R:TW benchmarks

[Uriel]

Just wondering if anyone knows somewhere I can look up R:TW benchmark results for things like CPUs, video cards etc?

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I have never heard of an in-game benchmark test using RTW, and have never seen any mentioned in a hardware review. But if you want advice on hardware I and the people who frequent the apothecary can most likely help.

[sik1977]

Just wondering if anyone knows somewhere I can look up R:TW benchmark results for things like CPUs, video cards etc?

You can use Fraps to benchmark RTW (sort of). There is however no built in benchmark for RTW.

[Uriel]

I've seen a couple of hardware reviews that use R:TW plus FRAPS. Haven't been able to find anything that will allow me to do a like for like comparison though.

I'm relatively happy with R:TW performance, only experiencing some slowdown in huge battles with several thousand men on screen (Athlon XP2500+, 1GB RAM, Geforce 6600GT 128mb etc). At some point I'd like to do a motherboard and CPU replacement (which is finally a relatively inexpensive option now that ULI have released a s939 chipset that does both 16x PCI_E and 8xAGP at full speed).

Trouble is, I don't think the amount of money I'd want to spend will make a vast improvement. It'd be nice to be able to put some numbers on it so I can decide whether to take the plunge soon or wait a bit longer.

Edit: Any chance a mod can shift this over to Apothecary?

[sik1977]

I've seen a couple of hardware reviews that use R:TW plus FRAPS. Haven't been able to find anything that will allow me to do a like for like comparison though.

I'm relatively happy with R:TW performance, only experiencing some slowdown in huge battles with several thousand men on screen (Athlon XP2500+, 1GB RAM, Geforce 6600GT 128mb etc). At some point I'd like to do a motherboard and CPU replacement (which is finally a relatively inexpensive option now that ULI have released a s939 chipset that does both 16x PCI_E and 8xAGP at full speed).

Trouble is, I don't think the amount of money I'd want to spend will make a vast improvement. It'd be nice to be able to put some numbers on it so I can decide whether to take the plunge soon or wait a bit longer.

Edit: Any chance a mod can shift this over to Apothecary?

Try this

http://www.benchemall.com/

Not sure if it'll help.

I just made a new PC

AMD Athlon64 3700+ (San Diego)
MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum Motherboard (nForce4 Ultra Chipset)
1 Gig DDR 400Mhz Ram (Dual Ch)
Asus Extreme 7800GTX TOP (Factory Overclocked at 486/1350)
Forceware 78.01, Latest Motherboard BIOS and Drivers etc.

I did a few tests with FRAPS with all settings at MAX, 1280x1024x32 Resolution, High AA and the game still slows down with two full stacks/armies on the Battlemap (on large Unit Settings) if you zoom out to an Angle where both full armies are in view.

I have a ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with P4 3GHZ Laptop as well and RTW plays fine on that as well, with slightly lower settings. I have a 6600GT with Athlon64 3000 at the office, but havent benchmarked RTW on that PC yet.