If you have the latest build of Windows 10 (2004) then you should make use of the brand new feature called hardware-accelerated gpu scheduling.
A file might have gone corrupted during the installation process. Game installations go wrong all the time. If none of the fixes mentioned above work for you then is your last resort. I know this is not really a fix, but this is something everyone should know.įix #7 – Re-install AOE Definitive Edition (Only if nothing else works)
Neither this game will run on Windows 7, nor will it run on Windows 8.1 or Linux. So if you have a different OS installed then you are out of luck here. The PC version of Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition does not support any other OS other than Windows 10, that too the 64-bit version.
You can actually verify the in-game files of the game to check whether your system is missing any files that might be causing the game to crash or freeze: Fix #4 – Verify the in-games files of Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition via Steam It looks like Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition gets affected by overclocking as well so just to be on the safe side try to avoid CPU or GPU overclocking. If you are a person who likes to overclock his graphics cards to squeeze out some extra performance, then there is a bad news for you. If by any chance you are experiencing micro stutters and random freezing in Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition or the game is crashing for you, check whether you have any overclocking application like Afterburner running in the background or not. This section is being updated… Fix #3 – Terminate all overclocking applications or utilities running in the background
Here are the links to the latest drivers for AMD and Nvidia graphics cards:įix #2 – Best Video or graphics settings for Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition
You’d think that a graphically demanding shooter from id Software - of all studios - would be at its peak on PC, but according to a growing number of users, RAGE is a broken mess.