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    what is your graphic config in Empire Total War

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by kampfen, May 6, 2009.

  1. kampfen

    kampfen Notebook Consultant

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    I have the M17 with q9100, Dual 3870, 4G RAM

    in 1900*1200, I can only open the v-sync , no AA, and everything set to medium or low...

    what is yours?
     
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    in my P8600 2.4ghz, single 3870, 2gb ram. win xp, I play in 1900*1200 AA8x all very high with no lag at all.... it takes a bit to load the games but once loaded I've no problem. Amazing graphics, very nice game.
     
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    kampfen Notebook Consultant

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    OMG...There must be something wrong with my computer...
     
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    with this settings
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    it's a bit slow but still very playable. if I drop some settings from ultra to very high it's really smooth. it really takes quite a bit to load the games.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Thanks, man. You sure helped a lot.
     
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    i just checked mine i have everything at high or very high at 1920x1200 as well

    again load times are nothing to celebrate tho!
     
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    in fact as an update i ranked everything to ultra and 8xaa on it and still playable so sitting low and medium i would suggest something is seriously wrong

    Pete
     
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    I have an m15x 8800m gtx with the 2.8GHz Core 2 Extreme and I'm running everything with the highest settings in Windows 7. However, I only set the AA to x2 and no Anisotropic to maintain smoothness. I have a 1440x900 monitor.
     
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    I just figured it out. It seems that to disable/switch off every 3D settings in CCC and set minimap to performance help a lot. Now I can play ETW with everything ultra and every effect on at bearable FPS. With everything set to high, the performance is smooth.
     
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