My old PC broke down a little over a week ago, and I just finished building my new PC. I've reinstalled Windows and everything from scratch.
Everything works perfectly. I can run all the latest game titles with any issues and without any lag.
Except - Age of Empires 2.
I have two very different issues basically, and perhaps the community can help me out because I am completely lost.
1st issue:
Sound. I have this extremely odd issue where I can hear the music, the "civilisation game starting music" and the "age-up sound". And that's it. All units, alerts, etc. is completely muted throughout the entire game.
I recently found out that when I plug in my headset, all the sounds are playing correctly through that, so it only happens on my desk speakers. The same speakers I've been using throughout many years, and they work perfectly on any other occasion.
2nd issue:
Stutter/FPS. Whenever I play Age of Empires 2, the game seems to stutter constantly or have it's FPS lowered significantly. It's far from smooth. Again, I recently discovered that this is due to me running the game in 4k-resolution - when I change the resolution to something lower, the game runs a lot smoother. I'm using the same GPU as my last build, so I'm confused to why this happens. As far as I can tell, the game is indeed using my Nvidia GPU, so why the game is lagging like that is beyond me.
I hope someone is able to help me out - thanks in advance!
Computer Specifications:
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
32GB DDR4 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Windows 10, 64-bit
Everything works perfectly. I can run all the latest game titles with any issues and without any lag.
Except - Age of Empires 2.
I have two very different issues basically, and perhaps the community can help me out because I am completely lost.
1st issue:
Sound. I have this extremely odd issue where I can hear the music, the "civilisation game starting music" and the "age-up sound". And that's it. All units, alerts, etc. is completely muted throughout the entire game.
I recently found out that when I plug in my headset, all the sounds are playing correctly through that, so it only happens on my desk speakers. The same speakers I've been using throughout many years, and they work perfectly on any other occasion.
2nd issue:
Stutter/FPS. Whenever I play Age of Empires 2, the game seems to stutter constantly or have it's FPS lowered significantly. It's far from smooth. Again, I recently discovered that this is due to me running the game in 4k-resolution - when I change the resolution to something lower, the game runs a lot smoother. I'm using the same GPU as my last build, so I'm confused to why this happens. As far as I can tell, the game is indeed using my Nvidia GPU, so why the game is lagging like that is beyond me.
I hope someone is able to help me out - thanks in advance!
Computer Specifications:
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
32GB DDR4 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Windows 10, 64-bit