Age of Heavy Problems

[makarand]

Age of Empires III the heavy hardware demanding game runs very slow on my PC. Especially when war begins and more than that when the war begins in water. The FPS count is very low.
My configuration is as follows:
PIV 2.66 GHz Processor (AOE3 requires 1.4GHz)
Intel Original 915GLVG
512 MB RAM ((AOE3 requires 256MB)
128MB Intel GMA 900(AOE3 requires 64MB)
Still the game runs slow
My mobo neither has a PCIE slot nor an AGP.
Please recommend me a good mobo and a graphics card (nVdia prefered)
My budget is Rs 10000

[Vyasram]

Are u runnin the game at high res with eye cadies on ?. If so try lower settings. Also insrtall the 1.04 patch for aoe 3 from their own website. It must run in ur system.

If u still wanna upgrade here is a website where u can find the latest pricings

http://www.deltapage.com

They're chennai prices, abt 5-10% higher than mumbai prices. buy xfx/big nvidia 6200 graphics card with tc and 128/256 mb

[makarand]

i live in maharashtra

[ymhatre]

Hey man go for ASUS P5RD1- VM board -----> 3250 in lamington road
U said u have 512 ram, so first try the onboard graphics of this one.... If feel its good then go for upgrading ur Ram u could get 512*2 (400) at or below 4500 bucks.
IF u feel tht graphics are not tht good then go for 6600 LE 256MB-----> 5600
Tht make 3250 + 5600 = 8850 remaining 1150 with u..
U can further add 600 to ur budget and u could get a new 512 ram (400) for abt 1750....

[makarand]

does the ASUS P5RD1- VM have a PCIE slot?

[darklord]

Originally Posted by makarand

Age of Empires III the heavy hardware demanding game runs very slow on my PC. Especially when war begins and more than that when the war begins in water. The FPS count is very low.
My configuration is as follows:
PIV 2.66 GHz Processor (AOE3 requires 1.4GHz)
Intel Original 915GLVG
512 MB RAM ((AOE3 requires 256MB)
128MB Intel GMA 900(AOE3 requires 64MB)
Still the game runs slow
My mobo neither has a PCIE slot nor an AGP.
Please recommend me a good mobo and a graphics card (nVdia prefered)
My budget is Rs 10000

Well the game requires min 512MB ram.you have [512-128 = 384MB]
Also the onboard crap of the Intel board is not gonna suffice for your gaming needs.

Recommendation -
No need to change mobo.Upgrade RAM to 1GB [excluding the game,OS ,apps require memory my friend]
Also Nvidia 6600GT is a great card for your needs and fits the budget.It shud cost around 8k.

[ymhatre]

Originally Posted by makarand

does the ASUS P5RD1- VM have a PCIE slot?

It does have pci e slot..
U can check its specification at www.asus.com
also u can keep in mind P5RD2 - Vm having same features except for having SATA 2, and a GB lan....

[ymhatre]

i do feel theres is need of buying external graphic card...
Even though I own P5RD1 - 768 rm ram...
POPT2T works good at 800*600 at medium effects...
but for games like FEAR u need an external graphic card... also ram is in the podium....