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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / EverQuest / December 2004System Powerful Enough For EQ2?
Before I get EQ2 I'd like some knowledgeable opinions as to whether or not it will run well enough on my system. I don't trust the minimum/recommended hardware specs provided by game publishers. Intel D875PBZ motherboard, P4(R) 2.4GHz, 512MB PC3200 DDR ram, ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, 16x DVD rom, high speed (cable) internet connection How about it guys? Should it handle EQ2 well enough, or will it barely choke and chug along even at the lowest detail settings? Thanks,  Signature---Stash SPAM FILTER: You'd have to be out of YourMind to send me email. > Before I get EQ2 I'd like some knowledgeable opinions as to whether > or not it will run well enough on my system. I don't trust the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How about it guys? Should it handle EQ2 well enough, or will it > barely choke and chug along even at the lowest detail settings? Another 512mb ram should see you good. I cannot emphasise how important ram is with EQ2. > Before I get EQ2 I'd like some knowledgeable opinions as to whether > or not it will run well enough on my system. I don't trust the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How about it guys? Should it handle EQ2 well enough, or will it > barely choke and chug along even at the lowest detail settings? That will easily run the game out in Antonica on 'Balanced' settings, however when you enter the city you will have to drop it down to pretty much the lowest settings to stop it chugging along. I was running a system almost identical to this one in every way, and it handled it fine for the most part. A lot of folk mentioned the memory when I asked the same question, so I'll just emphasise...get an extra 512MB of RAM, 1GB will allow you to run the game fairly near to the highest performance level with no noticeable slowdown at all :-) SignatureMichael Greenhalgh --- www.tripleb.co.uk | Weblog www.loonygooncircus.com | {LgC} Clan Site www.suta.co.uk | Swansea University Tactical Airsoft Society --- MMORPGs EverQuest: Miglok | Half-Elf Ranger | Venril Sathir EverQuest 2: Miglok | Half-Elf Predator | Lavastorm City of Heroes: Shadow Ranger | Mutation Scrapper | Virtue --- >> Before I get EQ2 I'd like some knowledgeable opinions as to whether >> or not it will run well enough on my system. I don't trust the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > game fairly near to the highest performance level with no noticeable > slowdown at all :-) An extra 512MB will also make you zone so much faster, my friend who only has 512MB can sometimes take a minute or two to zone, wheres i can zone in about 10 seconds, it really does make a massive difference. > That will easily run the game out in Antonica on 'Balanced' settings, > however when you enter the city you will have to drop it down to pretty [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > run the game fairly near to the highest performance level with no > noticeable slowdown at all :-) That surprises me that you have to turn down your settings in the city. I have: P4-3.06GHz w/HT 1GB RIMM1066 ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB My video card is inferior to yours and yet I am able to leave my graphics settings on balanced and not have any issues at all in the city. SignatureThomas T. Veldhouse Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1 Spammers please contact me at renegade@veldy.net. >> That will easily run the game out in Antonica on 'Balanced' settings, >> however when you enter the city you will have to drop it down to [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > graphics settings on balanced and not have any issues at all in the > city. The 512MB of extra memory make a noticable difference for EQ2. SignatureOn Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 69 seasons On Steamfont Graeme, 19 Dwarven Shaman, 17 Scholar > The 512MB of extra memory make a noticable difference for EQ2. Yes, *very* noticeable--I played it with both a half gig and a gig. Trust me, playing EQ2 with only 512mb of RAM is NOT a very pleasant experience. Signaturechainbreaker If you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dot net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it. >>The 512MB of extra memory make a noticable difference for EQ2. > > Yes, *very* noticeable--I played it with both a half gig and a gig. Trust > me, playing EQ2 with only 512mb of RAM is NOT a very pleasant experience. Yes, I probably wasn't clear in my post but a few days ago I purchased an extra 512, I now have 1GB of RAM and I can run it a setting above balanced (the first 'Quality' setting) in both the city and outside the city without any noticeable slowdown whatsoever. I've noticed that the extra ram has allowed me to bump the settings in all of my games as high as they will go now, even though I'm not running a 256MB graphics card. SignatureMichael Greenhalgh --- www.tripleb.co.uk | Weblog www.loonygooncircus.com | {LgC} Clan Site www.suta.co.uk | Swansea University Tactical Airsoft Society --- MMORPGs EverQuest: Miglok | Half-Elf Ranger | Venril Sathir EverQuest 2: Miglok | Half-Elf Predator | Lavastorm City of Heroes: Shadow Ranger | Mutation Scrapper | Virtue --- > Before I get EQ2 I'd like some knowledgeable opinions as to whether > or not it will run well enough on my system. I don't trust the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How about it guys? Should it handle EQ2 well enough, or will it > barely choke and chug along even at the lowest detail settings? Double your memory and you should be doing just fine. SignatureThomas T. Veldhouse Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1 Spammers please contact me at renegade@veldy.net. "sgk" <sgk@YourMind.neo.rr.com> wrote in news:%xrAd.336$yu3.40 @fe1.columbus.rr.com: > Before I get EQ2 I'd like some knowledgeable opinions as to whether > or not it will run well enough on my system. I don't trust the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks, Only obvious lack I see is system memory, bump it up to 1GB, and you will do fine with EQ2. Don't know how it will do with just 512MB off hand, but the rest of the system is certainly up to it. SignatureOn Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 69 seasons On Steamfont Graeme, 19 Dwarven Shaman, 17 Scholar > "sgk" <sgk@YourMind.neo.rr.com> wrote in news:%xrAd.336$yu3.40 > @fe1.columbus.rr.com: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, 16x DVD rom, high speed (cable) internet >> connection > Only obvious lack I see is system memory, bump it up to 1GB, and you will > do fine with EQ2. Don't know how it will do with just 512MB off hand, but > the rest of the system is certainly up to it. My computer is similar but with 768 of PC2100 RAM. Instanced zones on Balanced (but with shadows turned off) is fine. Towns can be kind of scary (I typically almost fall into the harbor in QH every time I use the bell :p ). I just ordered a gig of dual-channel PC3200 yesterday...I'm looking forward to seeing how much that helps. :) >> "sgk" <sgk@YourMind.neo.rr.com> wrote in news:%xrAd.336$yu3.40 >> @fe1.columbus.rr.com: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I just ordered a gig of dual-channel PC3200 yesterday...I'm looking > forward to seeing how much that helps. :) 1GB of dual channel PC3200 with an Athlon XP 3200+ runs great with the balanced setting. I am running an ATi 9800 Pro 128MB video card with that. SignatureOn Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 69 seasons On Steamfont Graeme, 19 Dwarven Shaman, 17 Scholar |
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