[tedda222]

hi, i have the game command and conquer red alert 2, and i have fully updated it etc. except it runs slow on my computer when im playing single player, and extremely slow when i play on the internet, my specs are much more than those required by the game and i have broadband, it gets realy annoying when im playing online and it goes so slow, if you can help i appreciate it, thanks.

[Ian]

Sounds silly, have you presed "esc" and gone to the menu to check the speed settings?

[tedda222]

yea, i set game speed to 4, which is fast enough, and connection speed to 3, which is the fastest.

[muckshifter]

/sarcastic mode on

Go on, be a devil, tell us you are using sumit more than a 486 PC

/sarcastic mode off

[Kenny]

Heh... I get lag during heavy assault bits (25+planes on a taget etc) and I got an A64 at 2.6GHz and a 6600GT at 560/1140. Its weird. I think the game is heavy on the CPU?

[tedda222]

i dont even know what a 486 PC is, my specs are

Celereon (R) CPU 2.00 GHZ
256MB Ram
Microsoft windows XP home edition.

[G~MAN]

what graphics card do you have???

not really played the game .. but if you get more RAM (512mb) it should help ... like kenny said its heavy on the CPU then maybe thats your problem

[tedda222]

i think my graphics card is Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics controller
i have a laptop so it is quite difficult to get more RAM, i will have a look though and see if i can, thanks.

[Ian]

Red Alert 2 only requires a low spec machine, so your laptop should be fine. Can you explain a little more about the lag? Is it constant slowness, or sudden jerks?

[Me__2001]

if my old PII 450 with 8MB graphics and 128MB of RAM can Play it you should be able to, is your hard drive badly defragmented ?