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Empire Total War

Post by Lozzer » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:07 pm

How do I get this to work?

I upload it and play it but the graphic settings have to be so low the game looks crap. The loading screens take 10 minutes or more and the game itself is terribly laggy. I can't play it basically. How do I get it to work?
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Trolldor » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:21 pm

Upgrade your computer.
Or at least your graphics card.
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Azathoth » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:24 pm

more RAM is the cheapest option to try
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Trolldor » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:29 pm

Ghatanothoa wrote:more RAM is the cheapest option to try
You can usually run things without only 75% of the minimum recommended RAM, it's the graphics cards which are a bitch.
Using only 880mb out of 1gb on my graphics card, GTAIV runs like a bitch whore on my computer.
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by AshtonBlack » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:54 pm

Yep, it's a quite resource hungry game.

How much Main Memory and Video Card memory do you have?
Do you have all the latest video card drivers?
Is there anything else running that doesn't need to? (look in the system tray)
Is the Hard Drive low on space?

All potential game killers.

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Re: Empire Total War

Post by AshtonBlack » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:56 pm

I have 4Gb main memory and 2x 1Gb GTX 280s and a solid state hard drive. So far, no game I cannot run on max gfx.

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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Lozzer » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:30 pm

I don't know how I'd find any of this stuff, and I haven't got a fucking clue what 'Ram' is. My processor is Intel Pentium D CPU 2 and my graphics card is Geforce 7300 SE
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by AshtonBlack » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:47 pm

Lozzer wrote:I don't know how I'd find any of this stuff, and I haven't got a fucking clue what 'Ram' is. My processor is Intel Pentium D CPU 2 and my graphics card is Geforce 7300 SE
:nono:

Right click on "My computer" and select "properties" on the "general" tab you'll see how much main memory you have (RAM = Random Access Memory, meaning it discharges when the power is off.)

If it's 256Mb-512Mb then it's WAY too low and you need to find out what sort it is. (Opening the box and looking for a 5" strip of chips, which will have a label on it reading something like DDR - PC 2100 or DDR2 PC2700 etc.) Then bang that into e-bay and see how much 2Gb of that memory would cost.

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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Lozzer » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:04 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:
Lozzer wrote:I don't know how I'd find any of this stuff, and I haven't got a fucking clue what 'Ram' is. My processor is Intel Pentium D CPU 2 and my graphics card is Geforce 7300 SE
:nono:

Right click on "My computer" and select "properties" on the "general" tab you'll see how much main memory you have (RAM = Random Access Memory, meaning it discharges when the power is off.)

If it's 256Mb-512Mb then it's WAY too low and you need to find out what sort it is. (Opening the box and looking for a 5" strip of chips, which will have a label on it reading something like DDR - PC 2100 or DDR2 PC2700 etc.) Then bang that into e-bay and see how much 2Gb of that memory would cost.

I have 1.00 GB?
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Trolldor » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:25 pm

Sounds like it should be enough.

Use this:
http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Lozzer » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:26 pm

Thanks Born again :)

It says that I can run it, and I don't deny that. But it only will run on a minimalistic level, and in my experience that is no better than not being able to play it at all. Especially when it crashes and fucks up my computer. How would I get it functioning to a 'fast' level? x x x ly babe luls
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:30 pm

Lozzer wrote:Thanks Born again :)

It says that I can run it, and I don't deny that. But it only will run on a minimalistic level, and in my experience that is no better than not being able to play it at all. Especially when it crashes and fucks up my computer. How would I get it functioning to a 'fast' level? x x x ly babe luls
Like the boyz said - get more memory - and upgrade your graphix card. :dono:
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Lozzer » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:33 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Lozzer wrote:Thanks Born again :)

It says that I can run it, and I don't deny that. But it only will run on a minimalistic level, and in my experience that is no better than not being able to play it at all. Especially when it crashes and fucks up my computer. How would I get it functioning to a 'fast' level? x x x ly babe luls
Like the boyz said - get more memory - and upgrade your graphix card. :dono:

What to? What's the best? And how do I put them in? And how do I replace my fan?
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Re: Empire Total War

Post by Lozzer » Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:56 pm

I've began to download it again and I've just realised why I promised never to do it again: it takes 24 hours on my computer.
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