You can do that.
- Download Riva Tuner Statistics Server (RTSS) version 7.3.1.
- Start RTSS, add the aoe2:de executable found in steam/steamapps/common.
- Enter the framerate limit e.g. 200.
- Goto Setup and set the injection delay to 30000ms.
- Start the game, wait 30sec.
- Start a match. The fps should be capped now.
Additional notes:
Make sure that your game does not take longer than 20sec to load to main menu. If this is the case, set the injection delay to be the loading time + 10000ms.
In the ingame settings use the display mode fullscreen.
Make sure you have vsync disabled both ingame and in your graphics driver and you don’t run into the following bug: Vsync messed up for amd graphic users
I recommend to run the game with 4gb of video memory, if you have an integrated GPU, you may be able to assign that.
If the game runs out of memory or video memory, things get really bad.
Set the graphics to the very minimum, if your fps are not 1.5x as high as your display refresh rate at any time.
If you play, close all programs, including your browser, music player and also voip, if you don’t need it.
Restart the entire game after every hour of play, the performance degrades, the longer you run the game. Even if you close a match and go back to main menu, that doesn’t help.
Good luck, I hope for the best 1111