Medieva II Total War? can i?

Question

i just borrowed my friend's game M2TW and it looks great. but its just a little too slow

checked my computer system info and this is what i got
is my computer compatible do i need to expando something? like the viedo card>? plz tell me

Hewelett-Packard Company
HP Pavilion
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU
6300 @ 1.86GHz
1.59 GHz, 0.99 GB of RAM
Physical Addres Extension

Additional Details


M2TW

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
Processor: Celeron 1.5GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD® processor.
Memory: 512MB RAM
Optical Drive: 8x Speed DVD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate)
and latest drivers
Disk Space: 11GB of uncompressed free hard disk space
Sound Card: 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
and latest drivers
Input Devices: 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse,
keyboard and latest drivers
DirectX: DirectX® 9.0c
Graphics Card: 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 supportand the latest driver

Answer 1

You are doing fine on the Ram and Processor. Some games are just more dependant on the Graphics side then the CPU. Medieval 2 Total War is tough on some of the best computers, and really requires a beefy video card. It barely runs on my laptop which has a 128 meg vid card (x1400, 128 additional megs shared), but a core 2 processor (2.00ghz). Shut down as many programs as you can by clicking Start, then Run, then typing msconfig, click on the startup tab on the far right, then uncheck as many programs as possible (nothing there is vital) to keep them from starting. Try running again. If not much help, go with a healtheir video system (256mb). If you got a laptop, well, your stuck with what brought ya.

Answer 2

Use this program to see what is inside your computer, use Belarc.

INFORMATION SITES
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html -- info on computer inside
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
http://www.crucial.com/index.asp -- info and price on memory

Then on the Belarc see if you can cut and paste the top half to me. Put cursor on left edge, press key CONTROL and key letter C at same time. Now left click cursor and move down the cursor and then the letters outline what you are copying. Then in the email just put the cursor in a blank place, press Control and Letter V and the info you copied will appear.

Anyway, what it is you can send if you have a video card attached or something that says integrated video. If you have a integrated chip and no card then the game may be mighty slow and jerky. Also you will be able to check how much actual ram you have in there. Also send the HP brand model number. If it is a desk top you have a good chance of upgrading compared to a laptop. I can let you know what you can do to upgrade if possible.


Check the download section at these sites for some free downloads.
http://www.cnet.com/
http://www.pcworld.com/
http://www.computerworld.com/index.jsp.....

Answer 3

turn the pics down in the concepts menu- particularly, the 1st ingredient you're able to tone down (or maybe even turn off thoroughly) is the shadow information. It does not make the interest look lots greater valuable and plus greater desirable shadows and lighting fixtures many times shrink overall performance incredibly lots. i can play greater valuable with each little thing at max devoid of shadows than i can with each little thing at low with extreme high quality shadows

Answer 4

you seem to be well overated on specs you provided but you haven't put graphics down for us to see.
or your cd drive but i'm guessing that with the specs you have, you're gonna have a dvdrw anyway?
you may find you have too many proccesses running in background during gameplay