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What video card should I buy?

Kram59Kram59 Member Posts: 153
in Everquest II

Have a Pent 3.2,  nvidea FX5200 (128megs) and one gig of ram. What 256 card should I buy, and do you think uping to 2 gigs of ram will help? (I am anyway but was curious)

Haven't bought the game yet but (This is Sat. night)  will buy hardware come Mon.  then go get the game. Please drop me a quick note at kram59@hotmail.com for tips.  thanks all


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  • OrccOrcc Member Posts: 3,043

    the 6800GT hands down, is the best card you get with the best bang for yer' buck. Im really not sure about the RAM, i have 1 gig and so far its suited me just fine, i get 91.4 FPS in doom 3 at high quality 1024z768 ::::28::

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  • herculeshercules Member UncommonPosts: 4,925

    Performance and money value the 6800GT is king or you could hang out for a few months when the next generation cards come out and buy it cheaper or use that same money and get the next next generation.

    All depends on how much you wanna upgade that FX5200 will run the game on high performance or near it fine but if you want eye candy right now then go with  the 6800GT however the extreme setting will require the next generation card to run smoothly  so  you could be patient and pick the next gen for same price in 3-4 months time or even pick the 6800GT for a cheaper price then.

    Choice is yours.

    I have a R9800pro which servers me great at mid to high quality setting  so i am hanging out till next generation cards  so i can see extreme setting if crowds and combat.

     

     

  • DerfelCadarnDerfelCadarn Member Posts: 875
    Anyone have any idea when the next gen of GFX cards will come out? Will it be a 6900 and a X900?

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  • WardooWardoo Member Posts: 47

    Hi,
    i play on RX800XT PE and the game is absloutely without lags (of course except those due to network troubles). The game is good even on my friend's GF5800 but a bit slower due to 128bit memory interface.
    So my advice get something like RX800 or GF6800GT put some kick ass detals on and uprgrade your RAM to 2Gigs, cause EQ2 is mainly memory eater, especially in towns (plus your zoning will be much faster).
    Enjoy it

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  • DuckyDucky Member Posts: 413
    Pretty sure the next gefroce cards are the Nforce 4 not sure though, and i just bit the bullet and bought the geforce 6800 GT :), i also recomend it hehe

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  • OrccOrcc Member Posts: 3,043

    Nforce is the chip that is used by motherboards, Nforce 4 happens to be the newest model. I dont remember the name of the chip for the new Geforce cards though, i think its NV40 or sometihng like that.

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  • jayheld90jayheld90 Member UncommonPosts: 1,726
    the nv40 is actually the 6800 ultra, and yes Nforce4 is the motherboard its called k8n-sli deluxe motherboard, made by asus.  the new cards will be NV48, NV48e, NV43, and NV44, and seem to be geared towards PCI-E (these are for nvidia). it will be something like R480, etc. for the radeon cards. according to the news i have read they should have been revealed by now, or they will be very soon. also, they will most likely have 512mb of memory...

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