My mother board has a major problem so i decided to get a new machine. This is what i am looking at ..what do you think? Will it be able to run EQ now and EQ2 in the future?
Dimension XPS Series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 540 (3.2GHz) w/HT Technology and 1MB cache
1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
128MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X800 SE
160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
3.5in Floppy Drive
Microsoft Windows XP Professional,Service Pack 1, English
Intel Pro 1000 Integrated PCI NIC Card
16X DVD-ROM and 8X DVD+RW
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 THX Certified Sound card with DVD Audio for Dimension
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I would go for a better vid card; say like a 9800 pro. Other than the video, that rig would be great. I'm not sure the x800 will be released outside of Dell's products so it may not have a long life of support...
128MB won't be enough video ram to support EQ2 and is borderline for EQ. Other than that you're GTG.
I agree that you should aim for better than 128Mb graphics, but for EQ it's fine.
One of my machines (2.8GHz AMD, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb Nvidia) runs 2 instances of EQ full resolution, all effects on and lag-free.
One of my machines (2.8GHz AMD, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb Nvidia) runs 2 instances of EQ full resolution, all effects on and lag-free.
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I have a Nvidia GeForce MX and it works fine on my computer. I think it is 32MB.
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Recommended specs for an EQ computer on the EQLive website are as follows:
Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium® 4 equivalent or greater
512 MB RAM
NVidia GeForce 3/ATI Radeon 8500 equivalent or greater
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
56.6k + Internet Connection
16X Speed CD-ROM
3.0+ GB Available Hard Drive Space
DirectX 9.0b
EQ2 will require the following, according to the FAQ on that website:
Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Processor: 1GHz or greater
RAM: 512 MB
Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory
Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware
Something tells me they are being a bit coy with the requirements for EQ2 there, as they seem identical to EQ! Time will tell.
Hope this helps.
Recommended specs for an EQ computer on the EQLive website are as follows:
Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium® 4 equivalent or greater
512 MB RAM
NVidia GeForce 3/ATI Radeon 8500 equivalent or greater
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
56.6k + Internet Connection
16X Speed CD-ROM
3.0+ GB Available Hard Drive Space
DirectX 9.0b
EQ2 will require the following, according to the FAQ on that website:
Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Processor: 1GHz or greater
RAM: 512 MB
Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory
Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware
Something tells me they are being a bit coy with the requirements for EQ2 there, as they seem identical to EQ! Time will tell.
Hope this helps.
Why are you getting a PCI graphics card? AGP is much better. Does that motherboard not have an AGP slot? I'd stay away from that if I were you.
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I would go for a better vid card; say like a 9800 pro.
His selected video card is markedly faster than a 9800 pro.
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Why are you getting a PCI graphics card? AGP is much better
PCI express is as fast (or usually, much faster) than AGP...at least throughput numbers are.
Yes, the X800 is the newest of the Radeon lineup...damn those things cost like $600...Yes, your new system will run EQ2.
Edited, Sat Jul 24 09:46:25 2004 by Xorage
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Edited, Sat Jul 24 09:46:25 2004 by Xorage
Edited, Sat Jul 24 09:46:46 2004 by Xorage
pci express is the way to go.
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