Maybe posted before, but is there any way to speed it up? Cheat Engine freezes the game -- doesn't work. I'm not "Overclocking" my laptop. Any suggestions?
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I do not think you posted this before. Not sure I understand. When I use F12 to bring up Console, my game map can be moved normally. But I usually clear the console display as the overlay interferes with my view. Try being off Supply Map Mode and not showing all movement arrows to see if that improves things.
A faster CPU will do wonders, in my case it was near factor 4, mainly due to better cache.
Reducing the resolution helps also. If you reduce it from say 1980x1080 to 1024x768 this will increase the ingame time per IRL time by about 40%.
The amount of RAM says little as it will likely suffice in either case. Some i5 are as old as 2010, so that also says little. The amount of cores also says little, because it does not matter. The clockrate also says not too much as switching from 4 cores at 3 Ghz to 4 Cores at 3.6 Ghz and 3.9 Ghz at maximum increased the speed by a factor of almost 4. that for the most part os not due to clockrate.
What matters is latency. If the Cache does not suffice, than the latency increases by a very large margin, hence the game will be much slower. Also the mere amount of cache says little about the latency of the cache itself.
What matters is latency. If the Cache does not suffice, than the latency increases by a very large margin, hence the game will be much slower. Also the mere amount of cache says little about the latency of the cache itself.
So what would be your recommendation for a laptop capable of running AoD in late circa game without noticeable problems (full specs please)?
Not taking into account any absurd combinations one can ignore anything but the CPU regarding AoD. If purchasing a new computer one should look for a well suited composition for whatever the intended purposes are. AoD will hardly be the most relevant concern.
For AoD i can say than the Ryzen 5 2400 G allows a speed that with ingame speed set to extremely fast is really extremely fast. I often fail to hit the pause button so timely that the game will pause at midnight and instead miss by an hour or more. So for precision i would have to rely on luck or reducing the game speed beforehand, the later being the wiser choice. All in all it seems safe to say that the 2400 G is fast enough. Also it is highly likely that more expensive alternatives will hardly grant any further speed advantage because AoD is singlethreaded.
The Ryzen 5 2400 G belongs to the Raven Ridge SoC. Other Raven Ridge products are expected to perform similar. The Ryzen 5 2400 GE is marginally slower but significantly more energieefficient. It is probably also targeted at costefficient desktop computers, but variants for mobile computer may very well exist. The Ryzen 5 2500 U is still a tad slower for being much more energie-efficient. It is targeted for mobile computers and has been on the market for 12 months by now. So that Ryzen 5 2500 U would be the natural choice, at least within what AMD has to offer.
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/cores/raven_ridge
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_5/2400g
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_5/2400ge
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_5/2500u