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Jobago's post is correct. No one will have the technology at home to play at the max eye candy setting at present. This allows the game to keep a "fresh" feel as technology improves, and also means that they won't have to overhaul the grpahics engine until much later. EQ1 players know how "fun" that is from this past spring right before GoD.
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Even though you may defrag, it still may not be your video card that is the culprit. I run an Athlon 64, GeForce 5600, 1gig 3200 DDR ram, with 160 gig drive (2 x 80 serial ata). I can run the game at full quality, and only encounter lag in the cities.
The difference?
I believe I may be one of the few people running a SerialATA setup, on RAID1. You'll notice that the game requires so many CD's because of the huge amount of video files that are loaded to the hard drive. So the slower your drive spins, the slower it can load images into your memory/video memory. I think an idividual running a 10k rpm drive will have much better video performance than someone running lower.
I am NOT saying you should invest in Serial ATA, but I do think it may releave some folks' frustration and alleviate needless spending on more ram, better video card, etc.
Hope that helps.
The difference?
I believe I may be one of the few people running a SerialATA setup, on RAID1. You'll notice that the game requires so many CD's because of the huge amount of video files that are loaded to the hard drive. So the slower your drive spins, the slower it can load images into your memory/video memory. I think an idividual running a 10k rpm drive will have much better video performance than someone running lower.
I am NOT saying you should invest in Serial ATA, but I do think it may releave some folks' frustration and alleviate needless spending on more ram, better video card, etc.
Hope that helps.
>It's such a ****-poor setting, and like I said, I already upgraded
>to a Radeon 9200SE 128mb ATi card from the previous GeForce MX
>series I had.
Holy crap dude! No wonder you can't run EQ2 well, the 9200SE is pure garbage, even if it is a 128mb PCI Express. I assume your wife has a different card since her machine runs it better, I don't recall seeing what card your wife has in your post so I can't comment for sure.
If you just got it recently try taking it back and trade up to something better. You should be able to get a 9600PRO 128mb pretty cheap, I'm guessing around $150US since I've seen 9600PRO 256mb for as low as $220 Cdn and they should be dropping more since the X800's have been out for a while now.
>to a Radeon 9200SE 128mb ATi card from the previous GeForce MX
>series I had.
Holy crap dude! No wonder you can't run EQ2 well, the 9200SE is pure garbage, even if it is a 128mb PCI Express. I assume your wife has a different card since her machine runs it better, I don't recall seeing what card your wife has in your post so I can't comment for sure.
If you just got it recently try taking it back and trade up to something better. You should be able to get a 9600PRO 128mb pretty cheap, I'm guessing around $150US since I've seen 9600PRO 256mb for as low as $220 Cdn and they should be dropping more since the X800's have been out for a while now.
Scholar
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This was a known fact known FAR in advance. Why are you crying at SOE, when you can sell your current proc. on Ebay and put the proceeds towards a 177 dollar 3.0gz p4. Christ, your lucky to have 2 computers with decent specs in your household.
Ok, first, my wifes PC has the PCI Express card, my machine has the 9200SE. The reason the Radeon was purchased is because, flat out, it wasn't made aware to me until AFTER I bought the game that it didn't support MX Series cards. Which is fine...whatever...that didn't bother me to get a new card.
What I did assume, is that a 128mb Graphics Card would run the game fine, which it does, on the lowest setting. This post was started to just basically say, (with a little bit of humor, everyone please...so stop b*tchin) that <slaps SoE's hand> "Thanks for making a game with Eye-Candy I can't see yet".
That is all, please abandon this post and carry on. It doesn't need to become a breeding ground of PC-Genius battle hungry mongers that wanna duke it out over PC Vid Cards. If I had it my way, I'd run dual 6800 Ultra's on a 3.2 P4 configuration, clogging it with a minimum of 2gigs of DDR2 Dual Channel. Unfortunately, I don't have $6,000USD to blow on it.
What I did assume, is that a 128mb Graphics Card would run the game fine, which it does, on the lowest setting. This post was started to just basically say, (with a little bit of humor, everyone please...so stop b*tchin) that <slaps SoE's hand> "Thanks for making a game with Eye-Candy I can't see yet".
That is all, please abandon this post and carry on. It doesn't need to become a breeding ground of PC-Genius battle hungry mongers that wanna duke it out over PC Vid Cards. If I had it my way, I'd run dual 6800 Ultra's on a 3.2 P4 configuration, clogging it with a minimum of 2gigs of DDR2 Dual Channel. Unfortunately, I don't have $6,000USD to blow on it.
Scholar
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All you need to do is 2 things to get EQ2 runing nicely on your machine. Both can be done without breaking the bank. 1. Sell both your old video card and processor(drop that 9200 like a hot rock).2. put the money you earn towards a p4 3.0 Prescott(177 boxed on Pricewatch), and get an Nvidia 6600 gt pci express(180-200 dollars, brand not too important, but evga,chaintech and leadtek make some nice cards while Asus video cards are overpriced). Install both of those, with what you already have, and you'll be able to run the game decently/balanced. When ready, you will able to someday run the 6600gt in sli mode someday, with a second card, if you so choose(might need new mobo for that though).
Good luck with everything. I didn't meant to come off so harsh earlier, but the specs EQ2 requires has been known awhile. Guess they should really drop the minumum on the box and just go with the rec. specs. It will confuse people alot less.
Edited, Mon Nov 29 20:55:26 2004 by Qnos
Good luck with everything. I didn't meant to come off so harsh earlier, but the specs EQ2 requires has been known awhile. Guess they should really drop the minumum on the box and just go with the rec. specs. It will confuse people alot less.
Edited, Mon Nov 29 20:55:26 2004 by Qnos
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Alright I just read your first post ... but one major problem is that AMD doesn't support PCIx as i know it as of now.
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And if your gonna mainly game, go with AMD .. they manhandle Pentium so bad on gaming. The athlon64's will even beat out the new pentium-64 bit chips because of their hypertransport technology(a high Front Side Bus-1600 MHz)
Why does EVERY thread that starts with "my machine is......" turn into a pissing contest?
And I for one am sick of hearing about FF whatever number comes after the F. But it' thier post, so bring it.
And I for one am sick of hearing about FF whatever number comes after the F. But it' thier post, so bring it.
What I might suggest is that even though the difference between high-end graphics cards and middle-of-the-road cards may appear small, I think that, as technology progresses, the top cards will hold out for much longer, allowing you to delay a replacement for much longer. You may be paying more now, but I think you may get equal bang for your buck in the long run.
Here's a link to a great comparison chart, in case you're in the market for a new one:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-08.html
Unfortunately, it does not include the new 6600 series from nVidia... I just bought a 6600 GT, as it is significantly cheaper than it's 6800 companions and supposedly performs nearly the same.
Here's a link to a great comparison chart, in case you're in the market for a new one:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-08.html
Unfortunately, it does not include the new 6600 series from nVidia... I just bought a 6600 GT, as it is significantly cheaper than it's 6800 companions and supposedly performs nearly the same.
No matter who has what right now, it will just not run completely maxed out.
That is the point though, as someone said, instead of graphical upgrades, just make it so it looks better with time. Like an aging fine wine, gets better over time.
I would make a few upgrades here and there, but I would hold off on buying a brand new system for now. Wait till the next generation processors and gfx cards come out.
That is the point though, as someone said, instead of graphical upgrades, just make it so it looks better with time. Like an aging fine wine, gets better over time.
I would make a few upgrades here and there, but I would hold off on buying a brand new system for now. Wait till the next generation processors and gfx cards come out.
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