Now ruled by a Greek dynasty founded by one of Alexander the Great’s generals, Egypt remains what it has always been: rich, powerful, and influential. When other empires are long forgotten, the monuments of Egypt will still awe lesser men. The Nile gave birth to its civilization and sustains the land still. In this respect, Rome and most barbarian factions shine. Egypt Faction : Egypt is the oldest empire in the world. Slightly oddly (until you think about how much of it there is on a battlefield) setting grass/vegetation detail to lowest setting may have the biggest positive effect on battle map performance. In Patch 15 for Rome 2, the deciding factor in nearly all battles is sword infantry. When I went up to 'large' unit size, I had to tune most visuals down or off to get a good game, especially when battles were between 2 at- or near-full strength armies. The strategy map commands for cities & unit moves on the strategy map were always fine. Similar to Hussarknight, I started playing the game on a 2.6 gHz P4 with 512 mB SDRAM & an nVidia 5200Fx with 128 mB memory.

IIRC, most of us felt by the time that RTW had been out a few months that you really needed about a 2 gHz CPU for a fairly satisfactory game experience. I think your biggest problem is the CPU itself.

Rome 2 campaign map lag