Overview
This guide shows how to obtain much smoother frame rate on AOE II HD.
Frame Rate Improvement (Works on Win 7 + 3770 + 980 Ti or better specs)
The steps below wasn’t written by me; however since the author didn’t publish it into a guide, I decided to broadcast his work in attempt to help more players that hope to reach 60+ fps.
1. You must go to regedit. On Windows 7 just type it in the search bar at the bottom of the Start Menu. Windows 8, just type it in the Start Screen. Windows XP, open run dialog then type regedit in.
2. Once you are in regedit, which is Registry Editor, go through the folders in this order. HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Microsoft Games->Age of Empires II HD.
3. Once you are in the Age of Empires II HD folder in the Registry Editor, on the right you will have many values. Value you are going to change is Fps Max. Double click it, and change the base to Decimal, and change the Value to 150. (A value too high will present even more lag) then click ok to close the window. (Note: Don’t change the other FPS values, I tested increasing both but they reduce performance if you increase others.)
4. Now open up your game, and go to Options, MAKE SURE VERTICAL SYNC IS UNCHECKED. This will limit the changes if you keep it checked.