The benefits of not having them loaded into memory

I do not know if the textures of units contribute anything to how fast or slow the game is. If the textures of units do decrease the speed by being loaded into memory then replacing them with a smaller file woudl spead thing up

no?

I am asking regarding Total War series of games in general not MTW@ in particular. Currently I am engaged by EB and it is dog slow

I know the size of the map affects the speed of game play. But do not know if textures do.