Empire Total War

[Angelique8478]

I had been anxiously awaiting the release of Empire Total War... bought it right away, but it didn't work right on my XP computer.... I needed to upgrade anyhow, so I ordered a new Dell desktop, with an AMD Radeon HD3450 256 MB PCI-Express x16 RV620 graphics card installed. Also, I have no other games installed on the computer yet, and it has pleanty of space for this...The processor is the Pentium core 2 Duo e7200 (2.53GHz,3mb). I think that that should allow the game to work properly, however it does not. Even with the graphics set lowest... which seems crazy... I got the grapics thing the way I did so that I could enjoy the graphics that the game offers! I get the error message- Empire Totalwar has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program & notify you if a soluton is available. I have tried all of the listed contact information for support but have had ZERO luck finding any way to recieve an actual response to a question. Any suggestions?????

 

[mi1ez]

1. check your drivers are up to date
2. try reinstalling?
3 check RAM

3450 is a last generation, mid-range card. It's going to struggle in many games.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-q3-2008/World-in-Conflict-v1.05,786.html

third from bottom.

 

[spuddyt]

are you sure its your computer not handling it? If it closes the instant you start, rather than just having a terrible framerate that either generally means your hardware is MASSIVELY out of the league of the game (like, running empire on a 2 year old cheapo laptop), or that there is a software problem.

 

[david_uk109]

Did you buy empireTW from steam? if so, that is the problem (so I hear). The total war series of games have always been a pain in the butt to install and/or run and then keep running without crashing, although when the games do work well the gameplay is often brilliant.

 

[tsd16]

go to www.twcenter.net

visit their forums, as you will see, tons of performance/crashing issues on a wide range of systems among other bugs. Most people consider themselves lucky if they can play through a few turns without a CTD.

I too suffer from crashes and I am running a superior system.

 

[Captainhero]

same...

 

[pr2thej]

Public beta's ftw

 

[pr2thej]

I ordered a new Dell desktop, with an AMD Radeon HD3450

Oh my.....i just spotted this. Bet they took you for a ride as well....how much....£500-600?

 

[tsd16]

Yeah that card is going to struggle, on just about anything new let alone Empire.