How to greatly improve game stability at the expense of Graphics quality.
Step 1. Go to C:\Users\[WINDOW-USERNAME]\Documents\Mount&Blade Warband
Step 2. Open a Text Document file called rgl_config.txt.
Step 3. Paste the following into the config file you opened. (at the bottom of the page)
Step 4. Hit 'save' then Exit
Step 6. Play Mount&Blade Warband with no performance issues.
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texture_detail = 0
render_buffer_size = 15
max_framerate = 120
start_windowed = 0
use_pixel_shaders = 0
use_vertex_shaders = 0
fake_reflections = 1
show_framerate = 1
use_ondemand_textures_ = 0
use_ondemand_textures_mt = 0
disable_music = 0
disable_sound = 0
disable_frequency_variation = 1
cheat_mode = 0
enable_blood = 0
enable_edit_mode = 0
force_single_threading = 0
debug_mode = 0
display_width = 800
display_height = 600
display_bits = 0
antialiasing = 0
sample_quality = 0
alpha2coverage = 1
force_vsync = 1
shadowmap_quality = 0
shader_quality = 0
postfx_dof = 0
postfx_hdr = 0
postfx_autoexp = 1
flora_degrade_distance = 50.0000
flora_lod_detail = 2
use_instancing = 0
use_secure_connection = 0
max_number_of_connections = 16
look_for_server_on_this_machine = 0
music_volume = 0.3345
sound_volume = 0.5310
mouse_sensitivity = 0.3647
invert_mouse = 0
enable_lighting = 0
enable_particles = 0
enable_blood = 0
enable_character_shadows = 0
enable_accurate_shadows = 0
number_of_corpses = 0
grass_density = 0
combat_speed = 2
friend_combat_difficulty = 0
adapter_format = 0
reduce_combat_ai = 2
reduce_campaign_ai = 2
combat_difficulty = 0
display_labels = 1
display_targeting_reticule = 1
display_attack_direction = 0
turn_camera_with_horse_in_first_person = 2
verbose_damage = 1
verbose_shot_difficulty = 1
battle_size = 0.3422
attack_direction_control = 2
defend_direction_control = 0
lance_control = 0
anisotropic_filtering = 0
enable_environment_shadows = 0
verbose_casualties = 1
verbose_experience = 1
realistic_shadows_on_plants = 0
number_of_ragdolls = 0
gamma = 2.0272
character_detail = 0.0000
character_shadow_detail = 0.0000
control_mouse_movement_y_scale = 1.5000
blood_stains = 0
use_winmm_audio = 0
enable_version_check = 1
enable_aspect_ratio_control = 1
realistic_headshots = 0
auto_gfx_quality = 0
enable_gamepad_vibration = 1