Go to in-game graphics options and make sure the settings are as follows. If you have a good PC, you can increase the settings slightly. These High Performance graphics settings are for PCs which close to the minimum system requirements.
You can skip this step if you don’t want to change graphics settings. 17) CPU Limiter – Fix Freezing & Stuttering System Requirements for Running Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Minimum System Requirements Recommended System Requirements CPU Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64×2 5600+ 2.4 Ghz i5 or greater or AMD equivalent GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420 or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6850 or Intel® HD Graphics 3000 or better with 2 GB VRAM Nvidia® GTX 650 or AMD HD 5850 or better DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11 RAM 4 GB RAM 8 GB RAM Storage 30 GB available space 30 GB available space OS Windows 10 64bit Windows 10 64bit 1) Best Graphics Settings for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition