Poor performance.

[sapi]

There's no need for anything that drastic

[Ciaran]

The first thing I´d advice is using shader1, you won´t get dirt and blood on your men but as long you play on Large, you shouldn´t have a problem, I know I don´t, using a 2.4 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, Radeon 9800 XT. As long as I don´t take on the Mongols or Timurids in a multi-stack battle, it runs very smooth, even in sieges, and I really had troubles there when I used Shader2.

Other than that, visiting the Apothecary will certainly not hurt, you´ll get a lot of info there about he technical side.

[sapi]

Agreed, but i'd advise against artificially limiting your graphics card via choosing an older shader version unless you really need to

[Bijo]

Agreed, but i'd advise against artificially limiting your graphics card via choosing an older shader version unless you really need to

That because the newer shaders are faster rendered? Just had to ask this


And welcome, Peadee. Indeed, shadows off is good to try out first; it's the greatest performance eater.

[sapi]

@Bijo - many new graphics cards are, i believe, optimised for newer shader models.

That aside, there's a huge visual hit when moving down to a lower version of teh shader.

@peadee - do you have bloom off?

[CrossLOPER]

There's no need for anything that drastic

Because buying a new computer every three years is cheaper.