EQ2 realistic requirements? - help from those in beta

[EQ2sucks]

So I think I've decided I'll play EQ2 at launch and I'm sitting here wondering if I'll even have a shot with the setup I've got. Just to let you know, here's what I'm running right now.

AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (266mhz FSB)
512mb PC2100
GF4 TI4200 128mb

The video card will probably go up to a GF 5900XT of some sort that I won in (believe it or not) an EQ2 contest. I have no idea the specifics of this video card, when (or even if) I'll get it, but I'm assuming it will be good enough for EQ2.

Now, those of you in beta: Do you think I'll be able to play EQ2 decently with this setup + new video card? I've got two options here if that's not acceptable. I can just upgrade to 1gb of ram, or junk the mb/cpu and get a faster Athlon with faster (and more) ram. Obviously if money wasn't an issue, that would be the best idea, but I'm curious if I can be cheap for now and just upgrade once the raid game starts hitting hardcore (I will be in a full time raiding guild once the playerbase gets there so keep that in mind).

At launch for EQ1 I had a really shitty ass setup. My video card was some awful like 8mb piece of shit and I ended up upgrading to a 32mb near top of the line at the time and that was enough to tide me over until like Luclin, lol.

[Shiftin]

you don't stand a chance, sorry

[Cedil]

hypocrit.

[chimera245]

I run that self same video card on a 1Gb DDR/ PIV 2.4 setup with no problems.

I have graphics set to 'High' with no modifications from the default.

[Soldaris]

Joke perhaps?

[Vekruul Shuth]

You will need another 512 stick.

And should be ok at the default settings @ 1280x1024

[Tasso]

1280x1024
nvidia x800 pro
gig ram
sata hd
windows xp

not playable above normal settings.
normal settigns painfull to play at after seeing wow hit 70-80 fps(with everything set to max and 2x aa and max af).
2 settings below that is what I term an acceptable frame rate.

now that set up would probably run at the same rate at the lower settings. But really.. go out and spend 70 bucks on another 512 megs of ram. You will notice the diffrence in everything you do with that computer.

[EQ2sucks]

Thanks guys, this is what I was looking for. I figured an additional 512mb ram is what I needed. I'm hoping against hope that this video card will show up that I won...that would be sweet. Otherwise, I'll have to buy something else.

Oh and the guy that thought this thread was a joke...I'm assuming you thought so based on my name. The mods changed my name to EQ2sucks, not me. Like I've said before, I'm more than willing to give Sony another shot, which is more than a lot of people on this board are willing to do.

[Fronn]

Get an athlon 64 of some sort and another 512 of ram and you'd be fine for a while, or as stated previously at least get another stick of ram.

I got an Athlon XP 2800
1gb of ram
geforce 4 TI4800 or something

Using one a custom setting it runs fine, the predefined settings aren't the best. Mess around with the options and you can get much better preformance by turning off a few pointless settings (theres a ton of options).


P.S. Tasso: ATI x800 pro?

[McCheese]

The mods changed my name to EQ2sucks, not me.

That makes me feel better, I thought I had been misreading your name all this time.

[Tuco]

Can my p3 1ghz GeForce 2, 512 SDRam run EQ2 okay?

[Vaclav]

Originally posted by Tasso
1280x1024
nvidia x800 pro
gig ram
sata hd
windows xp

not playable above normal settings.
normal settigns painfull to play at after seeing wow hit 70-80 fps(with everything set to max and 2x aa and max af).
2 settings below that is what I term an acceptable frame rate.

now that set up would probably run at the same rate at the lower settings. But really.. go out and spend 70 bucks on another 512 megs of ram. You will notice the diffrence in everything you do with that computer.

There's no way you're getting shitty framerates on that with "Balanced" settings - I run 2 settings above that on a similar PC (basically the same, but I use the new ATI x800) and the same setting a MUCH inferior PC with perfect framerates. [although water heavy areas made me downgrade the water options a little on the lesser machine]

The lesser machine is:

Athlon 1.4 GHz (real 1.4, not a 1400+)
Radeon 9800 Pro
786 MB RAM
Balance Settings (w/ slight tone down of water settings)

It runs well enough and graphicly similar enough to our godly PC at high settings that my wife, who loves to find any reason to complain any chance she gets, has not commented once on the lack of graphic quality for her PC at those settings.

Only times we can tell a difference is when we actively look at the same thing on both PC's side by side and stationary.

[Vaclav]

Originally posted by Tuco
Can my p3 1ghz GeForce 2, 512 SDRam run EQ2 okay?

GeForce 2 won't even allow the game to attempt to boot past the patcher, heh

[The Bog]

nvidia x800 pro

SOME SORT OF HYBRID CARD, MAYHAPS!?

[Faille]

SLI mode maybe, with 1 nvidia and 1 x800