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Buidling an EQ-2 machine video, cpu. etc help please

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voodoochili

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Hi All,
Well it's that time again to toss my hours away. I had a p4 1.4 system for EQ 1 and leme tell you it sucked on raids, no models on and looking at the floor killed it for me.
this time I was thinking a 3 ghz p4 would be ok and maybe a 6800 OC, can't really afford teh 6800gt money is an issue so anyone who has eq2 beta experience , suggestions are welcome. thanks in advance.
 
I'm in EQ2 beta and run a p4 3.0 with 1gig DDR 400 and a 9800Pro. With the video setting to "Balanced" and no other tweaks, the game runs pretty well (except for lag issues and problems in certain zones not related to my system). So, I can say a P4 3.0 will work fine and, by way of comparison to my video card, your choice should be fine. One thing I'd HIGHLY recommend is don't go with less than 1gig of memory. In fact, I'm thinking about adding another gig, except that my Mushkin Level 1 Dual pack is now even more expensive than 5 months ago...
 
what level is balanced setting and how many setting above balanced are available. Have you tried running eq2 with max settings all models in raid type situations etc. thanks for your help
 
Originally posted by: Chasim
I'm in EQ2 beta and run a p4 3.0 with 1gig DDR 400 and a 9800Pro. With the video setting to "Balanced" and no other tweaks, the game runs pretty well (except for lag issues and problems in certain zones not related to my system). So, I can say a P4 3.0 will work fine and, by way of comparison to my video card, your choice should be fine. One thing I'd HIGHLY recommend is don't go with less than 1gig of memory. In fact, I'm thinking about adding another gig, except that my Mushkin Level 1 Dual pack is now even more expensive than 5 months ago...
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Originally posted by: voodoochili
what level is balanced setting and how many setting above balanced are available. Have you tried running eq2 with max settings all models in raid type situations etc. thanks for your help
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This simpy cannot be done.

The settings are: balanced, then high quality, then very high quality, and finally super extreme melted-hardware quality.

EQ2 was designed to look good on hardware that won't be readily available for years to come. Dual AMD dual core processors, 2x 6800Ultras (or x800xt's) in SLI, 2+ GB of ram.. this might let you run the game at max settings, and even then it may not perform well. The problem is not really a hardware one, its the really crappy coding of EQ2. People with current high performance gear (AMD FX, 6800 Ultras, 1GBram etc) still have trouble running at even high quality in certain areas, and it is not because their computer sucks.. SOE is just taking a really odd approach to designing this game for the future. As it stands, most people will be running the game under balanced, at High Performance or lower, and at these points it just looks so bad that it totally kills any desire to play the game (for me at least).

Well, I could turn this into /derail about EQ1 vs EQ2 and SOE and all that but I won't. In summary, it does not matter what hardware you buy now, this year, or well into next year.. it is just not feasible to expect to run the game at max settings. I don't understand it either... if other games are running 50FPS (FarCry, Doom3, etc.) and they look amazing, why does EQ2 run at 5FPS and look so horrible compared to them.

Anyone want a EQ2 Beta account? I played it for a few hours and I just won't be playing it again. Whoever PMs me with the best reason why (in 50 words or less!) gets it!
 
If I recall, there are three settings above "Balanced". I'm sure I could go a bit higher (particularly if I tweaked some other game settings or OC'd). Balanced looks pretty good though...

As far the Intel vs. AMD (or ATI vs. Nvidia) argument, that's obviously a well discussed debate, but I will say that SOE caters to Intel and Nvidia, for whatever that's worth.
 
I just recently tried out the eq2 beta.

My fx-53 system (sig) runs it great at high quality settings (before you enter the game, settings on patcher) and at 16x12. I even tweaked some of the draw distances to be a bit further out.

One thing though, if you turn on "environment shadows" in a big town, expect a slideshow. I turned the shadows on while I was on the isle of refuge and depending on the complexity of what I was looking at, the fps seemed like the upper teens.
 
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