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#1 Feb 09 2005 at 11:06 PM Rating: Decent
Hey, I just bought Eq2 and my system requirements are to low. I only have 256mb when i need 512. Can anyone point me in the best direction to upgrade my system so I can play. Thanks for the help
#2 Feb 10 2005 at 5:37 AM Rating: Decent
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What kind of a system do you have?
Like what is your CPU for example.
If you have a Pentium 4 just throw some more
ram on the board and get a graphics card with 128mb
of memory or more. that should do the trick.
#3 Feb 10 2005 at 9:50 PM Rating: Good
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#4 Feb 14 2005 at 3:29 PM Rating: Decent
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You should run with at least 1GB of DDR RAM.

Also ensure you have a video card with at least 128MB RAM.

My system is a Compaq 1.5MHZ, 720MB DDR RAM (not enough for me), and NVidea 5200 128MB video card.
#5 Feb 15 2005 at 12:58 PM Rating: Decent
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tutan, how does your system handle the game?

I'm running a 2.54 Pentium 4, 128 MB vid card and 512 MB of RAM. I'm upgrading my ram ASAP, but I'm hoping my vid card will still be able to cut it. Do you have to lower your vid settings much?
#6 Feb 15 2005 at 5:46 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm on the Maximum Performance setting (lowest quality), then I go in and adjust a few items. Increased the model renderings (from 1 to 5), turned spell effects back on, etc.
Of course when I go into combat my frames-per-second drop drasticly, but then it all washes out.
I've cranked up the video performance level a few times to get a good screenshot. I was still able to move around with relative ease, but there was an obvious drop in smoothness.

One thing that bugs me is a "tick" in the video. Especially apparant when I run, about once every 1-2 seconds there is a slight "skip" in the video.

Anyone else seen that?

Happy with what I got, but ready for an upgrade! I'll probably go big and get a new motherboard and processor, but that will require a reformat of the hard drive. :(

Surprise I got when I bought my 512 chip was there was only 2 slots on my motherboard for RAM. That forced me do remove a 256MB chip and replace with a 512MB chip. Net gain of only 256MB. :(

Best thing for you to do would be add a 512MB+ DDR RAM chip. With the other compnenets you got, you would fly with 1GB+ of RAM. A 512 chip can cost anywhere from $75-$100. Got mine for $90'ish at Fry's. :)
#7 Feb 15 2005 at 7:49 PM Rating: Default
lol it runs perfectly on 4G's of ram :). i got system recommended stuff but instead of 1 G i got 4 G's(ya it cost alot...) and i can run threw the citys perfectly and never notice lag, unless the server starts lagging.
#8 Feb 16 2005 at 11:12 AM Rating: Decent
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4GB!! Gyaahh!

Would love to have that. :)
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