentium 4, 3.40Ghz processor

1Gb or RAM

Radeon X600 256Mb HyperMemory

[PyrrhusIV]

This should be moved to the basement. But, I am presuming, a very hefty overhaul. Give the good people at the basement a budget,and they will build you the best comp for the money.

[Candelarius]

Hi I love the graphical qualites that are in medieval II and hate the lag that it imposes! i want to exploite the game to its full potential in this area and was wondering what i would need to upgrade in my pc to do this. My specs are:

Pentium 4, 3.40Ghz processor

1Gb or RAM

Radeon X600 256Mb HyperMemory

Easy:

1. Most importantly: Go to the ATI.com site and buy a better card...I strongly suggest at least a Radeon X1600 Pro 512meg card. That's the card I'm using now and it's great. But, whatever card you pick, it should support at least Shader 3 and have 512 megs.
2. Your RAM is probably sufficient, but, if you want, add another 500 megs of RAM, or, better, one more gig.

That should do the trick.

[avesta]

Each component can give you framerate boosts in different areas:

Upgrading your CPU will reduce lag when there are a HIGH number of units on the battlefield.

Upgrading your RAM by adding another 1GB will allow you to run high texture settings in the graphical options, and may reduce lag in other areas where a lot of textures and other things are loaded into the RAM.

Upgrading your video card will give you general better framerates and allow you to turn up resolution,unit details, lighting, etc, without compromising a lot of performance. It will even allow you to turn on Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering, which IMO make a huge difference.

First thing you should upgrade is your video card. If you can give me your budget, I may be able to help you further.

[Laverick]

cheers, how much was your card then? and how much do you think another gig or ram cost? would i be able to fit it myself? sorry about all the questions, thanks for the help though!

[Laverick]

wel what about 300-400 pounds? thats my budget. btw i was wondering what does the resolution actually cahnge because i fiddled about with it and i ddnt notice any diffrence apart from in preformeance (it created loadz of lag on the highest setting!!)

[LoZz]

update your gfx card to a nivida 7 series or a ati x1000 series

add an extra gb of ram

your cpu is ok

at the lowest price a gb is 30pounds, but then again it will be the cheap stuff.

the gfx card, the best of the x1000 series is like 500 pounds, a decent one, is 150 pounds, dont buy anything lower then an x1650 if you go for the nivida 7 series, same pricesing, dont buy anything lower then a 7600gt


so id say about 200 pounds in total

[Laverick]

are they pretty easy to install yourself or not?

[LoZz]

are they pretty easy to install yourself or not?

ram yes, turn off, push in, turn on.


graphics card theirs more too it but pritty easy. uninstall graphics drivers, put in new card, install new drivers.


ram is universal just make sure its PC and not laptop ram so you dont need to worry to much about what you buy as long as its a gb


graphics cards, only buy ether nivida or ati, and find out if your motherboard is PCIe or AGP and then make sure the card you buy is the same.

[Trajan]

Moved to The Basement.

[Laverick]

how do you get your motherbord information up?

[LoZz]

how do you get your motherbord information up?

it will be on the box if you still have it, if not

right click on your desktop, then go properties, then settings, then advanced

then somewhere on the top tabs you should see your current graphics cards name, click that and then you should get a little summery, go down to where it says "Bus" and it will say AGP or PCIE

which ever one it says you will need to make sure your knew card is the same type.


if its AGP then its old and it might be worth getting a new PCIE mother board, all the good graphic cards are only PCIE

[Laverick]

Wel i did that and it says PCI not PCIE does this matter? I had to go to adapter which brought up my current graphics card then i went to properties and this came up; [IMG] so i got the PCI from this




how do you insert an image from paint?

[OTZ]

Upload the image to a website, like imageshack...

[communisto]

save the image from paint, to your desktop, go to imageshack.us, upload it, take the straight url, (www.imageshack.com/image124312089490218 etc) and put it between [img][/img]

[Hadrian]

Hi I love the graphical qualites that are in medieval II and hate the lag that it imposes! i want to exploite the game to its full potential in this area and was wondering what i would need to upgrade in my pc to do this. My specs are:

Pentium 4, 3.40Ghz processor

1Gb or RAM

Radeon X600 256Mb HyperMemory

Everyone, especially LoZz, has giving you good advice. Above, you stated, "I want to exploit the game to it's full potential in this area...". Unless you build/buy a totally new system, as PhyrrusIV gently alluded to, you will never be able to achieve your goal with your current system and 3-400 GBP's. Game play can get much better with the suggested upgrades, but aside from more RAM and a new GPU you'll also probobly need a more powerful PSU to drive that new GPU as well. A new processor may also mean a new mainboard, potentially.
I hate to say it, but in the end, after all the upgrades, your current processor is probobly going to be your Achillie's heel that keeps you from your stated goal of playing M2TW with maxed out graphics and no lag....(which is probobly going to be pretty tough for any of us!)

[Laverick]

heres the link for the image i was tryin to upload earlier

[Cyrus the Virus]

Hmm must be a PCIe? Don't think graphics cards use PCI slots, only NICs and Audio cards...
If your motherboard is old it could been a AGP card, but doesn't seem so..

[SPARTAN VI]

Hmm must be a PCIe? Don't think graphics cards use PCI slots, only NICs and Audio cards...
If your motherboard is old it could been a AGP card, but doesn't seem so..

There are videocards that use the PCI bus.. I just don't think there's a PCI X600.

This whole "does he have AGP/PCI-Express?" fiasco can be solved with a simple download of Everest or CPU-Z.

[Cyrus the Virus]

There are videocards that use the PCI bus.. I just don't think there's a PCI X600.

This whole "does he have AGP/PCI-Express?" fiasco can be solved with a simple download of Everest or CPU-Z.

Never heard that before.
But I shall stand corrected