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    Medieval 2 Total War and the E1505

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by socarwolverine, Apr 5, 2007.

  1. socarwolverine

    socarwolverine Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys, i'm running an E1505 with the specs in my sig. I'm having a terrible time running the game with anything other than the lowest settings. Also, I know this is prolly a worthless issue but, if i've got around 3K or more units on the field i get a horrible stutter, no matter how low my settings are. Can anyone give me some tips or ideas as to why I might be having probs? I kinda figured this comp would be able to handle it okay.

    Also, can running the game at my native resolution (1680x1050) speed up gameplay, cause I did and against what I previously thought it runs better at this higher resolution.
     
    socarwolverine, Apr 5, 2007
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  2. Awesome laptops

    Awesome laptops Notebook Evangelist

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    maybe your graphics card can't handle the amount of units on screen
     
    Awesome laptops, Apr 5, 2007
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  3. PuppetMaster2501

    PuppetMaster2501 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah... Total War is a pretty demanding game. Even on my friends 7900GS (desktop), the game sometime shutter and drop fps like crazy in a sceen with more than 2K men.
     
    PuppetMaster2501, Apr 5, 2007
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  4. IIIM3

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    interesting, i played the game on 800X600 Res with med-high setting, and had nothing below 40 fps, with at least 3k units. but my card is over clocked, so that may be it.
     
    IIIM3, Apr 5, 2007
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  5. socarwolverine

    socarwolverine Notebook Consultant

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    how could you play on 800x600, it wont let me go to anything below 1024x768
     
    socarwolverine, Apr 5, 2007
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    Make sure to turn off shadows..
     
    csinth, Apr 5, 2007
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  7. PuppetMaster2501

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    I hate 800x600... I will never play anything at this res.
    At least 1024x768, and more = better. I have a 1680x1050 res. monitor and low res. game looks pretty bad on it.
     
    PuppetMaster2501, Apr 6, 2007
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  8. Gator

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    In my experience, Medieval is more graphically demanding than Supreme Commander and that's saying something especially since SupCom was released several months after Medieval.
     
    Gator, Apr 6, 2007
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