Changes to Total War? Having trouble....

[Volfan996]

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

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

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,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Volfan996]

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

 

[swarfega]

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.

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

Since you have Win7 Pro, you could install RTW in XP Mode: Download Windows XP Mode

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Tommyd]

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...

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

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
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Volfan996]

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
Windows Outreach Team

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!

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

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?

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Volfan996]

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

What do you think?

I am willing to spend up to $1500

 

[Everlong]

That should be able to handle NTW without a hitch. I've not looked at the price, only the specs. If it's within your price range, then go for it. It's a decent laptop, especially with the i7 processor.

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

The Asus G51JX-A1 would certainly work for you. In case you want another suggestion, there is a very knowledgeable community at NotebookReview.com that can probably offer more insight. Fill out this form in a new thread and they should help you quickly.

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[PURP666]

His problem is that laptops cannot run Napoleon Total War, the GPU is no where near powerful enough, especially as it is integrated....

Well, I have a $8000 Alienware M17x with an i7 920XM six-core processor, ATI 5870 (DDR5) video card, solid state hard drive, etc.... And this game still runs better on my two year old HP Pavillion (laptop) running Vista.... I just got the M17x and was very excited to try this game. I installed the game on the HP a couple months ago starting at 10PM, it was still installing at 7AM the next morning. On the M17x, it installed in less than 30 minutes. So I'm thinking, this is going to be wicked fast.... but if I need to re-load the autosave file (after attempting something stupid in the game), or during the pre-battle splash screen/status bar, its sometimes 15-20 minutes to load. Other than that, it seems to work great. I uninstalled the antivirus; I disabled the User Control BS;.......... WHAT AM I MISSING?

 

[montecristo2k]

And here is my problem : I've just loaded up Napoleon Total War and I am getting an instant reboot each time I get to the title screen .. well the Sega screen to be exact without error message , nothing in my event viewer just a total system reboot. If I press escape then it gets me into the menu screen, but as soon as I start a campaign and a movie starts up then the same thing happens . I've tried updating my drivers but with no luck. However I can start up ETW and see all the movie clips and the Sega screen with no problems at all.
And this is my Computer performance :
Intel Core i5 760
Inno3D GTX470
4GB Ram
PSU 650w
Im using Win7 Ultimate 64bit