My bear toured Middle Earth and all I got was this stupid T-shirt...

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• Lashers Member Posts: 186

  April 2007

  Damn!  You have me drooling to play!

   

  Thanks for the awesome screenies for those of us that haven't been in yet.
• xAlrythx Member Posts: 585

  April 2007

  Great pictures mate, good on ya for sharing em with the community.

  LotRO is beautiful, these pictures just prove it imo. You CAN have amazing graphics and run it on an average comp!

  Currently Playing: Everything but MMORPGs
  Cancelled: L2, FFXI, VSoH, LotRO, WAR, WoW
  Looking Forward To: SW:TOR
• Redline65 Member Posts: 486

  April 2007

  Wow, thanks for sharing

  By the way, are you using the max graphics settings with the high-res textures from the DVD client?
• virtuella Member UncommonPosts: 699

  April 2007

  Lot's of nice screenies there
  
  
  
  
  
  Adding thread to linkthread so other people can find it quick again.

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• Hairysun Member UncommonPosts: 1,059

  April 2007

  I'm using whatever came on the pre-order dvd.  The graphics are set as high as they can go via the options menu.  Screen size is 1280 x 1024....so if when you click on the links your computer shrinks the images, hover your mouse over the image in the bottom right hand corner to bring up the actual image size button.  You will get the images I was seeing in game. 

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• Kyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,095

  April 2007

  Thanks for posting this...gives people a great idea of how good the graphics can be.....
  
  
  
  It's been a pleasure to play so far...looking forward to playing more....

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• Lashers Member Posts: 186

  April 2007

  What system specs do you have Hairy?  I hope my system runs it that well.

  How was the performance with the graphics set to max like that?
• ChaulsinNL Member UncommonPosts: 182

  April 2007

  4 days... -.-
  
  
  
  
  
  Excellent pictures.
• Hairysun Member UncommonPosts: 1,059

  April 2007

  Originally posted by whitewolf
  
  
  What system specs do you have Hairy?  I hope my system runs it that well.
  How was the performance with the graphics set to max like that?
  

  
  
  I'm running an Amd processor at 2411 mhz....EVGA 8800 GTS 640 meg superclocked video card....3 gigs of memory.  My kiddo also plays an he's running an AMD processor at 2199 mhz....EVGA 7800 GT 256 meg video card....1 gig of memory.  I play at max settings and 1280 x 1024 and don't lag a tad.  He plays at game default configured settings, it lags not and it looks great as well.

    

   

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• Lashers Member Posts: 186

  April 2007

  It sounds like you know hardware pretty well.

  I have a P4 540 3.2 ghz, 1 GB ddr2 sdram at 533mhz and 256mb ati with radeon x600 se and 16x dvd rom

  do you think i will get the same results? is there anything i can do on my system to improve performance?

  Thanks Hairy
• Hairysun Member UncommonPosts: 1,059

  April 2007

  Originally posted by whitewolf
  
  
  It sounds like you know hardware pretty well.
  I have a P4 540 3.2 ghz, 1 GB ddr2 sdram at 533mhz and 256mb ati with radeon x600 se and 16x dvd rom
  do you think i will get the same results? is there anything i can do on my system to improve performance?
  Thanks Hairy
  

   

  You can never have enough memory in my opinion.  It is usually the least expensive good upgrade you can make to a system.  Might as well wait and see how things run  with what you've got though.  If your not happy with the performance then go from there.
  
  

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• Redline65 Member Posts: 486

  April 2007

  Originally posted by whitewolf
  
  
  It sounds like you know hardware pretty well.
  I have a P4 540 3.2 ghz, 1 GB ddr2 sdram at 533mhz and 256mb ati with radeon x600 se and 16x dvd rom
  do you think i will get the same results? is there anything i can do on my system to improve performance?
  Thanks Hairy
  

  You'll probably end up playing with the medium settings if you want an acceptable frame rate. The game is a memory hog and even with 1 GB it will be hitting the swap file pretty frequently.  So in short, you won't get the same results.
• Hairysun Member UncommonPosts: 1,059

  April 2007

  Originally posted by virtuella
  
  Lot's of nice screenies there
  
  
  
  
  
  Adding thread to linkthread so other people can find it quick again.

   

  Thank you for the addition to your clicky post.
  
  

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• Maddiee Member Posts: 43

  April 2007

  Originally posted by Hairysun
  
  Originally posted by whitewolf
  
  
  What system specs do you have Hairy?  I hope my system runs it that well.
  How was the performance with the graphics set to max like that?
  

  I'm running an Amd processor at 2411 mhz....EVGA 8800 GTS 640 meg superclocked video card....3 gigs of memory.  My kiddo also plays an he's running an AMD processor at 2199 mhz....EVGA 7800 GT 256 meg video card....1 gig of memory.  I play at max settings and 1280 x 1024 and don't lag a tad.  He plays at game default configured settings, it lags not and it looks great as well.

  
  
  Lol ur running an 8800 GTS 640 clocked card, no wounder the grpahics look like that. 

  Lol for anyone that dosnt know ,these cards cost well over 320 UK pounds alone, for all u americans that dont know the conversion, thats equal to over $600 dollars just for a grpahics card.  This card he is using to post those screenshots, is a top of the range card, and he has max settings.  Please dont be foooled to thinking and standard card will look this good.

  Try using a x800 card, and then come back and post and shiw how good the grpahics are.
• korvass Member Posts: 616

  April 2007

  I run a 1gig RAM system with 256mb graphics, and LotR ran nicely on mine with very little stutter. Graphically it looked very good, with high detail and shadows, without any real FPS drop. Bloody wish I could say the same about VG
  
  
  
  Just not my game unfortunately. These days I tend to go on gut feeling, and after a couple days I just wasn't inspired to log in to the beta. Not saying it's a bad game though, it looked and played fairly nice. Did kinda feel like DDO with a little LotR flavour slapped on though, but that's just my personal feeling.
• psyconius Member Posts: 272

  April 2007

  Nice work man... I didn't click on anything that would remotely be a spoiler, but the early ones rock.
  
  
  
  
  
  This game is pretty immersive.. I will still bitch about wanting voiceovers though

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• flakes Member Posts: 575

  April 2007

  Looks nice..got myself the 10 day preview yesterday.Allthough i am afraid my laptop won't cope with the game.Ah well the wife will mis me 10 days behind the other comp then
• virtuella Member UncommonPosts: 699

  April 2007

  Originally posted by Maddiee
  
  Originally posted by Hairysun
  
  Originally posted by whitewolf
  
  
  What system specs do you have Hairy?  I hope my system runs it that well.
  How was the performance with the graphics set to max like that?
  

  I'm running an Amd processor at 2411 mhz....EVGA 8800 GTS 640 meg superclocked video card....3 gigs of memory.  My kiddo also plays an he's running an AMD processor at 2199 mhz....EVGA 7800 GT 256 meg video card....1 gig of memory.  I play at max settings and 1280 x 1024 and don't lag a tad.  He plays at game default configured settings, it lags not and it looks great as well.

  
  
  Lol ur running an 8800 GTS 640 clocked card, no wounder the grpahics look like that. 

  Lol for anyone that dosnt know ,these cards cost well over 320 UK pounds alone, for all u americans that dont know the conversion, thats equal to over $600 dollars just for a grpahics card.  This card he is using to post those screenshots, is a top of the range card, and he has max settings.  Please dont be foooled to thinking and standard card will look this good.

  Try using a x800 card, and then come back and post and shiw how good the grpahics are.

  He posted some screenshots from what it looks like when he runs it as his setup.
  
  Should he be yelled at for that because he use a new videocard compared to an old one that you might use?
  
  Don't be jaloux because other players can afford a better rig than you.
  
  
  
  The graphics ingame looks like those screenshots with the right rig.
  
  Simple as that.
  

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  April 2007

  Very nice and well done pictures, they must just look even awesome with the high res texture pack.  You really should install it
• Mars505 Member Posts: 623

  April 2007

  I clicked a few and stopped, you made it pretty far

  who me ?
• Zorvan Member CommonPosts: 8,912

  April 2007

  Originally posted by Maddiee
  
  Originally posted by Hairysun
  
  Originally posted by whitewolf
  
  
  What system specs do you have Hairy?  I hope my system runs it that well.
  How was the performance with the graphics set to max like that?
  

  I'm running an Amd processor at 2411 mhz....EVGA 8800 GTS 640 meg superclocked video card....3 gigs of memory.  My kiddo also plays an he's running an AMD processor at 2199 mhz....EVGA 7800 GT 256 meg video card....1 gig of memory.  I play at max settings and 1280 x 1024 and don't lag a tad.  He plays at game default configured settings, it lags not and it looks great as well.

  
  
  Lol ur running an 8800 GTS 640 clocked card, no wounder the grpahics look like that. 

  Lol for anyone that dosnt know ,these cards cost well over 320 UK pounds alone, for all u americans that dont know the conversion, thats equal to over $600 dollars just for a grpahics card.  This card he is using to post those screenshots, is a top of the range card, and he has max settings.  Please dont be foooled to thinking and standard card will look this good.

  Try using a x800 card, and then come back and post and shiw how good the grpahics are.

  
  
  I run a P4 3.6GHz (OC'ed 3.2) cpu, 2 gigs ddr2 mem, and an 7600GS with 256mb mem (agp, no less), and I see the game exactly as he does in his screens . His card is overkill for this game, so don't say that's the only reason his screens look good.

  Edit: I should also mention I am running the hi-res textures with all settings maxed, and only lag if there is a MOB of people around me. And even then it's a few stutters and then I'm fine.
• Hairysun Member UncommonPosts: 1,059

  April 2007

  Originally posted by Maddiee
  
  Originally posted by Hairysun
  
  Originally posted by whitewolf
  
  
  What system specs do you have Hairy?  I hope my system runs it that well.
  How was the performance with the graphics set to max like that?
  

  I'm running an Amd processor at 2411 mhz....EVGA 8800 GTS 640 meg superclocked video card....3 gigs of memory.  My kiddo also plays an he's running an AMD processor at 2199 mhz....EVGA 7800 GT 256 meg video card....1 gig of memory.  I play at max settings and 1280 x 1024 and don't lag a tad.  He plays at game default configured settings, it lags not and it looks great as well.

  
  
  Lol ur running an 8800 GTS 640 clocked card, no wounder the grpahics look like that. 

  Lol for anyone that dosnt know ,these cards cost well over 320 UK pounds alone, for all u americans that dont know the conversion, thats equal to over $600 dollars just for a grpahics card.  This card he is using to post those screenshots, is a top of the range card, and he has max settings.  Please dont be foooled to thinking and standard card will look this good.

  Try using a x800 card, and then come back and post and shiw how good the grpahics are.

  
  
  I will my prescious.....just for you..... (In my best Golum voice)

  Tonight/Tomorrow evening I will jump over on my kids computer and snap some shots......Won't be too tough as my character is still hangin out in Rivendale.  He got my hand me down 7800GT that is prolly bout 2 years old.  I don't think you can get one anymore....they were replaced by the 7800 GTX.  I think it is comparable to ATI x800 (depending)....I could be mistaken.  Don't know too much about ATI cards.  Anywho.....I'm sure we'll be chattin'

   

    EDIT: Ok, after some work on video with the slower computer I have arrived at the conclusion that "ZORVAN" in one of the above posts is absolutely correct when he said an 8800 GTS 640 meg super clocked video card is overkill for this game.  I decided that any asshat could run around and find a good spot for a screenshot....max the graphics...take the screenshot....then adjust the graphics back to playable again.  I wanted to remove all doubt of this happening.  I decided recording in game was the best route to take.  I tried FRAPS but found that as soon as I hit record, my frame rate went way down.  Tried adjusting the setting in FRAPS but the framerate drop was affecting the playability of the game.  Switched to GROWLER, another in game recording program.  This one worked much better as far as the frame rates went. Soooo......

    I'm running an AMD Athlon processor @ 2199 mhz, 1024 megs of physical memory and a EVGA 7800 GT 256 mb video card.  At the start of the video these things should be clearly visible with the help of the Windows XP magnifier.  The graphics settings was set at ultra high, this is also visible within the video to anyone who has played the game.  There is a substantial lag spot right when I shut off the magnifier, shut off the system information and adjust the screen size.  After that gets straightened out the game runs quite smoothly.  There are lots of water reflections going on, bloom effects from the waterfalls and mist, and I also brought out my bear to further complicate things.  A hiccup here or ther but the game remains quite playable.  Running into a town or busy area is a different story....gets laggy there but quickly corrects itself.

    Like I said above I know very little about ATI video cards....I do however know that my 7800 GT videocard is a couple years old and you can no longer get one (except on ebay....saw them new in the box for $80-$90.)  How this compares to an x800....I dunno.  The processor is far for latest and greatest...I doubt you can even get one of those anymore. This is the one that got me.....1 gig of memory.  You can see in the video that I have 90+ megs left after xp, recording software and LOTRO are running.  I was expecting to make several videos....one with 1 gig...here's how it looks with 1.5 gigs.....and so on.  It ran great with just one gig.....so i didn't. 

  Here is the video:   

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1603804879840451211

  
  

    The point of this is to show that the code is so optimized that a lesser computer can run this game at max/close to max settings.  As far as my other computer and the screen shots there, Maddiee, I'm not sure where you are getting your computer parts from but you are getting "Bent Over" my friend.  $600 for a 8800 GTS 640mb superclocked?  This is the card I have and I paid $379.00 for it. 

  
  http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2824836&CatId=28
  
  Anywho.....thankyou all for your thank you's and comments
  

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• whitedelight Member Posts: 1,544

  April 2007

  I like how he said don't click these because they are spoilers, but the links have their names in them lol

  
• Conkerturd Member Posts: 14

  April 2007

  Those screenshots are awsome!  I think I am gonna try this game out.  I don't know too much about computers, how can I find out what it has inside?  I can play World of Warcraft, does that mean I can play Lord of the Rings?  Any help would be appreciated.
• Conkerturd Member Posts: 14

  April 2007

  I can also play guildwars if that helps.