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AOE III Mac - Play at maximum quality
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May 1, 2008, 10:33 PM
 
Hi,

I'm wonder to see how my G5 Quad 2.5ghz it can't run the game flawlessly with many graphical restrictions. I play at 1920x1200, but:

- Anti-alias Quality: Low
- Shader Quality: Low
- Particle Quality: Low
- Terrain Texture Quality: Low
- Texture Filter Quality: Low

Surely the guilty it's the Nvidia 6600.

Anybody plays this game at the maximu quality with good framerate at 1920x1200?
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Luca Rescigno
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May 2, 2008, 02:09 AM
 
I'm sure the 6600 is the problem. It was a budget graphics card even when it was brand new, and now it's going to have trouble keeping up.

I had sort of a hard time understanding your description but it seems as though you're having framerate issues even with all the effects low? Have you tried running it at a lower resolution? 1920x1200 is a lot of pixels to push. A lot of those graphical effects aren't going to have a huge amount of graphical overhead, but the resolution will. Try running it at a lower widescreen resolution and see how it runs and how it looks. You might be surprised at how good it looks even at a non-native resolution.

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May 2, 2008, 03:00 PM
 
Do you have the 'real' 6600 or the 6600LE?
     
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May 2, 2008, 06:17 PM
 
GeForce 6600, not LE.

Yes, the game gains in performace at lowest resolutions. What I need to play at 1920x1200? Ati X1900?
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May 5, 2008, 03:40 PM
 
Try at 1600x1200. I've had better luck with that resolution in a lot of games.
     
   
 
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