Originally posted by: GoblinToe
Originally posted by: Gurck
Aside from the fact that you need a $5,000 machine to play EQ2 reasonably well in zones like Qeynos North/South, Qeynos Harbor, etc.
I have to disagree with this statement. Although I do agree the game engine only shines when you go above ATI 9800+ and Geforce 6600GT+ based cards I have two systems running EQ2. First system
AMD Athlon XP 2700+ (barton)
1024MB 2x512 Geil Ultra Plat DDR DC
60GB 7200RPM WD 8mb
Geforce FX5500 256MB
This system is not top shelf at all the board/CPU/RAM is nice but the Video although has lots of frame buffer memory is lacking the HP department, but I can run EQ2 at 1024x768 on customized settings and it runs smooth. It is with some nice eye candy turned off, but we are not talking about missing much as much as we are talking about distance. Even on highest performance setting and some minor tweaks it still looks better, let me correct this more detailed than WOW.
My second system is a P4 2.8/800fsb, OCZ gold 1024MB, and a Geforce FX 5900 256MB I run on balanced settings and it is smooth with only some slight skipping in certain views, but if you have ever played EQL an ran into POK when everyone was on, this is not even close to that bad. For the most part more than playable and I have no complaints.
Now since these machines are not running the top of the list for video $400+ I am not sure where the $5k comes from. There were and will always be games that push video graphics to the extreme that never run very well at release unless you had the top hardware, how many of you remember the numbers in Quake 3 at release? Most of you should note that the majority do not run X800's and 6800 Ultra's that is not even realistic due to the cost of the cards. In a year and hopefully with more driver, software and hardware development this game will only run better, as well cards that run it fine now will drop drastically in price with newer more powerful cards coming out every 12 to 18 months.
What I do know is for $178 to $220 a Geforce 6600 GT will run this game without any problems, the load times are RAM related you need 768MB and higher for the load times to be sub 7 seconds.
I know this thread in general is like #12 million posted ever, the thing to remember is that you should choose the game that fits you. I think alot of the gamers that make statements like SOE has no integrity, also say the same thing about MS yet what os do they run, and how many of them own sony products? (I know different dept same co.) I think alot of you who slam SOE do so to fit in more than actual first hand exp. This is common in alot of forums. This is Blizzards first real jump in the MMOG pool with a product that comes from a good lineage of games (I myself am a huge Warcraft fan.) So the game looks much like its single player counterparts, that is the style of game it is, just as EQ2 is following (now matter how much you slam it) its successful EQL from 1999. The graphics are totally different as are the base products. If you like just to go out and play either game, you will find bugs with both, but both games if you stick to them, play with a friendly nature with others, not take either game too seriously, and you find that when you sat down it was 9PM and when you got up it was 3AM then you got your moneys worth. I played EQ1 cause a friend asked me too, I however did not pay for it cause I could not see paying for a game I already bought, so my friend let me use his account. I now have two EQ2 accounts one for me and my wife (biggest quest ever to get her to play = I win!).
I played the WOW beta and thought it was fun, I purchased EQ2 cause I like the detail of the game and some of the improvements I felt they added that should have been in the original. (and the special effects
) again preference of style.
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