[Graphic lag?]

Ah it seems I've mis-calculated the ability of my PC to scale up from low unit count tutorials to the main campaign battles. I should have checked the system processor requirements really, but sadly I saw the game perform well in the first few missions I did, and wanted the full product. Ah well, thank you for your help. I guess I'll have to shelve the game until I can afford a new PC sometime in the future.

[Graphic lag?]

I was thoroughly impressed with the game just running through the tutorial. It is much more realistic in terms of vehicles having to do three point turns to get to places, and the men do follow paths that are combat savvy, trying to keep to in cover and finding suitable shooting positions.

However, when I started the British campaign, and had many units to manage, as well as a whole army of germans rolling through a desert valley, the game became unplayable due to graphics lag (I think). It just got worse and worse, until I had trouble controlling any unit with any level of confidence. My machine is no top of the range, but it can handle most of the crop of current games out at the moment. I was really looking forward to large scale desert tank combat, but from what I've seen, even with the graphics turned down to very low, and it really does look barren and hideous then, it had trouble handling just panning the camera. Perhaps its just a graphics driver problem, or I need to delve into performance to get it to work.. but from an initial rush of enthusiasm for the game, if I can't sort out the performance issue it will be dead in the water for me..

Anyway, I've updated my graphics drivers to no avail, still get the game stuttering and the units seem to move forward in lagged time frames, even at lowest graphical settings..

My system as reported by DxDiag (snipped for brevity) is as follows:

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System Information

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Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.                

System Model: Dell DXP051                  

BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)

Memory: 3582MB RAM

Page File: 464MB used, 5001MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode


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Display Devices

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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO

     Manufacturer: NVIDIA

        Chip type: GeForce 7900 GTO

         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0291&SUBSYS_042B10DE&REV_A1

   Display Memory: 512.0 MB

     Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)

          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor

  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200

      Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll

   Driver Version: 6.14.0011.8250 (English)

      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

 Driver Date/Size: 3/27/2009 10:03:00, 6186880 bytes

      WHQL Logo'd: Yes

  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

              VDD: n/a

         Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys

    Mini VDD Date: 3/27/2009 10:03:00, 6280416 bytes


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Sound Devices

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Description: Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

Is there any advice folks can give me to get the game running as was intended (like in the low unit count tutorials)?