FE2 lags on Windows 10

[vintis1988]

I recently acquired First Eagles and installed it on my laptop which has Windows 10. Unfortunately it lags when a mission is loaded. I've installed SF2 and it works fine, and I've downloaded the latest patch for FE2.

 

Any help?

Thanks!

[MigBuster]

No Mods I gather?

Have you changed any of the graphic card settings?

Do you have an NVIDIA GPU in that?

 

 

 

 

[vintis1988]

20 hours ago, MigBuster said:

No Mods I gather?

Have you changed any of the graphic card settings?

Do you have an NVIDIA GPU in that?

I'm running no mods. I run mods in SF2 and have no issues.

 

I updated my NVIDIA drivers a while back, that's it. I'm not sure what you mean by "NVIDIA GPU", sorry.

[MigBuster]

NVIDIA drivers is good enough

 

If you right click on the desktop do you get NVIDIA control panel?

What in game graphics settings are you running? unlimited all?

 

[vintis1988]

14 minutes ago, MigBuster said:

NVIDIA drivers is good enough

 

If you right click on the desktop do you get NVIDIA control panel?

What in game graphics settings are you running? unlimited all?

I get a NVIDIA control panel if I right click on my desktop.

I've tried running my graphics settings on everything from lowest to ultimate and I get the same results (slightly less lag on lowest, but still WAY too much for a game this old on this computer).

 

 

[MigBuster]

The SF2 games were developed longer after FE2 ended and are probably slightly better optimized for newer hardware. (e.g. multicore/hyperthreading)

In the NVIDIA panel -> Manage 3D settings then Program Settings tab

Add FE2 and try changing

• Maximum pre rendered frames = 1
• Power management mode = prefer max performance
• Vertical sync = Use 3D app setting
• Threaded Optimisation = On

And hit apply

[vintis1988]

20 hours ago, MigBuster said:

The SF2 games were developed longer after FE2 ended and are probably slightly better optimized for newer hardware. (e.g. multicore/hyperthreading)

In the NVIDIA panel -> Manage 3D settings then Program Settings tab

Add FE2 and try changing

• Maximum pre rendered frames = 1
• Power management mode = prefer max performance
• Vertical sync = Use 3D app setting
• Threaded Optimisation = On

And hit apply

Sir or mam,

You are a hero. It worked.

 

Thank you so much for all the help. I know you didn't need to but you did anyway. If I could I'd buy you a beer (or any other beverage of your choice).