Heroes 5 + Windows 8.1 + laptop: terrible performance. — Technical Support

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cocaine

9 years ago

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Hello.

How can I play Heroes of Might and Magic V on Windows 8?

I have a gaming laptop that can run Battlefield 4 at medium settings with a stable 60fps, but Heroes of Might and Magic V runs at around 50fps in towns and 20fps on the map. How is that possible?

I remember playing Heroes V normally on an old computer with a Pentium 4.

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What should I do? Should I install a virtual machine with Windows XP?

Ment

9 years ago

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I'm not sure. I haven't noticed any serious problems on my eighth and (now) tenth installations.

psatkha

9 years ago

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cocaine

Hello.

How can I play Heroes of Might and Magic V on Windows 8?

I have a gaming laptop that can run Battlefield 4 at medium settings with a stable 60fps, but Heroes of Might and Magic V runs at ~50fps in the city and ~20fps on the map. How is that possible?

I remember playing Heroes V normally on my old computer with a Pentium 4.

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What should I do? Should I install a virtual machine with Windows XP?

Is there a way to run Heroes V in compatibility mode with Windows 7?!

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cocaine

9 years ago

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psatkha

Is there a way to run Heroes of Might and Magic V in compatibility mode with Windows 7?

Yes, I tried all possible compatibility modes (XP/Vista/7), and there's no difference.
Maybe try running it with the integrated graphics card instead of the dedicated one...

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psatkha

9 years ago

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cocaine

Yes, I've tried all possible compatibility methods (XP/Vista/7), and there's no difference.
Maybe I should try running it with the integrated graphics card instead of the dedicated one...

If the graphics card is from nVidia, you can create a profile; I read somewhere that's how it's done!

cocaine

9 years ago

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I've tried launching it in every way possible, reconfigured the graphics cards and compatibility modes, but the FPS fluctuates wildly from ~150 to 5(!) FPS (when rotating the map), and with any action (selecting an enemy, moving, etc.) or event (start of a battle, capturing a mine, etc.), the FPS drops by 30-80 points. When the game is running, the coolers are making noise as if I were rendering a video. Thanks for the help, but I uninstalled it because I can't play it like this.