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Hi
I have some problems with the speed when i,m scrolling the map? What is more suitable for fixing the problem? More processor,more RAM or more graphic card?
Thanks

If you could list your system specs it would help.
Without knowing your system specification, I'd say the first thing to speed up your PC would be to get at least 2 GB of RAM if you are using windows XP or Vista.

The game is not very graphic dependent so anything like a geforce 6600gt or ati 9800 would be fine.
Processor power would be good as well, a dual core Intel C2D or AMD Athlon 64 would be fine.
Single cores work fine also.

OK as I suppose the matter is the RAM. I only have 1GB RAM.
The graphic card is 128 MB. The game works properly ,just the waiting is a bit annoying sometimes.Not very fluent

Under options, Under the AI tab, you can disable the "give AI more time" and under system tab you can check the "allow high memory" box.
Another thing to ask you is how many applications do you have running in the background?
Sometimes running too many applications can "eat up" your free memory.
Things like anti-virus and msn/yahoo/aol programs will hog chunks of it as well.
A quick way to tell how many applications are running is to check your lower right hand tool bar, if you have 6 or 8 or more icons showing you may want to turn them off. You can turn off anti-virus and disable your internet connection while gaming to free up more RAM without risking folks trying to access your PC or other illegal measures.
To find out how much free RAM you have using windows XP, Ctrl+alt+del and go to your performance tab. On the right you will see a box listing Physical Memory(K).
Your total and available will clearly be shown there.
By installing 2 GB of system RAM, you pretty much can gurantee plenty of available RAM when gaming, regardless of how many other applications you are using. Having a dual -core processor helps by allowing you to multi-task.
For example, I have a high end Intel Core 2 Duo system with 2 GB of RAM and I can easily virus-scan, defrag my hard drives, burn a DVD and play just about any game on the market all at the same time.
Sure it's pretty silly to have to do all that, but it's problems like the ones you may be having that I won't ever have to worry about.
Good luck and if you have any more questions, I'd be more than glad to help.
I am a computer enthusiast and enjoy trouble-shooting hardware issues.

I have a Dell that is over 2 years old - Pentium 4 CPU 3.2GHz, 1 GB of RAM. I don't remember what graphic card was in it but it had 128 MB memory; it was whatever shipped with it 2+ years ago.

I was having horrible scroll times with the map, so I upgraded for about $100 to a GeForce 7600GT graphic card with 256MB. HUGE difference!! The $100 I spent is worth it just for the scroll difference in playing this game alone.

Quick check shows you can now get this card for ~ $80 BTW - check newegg.com.

Yes, those graphics cards are really worth it if on a budget.