Game specs and performance: all M2TW owners post here

[AussieGiant]

Hi All,

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but...

I just installed the game on my new XPS 700 from Dell.

After looking at the default setting that were choosen by the game I thought....bollocks...its a new machine...I'm gonna max this puppy out and do a few hisotrical battles....so I did.

2.66 Dual Core
Nvidia 1G RAM 7950 GX2
2 x 150 Gig HHD on a RAID 0 stripe.

Running at 1280*1024 on a nice Samsung SyncMaster P193

I loaded up Agincourt and god was I unhappy!! The intro scene looked like a camera was being used to take pictures.

2 Questions:

1) What is the difference between configuring video settings using the Nvidia Control Panel on the desktop and/or doing the same thing in the video settings in the actual game? Which one is being used? Can someone provide accurate advise?

2) Can some people please provide their settings for best performance on a similar systems.

On a side note I'm going to 3DMark 06 my machine to check that all is well there as I removed the DELL XP Home build and erinstalled a fresh copy. However once this is done I would expect this game to run as smooth as you can imagine on this set up with just about everything on max.

Please help, and if this is in the incorrect area then please move it as required...although the video set up could help a lot of people.

[AussieGiant]

Ok so for me...this is really important. :) Maybe not for anyone else, but I really do need specific help.

[kercool]

axp 2000+
not a gig ram n radeon 9550 all on low so far so smooth lol

[Dave1984]

Hi All,

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but...

I just installed the game on my new XPS 700 from Dell.

After looking at the default setting that were choosen by the game I thought....bollocks...its a new machine...I'm gonna max this puppy out and do a few hisotrical battles....so I did.

2.66 Dual Core
Nvidia 1G RAM 7950 GX2
2 x 150 Gig HHD on a RAID 0 stripe.

Running at 1280*1024 on a nice Samsung SyncMaster P193

I loaded up Agincourt and god was I unhappy!! The intro scene looked like a camera was being used to take pictures.

2 Questions:

1) What is the difference between configuring video settings using the Nvidia Control Panel on the desktop and/or doing the same thing in the video settings in the actual game? Which one is being used? Can someone provide accurate advise?

2) Can some people please provide their settings for best performance on a similar systems.

On a side note I'm going to 3DMark 06 my machine to check that all is well there as I removed the DELL XP Home build and erinstalled a fresh copy. However once this is done I would expect this game to run as smooth as you can imagine on this set up with just about everything on max.

Please help, and if this is in the incorrect area then please move it as required...although the video set up could help a lot of people.

What is your system's RAM? Have you tried removing the shadows? I've done that and everything runs perfectly with everything else on max, 1280*1024 and I'd say your system whups mine!

I haven't used the nvidia control panel at all

I'm running a Dell 9150 with 3.0ghz dual core, 1gb RAM and a 256mb 6800 GPU

[Daveybaby]

AMD 3000+ XP
1 Gig RAM running at 800MHz
ATI Radeon X800 Pro

Game runs fine, no slowdowns that i've noticed at all.

Edit: didnt include settings, duh.

Been running with the default autodetect settings:
Shader v2
1024x768
No AA
Trilinear Filtering
Detail : All medium, except: Buildings, Shadows = High
Shadows ON
Bloom ON
Reflections OFF

Kinda weird settings. Might have a play around with them and see what happens.

[AussieGiant]

AMD 3000+ XP
1 Gig RAM running at 800MHz
ATI Radeon X800 Pro

Game runs fine, no slowdowns that i've noticed at all.

But what are your setting there Davey?

[AussieGiant]

Can anyone give me some basics steps to go through to determine if it is just Game related or my machine?

Puzz, Screwtype, Econ??

If you guy's know of anyone that could walk me through some steps to diagnose my machine and then set the correct settings in the game?

I'm kind of freaking out here at the idea of just dumping all this money on a new machine and the game playing less that expected.

[AussieGiant]

What is your system's RAM? Have you tried removing the shadows? I've done that and everything runs perfectly with everything else on max, 1280*1024 and I'd say your system whups mine!

I haven't used the nvidia control panel at all

I'm running a Dell 9150 with 3.0ghz dual core, 1gb RAM and a 256mb 6800 GPU

Hey D Wilson,

Sorry about the oversight. RAM is 2 GIGs at 667Hz.

In my first attempt in which I got the camera effect I had shadows on "Extreme". I took that down to High and the performance is still choppy.

I don't have FRAPS loaded but it seems I need to do this. I was so shocked that I am going to do some 3DMark 06 tests this evening to check that I am benchmarking around the correct numbers.

But do you think I should have to remove shadows on such a machine!!? If so then I'm a bit disappointed.

When you say everything on max, do you mean absolutely everything!!?? Because some settings are labelled as "Highest" or other levels above just "High".

Econ,

Thanks for the correction.

[Dave1984]

Hey D Wilson,

Sorry about the oversight. RAM is 2 GIGs at 667Hz.

In my first attempt in which I got the camera effect I had shadows on "Extreme". I took that down to High and the performance is still choppy.

I don't have FRAPS loaded but it seems I need to do this. I was so shocked that I am going to do some 3DMark 06 tests this evening to check that I am benchmarking around the correct numbers.

But do you think I should have to remove shadows on such a machine!!? If so then I'm a bit disappointed.

When you say everything on max, do you mean absolutely everything!!?? Because some settings are labelled as "Highest" or other levels above just "High".

Econ,

Thanks for the correction.

Yes, I mean everything up at high or highest, whichever is max for that particular option, even grass which I expected to be a killer. But my shadows are at none, and when I have them on, even at lowest, it has a really noticeable effect, and I think pretty much everyone has found roughly the same thing. I haven't missed them, though!

The only reason I can really think of to have them on now is in the case of a -movie_cam kind of thing appearing, so's I can get some really stunning screenshots.

[AussieGiant]

Yes, I mean everything up at high or highest, whichever is max for that particular option, even grass which I expected to be a killer. But my shadows are at none, and when I have them on, even at lowest, it has a really noticeable effect, and I think pretty much everyone has found roughly the same thing. I haven't missed them, though!

The only reason I can really think of to have them on now is in the case of a -movie_cam kind of thing appearing, so's I can get some really stunning screenshots.

Ok thanks for the details D Wilson. I'll now have to check this shadow killer setting.

[Caesar_julii]

i'm hoping i can play with medium high settings. These are my specs:
1 gig ram
2.0 ati processor
256 mb video card radeon 9550 or 9600

[Haudegen]

I have a laptop:

Pentium M 725 (1.6 GHz)
512 MB RAM
Radeon Mobility 9700 / 64 MB

Resolution 1024 x 768

All settings are lowest, I play with normal unit scale. The performance is not great, field battles run mostly ok. In siege battles the game lags frequently.

Any tips on increasing the performance (other than upgrading the hardware) are highly appreciated

[castle]

aussiegiant have you updated grahics driver as i think there has been one to add support for your card.

[jon-tom]

Hey im new round here so i thought i'd start somewhere and try an be helpfull
my PC specs are
3.2 pentium4
2 gig memory
radeon x700 with 256mb onboard mem
and one quality soundcard THX certified.

i can run medieval on full whack so long as im not using shader version 2 in the graphics setup..................i know im missin out on some ace water visuals but it still looks impressive

[Reapz]

System Specs

P4 3.0 GHz
2 x 1024 Corsair RAM
GeForce 6800 Ultra

1024 x 768
Video options:

4x AA
Unit/building/vegetation/grass detail: High
Effects detail: Highest
Texture quality: High
Shadow quality: None
Bloom: disabled
Reflections: disabled
Campaign shadows: disabled

I'm using fraps to show fps

30 to 40 fps on the campaign map
15 to 25 fps in battles (lower end when there are a lot of trees)