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Windows 7 users will not have the gains mentioned above, but everyone will enjoy the performance boost from patch 4.3 regardless. So should you upgrade? We cannot judge for you, but we would recommend it, especially if you’re on Windows 8. But some of our test desktops managed to crank out 240 fps. If you’re not on Windows 8 and would still want some performance gains, you still have patch 4.3 to look forward to, where we managed to decouple the game’s rendering from the rest of the logic, boosting framerates up yet another notch, up to 160 here. These were measured on a laptop with the following specs: What this practically means for your computer, I cannot tell, but I can share my personal experiences. However, Windows 10 handles fonts far better with a superior caching mechanism. Windows 8 has always been a bit of a controversial Operating System, but it also affected Age of Empires II HD. Windows 8 has a really nasty font-related memory leak, and when we changed the code to patch the leak in 4.0, we really hurt performance for a lot of players. The answer is quite simple, yes, Age of Empires II HD is compatible with Windows 10, but it does not stop there.

Especially now that Windows 10 is a free upgrade, it’s ever so tempting and the question is ever so burning. Head online to challenge other players with 35 different civilizations in your quest for world domination throughout the ages.Ĭhoose your path to greatness with this definitive remaster to one of the most beloved strategy games of all time.A new version of Windows always comes with some anxious questions: will my old games and software work with the new OS? Especially for games that stood the test of time, like Age of Empires II. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular strategy games ever with stunning 4K Ultra HD graphics, a new and fully remastered soundtrack, and brand-new content, “The Last Khans” with 3 new campaigns and 4 new civilizations.Įxplore all the original campaigns like never before as well as the best-selling expansions, spanning over 200 hours of gameplay and 1,000 years of human history.
