anyone know good tweaks to make the game run better

[klem]

Originally Posted by =XIII=Shea

Hi guys,i would like to get back into playing CLOD but the game isnt running the best on my machine,does anyone know any tweaks that can be made so the game can run better,also what setting in options in grapics settings is most demanding on a pc?also guys by turning off hypertreading does it make the game run much better on i7 920,thank you all

Your rig isn't that different to mine - i7 950 @ 4Ghz, 6Gb DDR3 RAM, Nvidia GTX570, 850W PSU, Samsung 226BW monitor.

Resolution can be a big fps hit, mine's 1680x1050.

I am hitting 60 fps a lot of the time, typically 50-60, sometimes as low as 40-45 on busy airfields, around 30 fps over London.

I have all settings on High except:
Building Detail: Medium
Forest: Off (a huge hit and pointless having them on)
Buildings Amount: Medium
Grass: Off (big waste of resources)
Shadows: On (can be a big fps hit, try with Off)
Roads: On

Plus:
Full Screen on
Anti Aliasing: x2 (game itself doesn't run that any higher)
Anti Epilepsy: Off (Important!)
SSAO: Off (reflected light from other surfaces, hardly noticeable)
VSYNCH: on

Also in my Nvidia control panel I have
Anisotropic Filtering x16
Anti Aliasing x4 (hmmm.. perhaps that should be "Use Application" or turn off the AA in the game and let the GPU do the work)
Single display

I know yours is ATI but there may be comparable settings, the point is not to overlook - or perhaps overcook - settings in the Video Card manager outside the game.