| It seems like RAM is the most important thing for AoC. For a friend it was unplayable until he bought another gig and now it works perfectly fine. Many beta tester reported similiar things. Shitty or too small RAM kills your performance.
I run a slightly oc'ed 8800gtx, 4 gb ram, e6750 @ 3.2 or so ghz and I can max everything (including that aa16q, all view distances, etc) at 1680x1050 and it runs with smooth 25 fps in the worst cases so far, usually 5-10 fps more even in pvp. In retail I will lower the settings so I can play with constant 60 fps in the worst cases aka massive siege battles. That means dropping aa and maxing view distance for particles, maybe also shadow details (am I the only one who couldnt care less about shadows?). | 