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I need a performance update please-January 16th
JK-Kanosi
Member Posts: 1,357
Since performance is the biggest complaint, I feel that the mature and objective folk that play in the open Beta should keep us updated on how this particular problem is coming along. Of course, I mean I hope you mature and objective folk would be so kind as to update us, along with your system specs. Personally, I am still wary of buying Vanguard, although I want to, because I am afraid that I won't be able to play it, which means a waste of $50. I will give you my specs, and maybe you can be honest with me and tell me how my system might perform at the games current state. Also, I just bought this computer in September, so I really don't want to upgrade it yet, but if I have to I might, but this is why I am asking for the mature and objective people to respond, because I am a father and a husband and I have other priorities, so a comment like "buy a better video card" is not that helpful and comes off as a snide remark. Instead, if I need a better video card and you are sure of it and know that Vanguard will not be playable with the one I have now, I would rather you refer me to an appropriate video card. As far as RAM goes, I do plan to upgrade it to 2gigs ASAP. But I am honestly hoping I do not have to buy a new video card, because they can be quite expensive and I am not wealthy or anything. Anyways, my specs:
Dell XPS 400
Intel Pentium D duo core 3.00GHz
1Gig RAM
Nvidia Geforce 7300 LE
Thank you all for any assistance you may be able to lend me.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
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My Specs are:
Intel Pent 4 3.4Ghz - single core
Nvidia Geforce 7900 GTX single card right now as 2nd card it out for warranty.
2 gigs ram
Currently I'm running at about 40 FPS in balanced mode with grass set to full (I love how a field looks like a field!). Take about 5 - 10 FPS off when in a crowded area such as a town.
With setting maxed I get about 22 - 26 FPS but take off about 12 FPS when in crowded areas.
Your system should be just fine if you add another gig of ram. I know you mentioned something about not suggesting hardware upgrades, but it's realistic to up your ram another gig. Other than that you should be fine.
It's worth noting as well that some of the features some people might not care too much about. For example there is a cloud setting - at work so don't remember what it's called - that renders lower looking clouds and gives the sky a more realistic look, but taking that one setting off I gained about 10 FPS and if I had not been looking at the sky when I took it off I'd of never noticed. Might try turning this off if you havent and are having FPS issues.
The poster before me saying this game is not high tech is badly mistaken. Just because he has a PC that can handle it on high settings does not mean it's not high tech. Bet when the day comes that his PC cant run something he'll be the first to post here yelling about how bad the game is.
my specs amd 4200 x2 2 gigs of ddr2 800 and a geforce 8800 gts 640meg card.
I can run Vanguard at 1600 x 1200 with max settings mostly, occasionally in certain areas I have to drop it down one notch. Ill be leaving it that way till release. Once I have the final product Ill make more adjustments to get better frame rates.
I currently get 20 - 50 on max or second to max with that system
I definitely get another gig of RAM, it is only about a $100 anyways. The 7300 LE is the second to lowest out of the other 7300's out of 4 7300's total, 7300 GT being the best 7300 you can get. I think I seen a 7600 for around a $100 or so dollars as well, but I am not sure if it really adds that much more graphical playability compared to a 7300 LE for the money. I'm not afraid of spending money, but it all comes down to value for your money. Graphics cards are typically overpriced and you can get them much cheaper if you wait a little while. I think the 8800 is around $500 now, but I bet if I wait another 6 months, it will drop significantly. Thanks for the updates, the game is starting to sound a bit more promising and thanks for the details, because that helps me know that you're being objective. Keep the comments flowing, because the more people who post their system specs and FPS and what graphic level you are playing on, the better of an idea people can get about what the true minumum and recommended settings should be.
I am looking forward to playing with you all. The Vanguard community (those that are actually going to play) have been nothing but helpfull and mature, which is something I would expect from a community who is playing a game that simulates our old games (EQ, DAoC, etc.). I just hope I can join you all sooner rather than later.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
The gig of ram wil surfice and some editing of the Vanguard.ini file will help a ton! Im sure if you look on some of the fansites you will find a guide.
The 7300 is not great but it will deffinatly do ok; there are people running 5 Series Nvidia *shivers*
Run balanced settings and turn down you clipping plane and follow the guides.
Youll be fine with that extra gig of memory.
BTW might I recomend using PC Wizard to find out the exact ram you have and then buy the EXACT same stuff. It will help you out a ton and head off stupid memory errors
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
I ran it on this machine just to test if it would be playable with the recent improvements and it's barely playable at lowest settings but looks like shit. It's around 20 fps.
My other machine AMD FX-62 /w 2 gigs and 7900GTX runs it at 40-70fps depending on the location.
Awsome, thanks, now maybe you can help interpret this for me. It says I have 2x 512 DDR2 SDRAM memory cards. So does that mean that whatever memory cards I buy, must have SDRAM in its description? And are there 1024 cards or do sellers just sell a pair of 512's when they are selling you a 1024 card. Also, there seems to be two different speeds of memory cards out there. One has 667GHz, while the other 500 and something. Does it matter which I get or does the speed have to be the same on all 2gigs of RAM?
Thanks. Also, if you forsee any other questions I might have, please feel free to answer them. I really appreciate yours and everyones help.
P.S.- I just checked and each card has 266GHz, so that would put it at the 533GHz cards instead of the 667.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
There was a massive performance improvement after a patch late last week. FPS basically doubled from 15-20 to 30-40 and server boundary hitching seemed to be all but resolved. Initial load-in is a bit slow and there's still an issue with the tavern in Khal hitching when it first displays the interior - but that's about it.
I'm using:
Dell XPS Gen 2 laptop
P4 2.0 Processor
1 GB RAM
GeForce 6800 Go Ultra
Verizon Aircard (~200 kbps)
WinXP
EDIT: Tweaks/Settings - 1280 resolution, balanced settings, sound enabled, cache size increased to 128MB
Specs:
AMD 64 4200+ X2
2 Gigs DDR2 667 Ram
eVGA 7950GT 512 Meg Video Card
I get around 30-45 FPS in Balanced mode. I drop about 10-15 FPS in cities.
Running Windows Vista with Nvidia Beta drivers. I assume I will get more when the final stable drivers are out from Nvidia.
nvidia 7300 LE
1 gig ram
2.8 duel core Pentium D
win xp
Theres a performance guide i used today here, its stickied, it didnt help with the FPS more with making the game look nicer for the same FPS.
Im running in 1200, 1026, with everything turned down its not too bad to play, little bit sticky at times. after today messing about it looks alot better mouse movment is smooother. loading lag is worse so i need to keep messing about.
your system is a little bit quicker than mine so i expect you will see the same fps or pretty near it,
for online games my first move is normaly to turn everything i can down and for VG I expect to do the same in live, i may also drop rez to 1026/726 if i have to. so for me graphics are nice i'd just rather have the fps for pvping
oh on the nvidia i had to drop drivers down to ..... cant remember 80. somit becuase theres a graphic bug causes the text to corupt and show black lines