Changes to Total War? Having trouble....

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  1. Volfan996
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    Changes to Total War? Having trouble....


    Hi all,

    Well I used to play Rome: Total War on my computer with no problems. I recently picked up a copy of Napoleon: Total War and I having having problems.

    Even on the lowest settings possible I am not running close to smooth.

    Windows says that I am running the latest version of my nVidia driver so that shouldn't be an issue.

    Besides getting an entirely new PC (which I need to do anyway), can someone check out my specs and advise me as to what to do?

    Thanks
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  3. WalkerA WinTeam
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    Hi Volfan996,

    What were the specs on your old computer? Or if it's the same computer - what OS were you running RTW on successfully?

    Cheers,

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  4. Volfan996
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    Same computer. I was running Rome on Vista 32 bit with 2 GB RAM

    Now I am running Win 7 64 bit with 4 GB RAM
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  6. swarfega
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    Well you are running on a laptop, dont expect the same performance as a desktop PC and thats quite an old graphics chip you have.
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  7. WalkerA WinTeam
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    Since you have Win7 Pro, you could install RTW in XP Mode: Download Windows XP Mode

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  8. Tommyd
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    His problem is that laptops cannot run Napoleon Total War, the GPU is no where near powerful enough, especially as it is integrated.
    Installing R:TW in XP mode won't help N:TW work...
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  10. WalkerA WinTeam
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    Tommyd said:
    His problem is that laptops cannot run Napoleon Total War, the GPU is no where near powerful enough, especially as it is integrated.
    Installing R:TW in XP mode won't help N:TW work...
    I must have totally missed the word 'Napoleon' in the OP! I thought we were talking about RTW all along, I apologize. But Tommyd is right, NTW will not run on your machine Volfan996.

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  11. Volfan996
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    WalkerA WinTeam said:
    Tommyd said:
    His problem is that laptops cannot run Napoleon Total War, the GPU is no where near powerful enough, especially as it is integrated.
    Installing R:TW in XP mode won't help N:TW work...
    I must have totally missed the word 'Napoleon' in the OP! I thought we were talking about RTW all along, I apologize. But Tommyd is right, NTW will not run on your machine Volfan996.

    Walker
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    Thanks for the help, I figured that it wouldn't. I'm really glad that I have found this forum because I honestly don't know jack about computer hardware.

    So I have been shopping around looking at laptops and perhaps you can assist me. I have been wanting to upgrade for a few months now but I have been hesitant. I need a new one not just for gaming but to run cs4-5 and other programs.

    Can you point me in the right direction. Thanks!

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  12. WalkerA WinTeam
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    No problem. You could try using Windows PC Scout, it's a great tool if you know the sort of tasks you'll be doing but not necessarily what specs they require.

    What's your price range?

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  13. Volfan996
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    Thanks for the tool. It recommends the Asus G51JX-A1

    What do you think?

    I am willing to spend up to $1500
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