Requirements?

Saigonshakes · October 2004

I saw the system req's at the EQ2 site and honestly didn't understand. I know this has probably been posted before but what will run this game decently? I have a pretty outdated system, with a geforce fx 5200, but it ran L2 very well. Will I even be able to run EQ2 at all? Thanks for the help.

jayheld90 · October 2004

http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=tech_support&message.id=211&no_redir=true

try looking here, its pretty cut and dried on how your card will perform, or if its usable.

EDIT: card must be pixel shader 3.0 compliant and direct x 9.0c compliant (your card meets requirements, but its low end)

Saigonshakes · October 2004

Cool thanks for the help! What problems would I probably encounter with my card?

Rillen · October 2004

As long as you meet the minimum, it will RUN. You'll probably have to have the settings way down, but...

If you're still using a 5200, you should upgrade, fast. What motherboard/processor/RAM you using? I would think you could get by with a top end processor and 1gig of ram with a 5200 card, but why would you do that?

Being a gamer, it forces us to upgrade... I have a new FX-53, nForce3 Pro 150 motherboard, and I'm seriously thinking about dumping my 5950ultra card already... I'm sure the wife is loving that fact... lol

jayheld90 · October 2004

you can probably expect low frame rates, and to run it on low settings, turning off all the extras like shadows and water effects. i would upgrade if possible, if not it will be a bit rough, but "playable".

and yes it will depend a lot on your processor speed and you RAM. 2.0ghz and up is probably optimal of course faster is better and 1gb of RAM or more.

oakthornn · October 2004

I have a 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP Processor

512 ram

120 gb hard drive

Geforce 5500fx

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(Retired Heirophant of the 60th season)

Saigonshakes · October 2004

Yeah i a 2.4 ghz, and igb of ram. The thing is when I bought my computewr i didnt even realize i was getting a mobo with pci only slots. ::::11:: So of course soon I will have to uprade. I know that I've needed to for awhile but im just being lazy.

jayheld90 · October 2004

wow, no agp slots? that is going to kill it right there. that cuts your graphics performance by about 3/4. doubt you will be able to play on this...you wll need a new mobo. and if you do that you will probably need a new processor (unless you can find one that is the same socket as your current one), and also buy an agp card. so your looking at about 500-1000 dollars, depending on what you want to get.

tilerae22 · October 2004

I was looking for a little bit of help please. I have to upgrade my graphics card. I looked at the unofficial list and decided on an ATI Radeon 9800 PRO. I then found the Saphire and other makes of the card. What is the difference in these?

Ken`Shiero · October 2004

Yeah , EQII will be for the ultra gamer with the uber rig, if you're not dying to play you should check out other great upcoming mmorpgs like Guild Wars which looks simular to EQII but is F R E E.

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Crono1000 · October 2004

ok i was wondering if i could play eq2 normally i have a 2.6 ghz proceser 768 ram a radeon 9200 128 mb card(pci whats the difference anyway?)so awnser if you want to

styles74 · October 2004

I'm in beta ... graphics are the best i have ever seen.

2.0

1gb pc 2700

ati 9500 pro

there are nice touches like head tracking (when you walk up to mob the head turns toward you)

this applies to toons and npcs alike

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jayheld90 · October 2004

crono, the difference is PCI runs at about 3/4 the speed of the AGP slot, the difference is speed. the faster it is the more frame rates you get. PCI is slow and i doubt will be playable with this game (unless its PCI express, which is very new, and completely different) also the ATI 9200 is entry level on the performance already so, all i can say is it will run like crap for you at best, or at worst not at all.

jayheld90 · October 2004

A major advantage of AGP is its superior bandwidth capacity. Higher bandwidth means that more data can be transferred at a much faster rate. For example, the data rate for AGP 1X mode (66MHz = 264 MB/sec) is twice as fast as that of PCI (33MHz = 132MB/sec), while AGP 2X mode (133 MHz = 528 MB/sec) is four times faster than PCI. AGP 4X (266 MHz = 1.02 GB/sec) AGP 8x (533mhz=2.04 GB/sec)

here is the proof of why PCI is inferior to AGP and the speed you are truly losing on. agp x8 is about 15 times faster than the PCI at traveling information to where it needs to be...

Serien · October 2004

change your avatar and I'll answer the question easily...

(I'm in beta, I know a lot mroe about what you really need)

jayheld90 · October 2004

hey murt, whats up? what do you know im dying to hear it, hehe. if your saying for me to change my avatar, its not going to happen, but i guess i wasnt asking the questions either. i was answering them. trying not to set them up for disappointment when they go buy EQ2 and load it in like yeah here we go and when they open the game, the screen goes black a few times and flashes then your right back to the desktop. that radeon 9200 may not even run the game because its not compliant with direct x 9.0c especially in a PCI slot, lol... im just trying to help them so they can be ready to either fix it or not cry when it doesnt work.

EDIT: murt if you see this within a few mins turn on your yahoo messenger i want to talk to ya

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