Help me maybe run this game better?

I think im pretty much boned

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So, Ive been playing this game on my laptop, which in theory should beable to run it.

Stats:

dual pent 4 @1.7 ghz

2 gigs ram

Internal Intel Graphics chip(im pretty sure this is why.  Im glad this thing was free)

The game runs great tell about mid game then it goes down to 5-10 frames per second in busy areas.  Runs great when I zoom out to the level where you cant see the details of the ships/planets and turns everything into icons.....but I wonna see my custom made ships ride into battle.  Ive put everything on the lowest setting to no avail. 

Pretty sure I'm boned.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Yeah, I wouldn't expect too much from an integrated chipset, especially if it's anything but the newest ones (GMA950/x3100). If you've already tried turning everything down and disabling various graphical options, then there's not much more that can be done.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

don't know what to suggest except buying a new graphic card ...

the good news, a cheap graphic card should be enough for galciv2 needs (probably around 50$, for sure below 100$)

the bad news, I don't know exactly which kind of model to recommend in this case, so I prefer to hold off

 

Ho and did you try out the different checkboxes in the video settings ? there's quite a lot out there...

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