well, I went thru the frame rate fight, and have finally maxed out my system except I dont have the state of thart vid card. My whole problem is that I have sdram 133, which chokes during busy scenes.
Thses are some of the things that helped my frame rates averall.
1. Get at least 512 RAM, I noticed aprrox 10 % increas in frame rate when I upgraded from 512 to 768Meg Ram.
2. If you are running XP, Goto blackviper.com and disable the stupid sht that gobles up your resources in the backgropund.
3. Save your money and get a top of the line vid card, maybe not the best on the market, but a top line proven performance model.
I paid 200 bucks for my ti4200, but I really baid 600 bucks, because I cheaped my way up the ladder till i got one that could cary the bomb drops and the fleet war scenes.
4. High speed internet connec made a huge difference.
5. Disable antialiasing. This made a 20 frame per second difference for me.
My system still dips below 20 in some instances, but overall it is very playable.
My system:
p4 1.7 gHz
512 MB SDRAM 133 <--Avoid this sht, if they still make it.
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gf4 ti4200 vid card <--way better than the gf4 MX 440
Winxp<--not bad os, but make sure you find out what YOU need running in the background and disable the rest. XP assunmes you need all kinds of goofy crap at all times.