I'm currently running GalCiv 2 ToA off a laptop, and not a great one at that, so I understand that I am to expect some speed issues, but I did also expect some improvement with the new and highly praised graphics system.

Every time I have a ship on my screen, though, the game slows to a snails pace. I dialed the graphics all the way down to the lowest and still it runs slow, but only when ships are on the screen, for some odd reason.

I have the system requirements, with 12 GB of spare system memory, a video card with 64MB of video memory and a processor of 1.66GHz. I only have RAM of 502MB though, is this an affecting factor?

Overall, my question is: I meet the system requirements for ToA, so why is it as slow as, if not slower, than DA? Is there something I can do to make it run better, with the shiny new graphics turned on?

Thanks for assistance, and I hope I'm posting this in the right area.