EQ2 Videocard

[Averad]

What are god video cards for running EQ2? I know they need to support DX9.

GeForce 6800 and up?

RADEON 9800 and up?

[Sir Taleisin The Seer]

I'd recommend the Nvidia based 6800+ and with SLI if you can afford it.

[Averad]

$280 - GeForce 6800 Ultra
$330 - GeForce 6800 GT
$369 - GeForce 6800 256MB
$269 - GeForce 6800 128MB

There not to spendy

[insomniac]

i would worry more about getting a dx9c compliant card than just dx9. (which means get a 6800) it'll run faster.

[Sir Taleisin The Seer]

Originally Posted by insomniac

i would worry more about getting a dx9c compliant card than just dx9. (which means get a 6800) it'll run faster.

The Sleepless One has a point, and Micro$oft is preparing WGF 1.0 which will replace the DX9.x line

[Averad]

Ok so any of the GeForce 6800 or better would be fine and support the newest DX for the time beeing. I believe there also setup to support DX10 when released.

[Voltux]

Just an overall answer to levels of videocards and if you video card will work...hope it helps some.

http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/e...message.id=211

Voltux

[Averad]

pci express is the latest and greatest thing now?

[Sir Taleisin The Seer]

Originally Posted by Averad

pci express is the latest and greatest thing now?

latest? yes, greatest? hardly

it may be faster than agp8x atm, but it's still serial to the processor, so if you have more than just a video card in your PCI-Express buss they will all be sharing the same path to the proc, slowing everything down. Serial is now and forever will be a bad idea

personally my next machine will be built when Nvidia finishes their NForce 5 chipset which supports IGP (Independant Graphical Port) or wait for NForce 5pro which supports IGA (Independant Graphical Array) which will be used for the gen2 of SLI cards

[Cantino]

Any word on when the AGP version will be out?

[jtrenchard]

Originally Posted by Quizap
Will a nvidia Geforce FX 5900XT 128mb ddr work?

- Yes fine, I have one and have been playing Beta with settings reasonably high, yeah sure I could have got a 6800 if i had £250-£300 but my fx5900xt was only £100, it's fine, but you can't turn on too many environment shadows, and stuff or it does start to stutter a bit.

Overall it is as smooth as silk on medium settings.

[VampDude]

Nice set of screens, Vampiro. I myself use the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256mb card. It works great for me, cant really turn the detail to max but i can get it pretty close and at a nice framerate. I wont be upgrading til i build myself a new system sometime next year.

Kudane, what kind of PC system you on? Are you using the Dual Vid card setup? Those PCIe mobos came out like 3 weeks after I built this PC of mine, so I guess it was bad timing on my part. Next time tho, mwahahaha!

[touisaacmoua]

Hi guys just wanted to know if my 9600Xt at 256 would work for EQ2 if not, I'm might just say forget it and cancel the game

[Vikan Karo]

The hardware thats out now is no doubt impressive.. BUT it still doesnt really stand out ans scream WOW this is amazing..
I agree with Taleisin. ill be waiting for the WOW factor before i upgrade/re-build again.

[EQDancelot]

I hear that a Ti 4200 (mine) 128MB with AGP 8x is better than a lot of the FX 5000's. On one of the tests here shows that the Ti4200 and 4600 outperformed a lot of the newer video cards (on the first test >.<)...

and yeah...=x

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by Averad

pci express is the latest and greatest thing now?

yeah, if you don't have one on you're motherboard now, upgrading will mean getting a new processor, video card, and prolly new ram. luckly, pci express cards (right now) aren't any faster than the agp counterparts.

the only thing to get excited about is companies like nvidia turning a pci express 16x into 2 8x slots and running 2 video cards in tandem

[Averad]

what cheap agp choices do I have for a upgrade?

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by Averad

what cheap agp choices do I have for a upgrade?

you found a few already, any 6600 (when they come out in agp) or 6800s.

[Kudane]

Originally Posted by insomniac

pci express cards (right now) aren't any faster than the agp counterparts.

the only thing to get excited about is companies like nvidia turning a pci express 16x into 2 8x slots and running 2 video cards in tandem

PCI Express allow you two use two video cards in tandem now. So you can buy two, and get the processor speed doubled. Unlike AGP there are more than one PCI-Express slots on that type of MB.

[jeho]

Originally Posted by Voltux

Just an overall answer to levels of videocards and if you video card will work...hope it helps some.

http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/e...message.id=211

Voltux

Thanks, looks like I'll be pushing it and probably get some lag. The link on that site that tests your system for requirements says I'll be doing OK but might need to upgrade from 512 RAM to 1 G.

Wish I could've made it in BETA just to test my system (as well as the obvious thrill of actually playing).

[Quizap]

Awesome, EQ1 has the capabilites of having shadows now and they lag me to hell, reason they're off Just means good news for me! Thnx for all the responses to my question.