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.

[Sir Taleisin The Seer]

Originally Posted by 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.

aye, but as I stated above there wont be a DX10, it'll be called WGF1.0

[Kudane]

there is the new 6600 out too. currently only in PCI-Express. But I have read that an AGP version is not far behind..

average price is 199.00 and has all the same compatibilty as the 6800.. its the "work horse" version.

[Averad]

Originally Posted by Kudane

there is the new 6600 out too. currently only in PCI-Express. But I have read that an AGP version is not far behind..

average price is 199.00 and has all the same compatibilty as the 6800.. its the "work horse" version.

I think this is the one your talking about

$189 w/shipping - GeForce 6600 GT 128mb

Supercharge your gaming with the power of an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GPU. The NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 GPUs deliver best-in-class performance and advanced visual effects for next-generation games. The only GPU in its class with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and with support for PCI Express, the GeForce 6600 delivers ultra-realistic effects, unmatched features, and rock-solid stability so you can play your game the way it’s meant to be played

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[insomniac]

there ya go shader model 3 = dx9c

[Kudane]

Originally Posted by Averad

I think this is the one your talking about

$189 w/shipping - GeForce 6600 GT 128mb

Supercharge your gaming with the power of an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GPU. The NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 GPUs deliver best-in-class performance and advanced visual effects for next-generation games. The only GPU in its class with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and with support for PCI Express, the GeForce 6600 delivers ultra-realistic effects, unmatched features, and rock-solid stability so you can play your game the way it’s meant to be played

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New Egg has this For 155.00

XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600 Video Card, 256MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "PV-T43P-UAF7" -RETAIL

Model# PV-T43P-UAF7
Item # N82E16814150077

Specifications:
Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce 6600/300MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 256MB DDR/550MHz
BUS: PCI-Express x16
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub) + TV-Out (S-Video/Composite) + DVI
Support 3D API: DirectX 9(Shader Model 3.0), OpenGL 1.5
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz

* You must have a MB that supports PCI Express to use this card. There is an AGP version coming soon if you do not

[Quizap]

Will a nvidia Geforce FX 5900XT 128mb ddr work?

Spec's on it are as follows:
Coreclock: 430MHz
Memory Clock: 735MHz
RAMDACs: Dual 400MHz
Vertices/sec.: 322 million
Memory Bandwidth: 23.5GB/sec.

It is 9.0 capable, after all, i do have a 70 ranger on EQ1 and ya gotta have 9.0 in order to play EQ1 nowadays.

[Kudane]

Originally Posted by Quizap

Will a nvidia Geforce FX 5900XT 128mb ddr work?

Spec's on it are as follows:
Coreclock: 430MHz
Memory Clock: 735MHz
RAMDACs: Dual 400MHz
Vertices/sec.: 322 million
Memory Bandwidth: 23.5GB/sec.

It is 9.0 capable, after all, i do have a 70 ranger on EQ1 and ya gotta have 9.0 in order to play EQ1 nowadays.

its a decent card, i think it't compliant through shader 2.5, not sure on the 3.0 that he asked about before.. but its still a nice card.

[insomniac]

it has to be 6xxx to be shader 3.0.
a 5900 will work tho yes. i think the only semi current thing that wont fuction are the mx cheapo video cards. Dx9 is not hard to come by, even my Geforce 3 works....
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i'm depressed now...

[Vampiro]

ATI X800 PCI Express Runs Great for me.

[jeho]

I've got a GeForce 5200, does that mean I'm screwed and it will lag big time? I'm not that up on video cards and don't really understand what the shader 3.0 you're talking about is but it sounds like I'm s.o.l.

[Findarato]

I so cant wait for the 6600s to come out wtih AGP, cus some of us cant afford the PCI mobos to use the cheap graphic cards :P

[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

[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.

[Cantino]

Any word on when the AGP version will be out?