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Red_the_FoxRed_the_Fox Member Posts: 9
in Everquest II
I need help deciding if I should buy EQ2. I've canceled my WoW account and am looking for a new game to play. The problem is I don't know if my graphics card, an ATI 128mb 9200, can handle it, and I need input on how well (if at all) it will run on my PC. I also have 1gb RAM and 2.8 Ghx processor. Thanks for any help!

"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

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  • anarchyartanarchyart Member Posts: 5,378
    It should run quite good on Balanced settings. Might want to play on performance for raids and busy areas. Get an extra gig and you can play on High Quality.

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  • Red_the_FoxRed_the_Fox Member Posts: 9

    Is the 'Trial of the Isle' demo just slow then? I tried it recently and it ran very slowly (less than 10 fps), that's the one thing that has prevented me from getting the game already.

    "I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

  • kallion86kallion86 Member Posts: 50
    The trial really isn't very much slower then the real game itself.

    It's hard to say what will happen if you did get the game...

    All I can say is that it's fun but it's really rough on your computer.
    It's rough on mine and I'm on a Athlon 64 3000+ / 6800 Geforce / 1gb
    I play MODERATLEY well on balanced settings :[


    MMO Addict :D

  • ErahnErahn Member Posts: 109

    Athlon 64 3200+, 6600, 1GB and I run on high quality for all but raids. You may want to run through all your bootup and background things if you are having trouble with balances Kallion86. I had issues until I did a clean install from upgrading my HDD.

  • Red_the_FoxRed_the_Fox Member Posts: 9

    Thanks for the replies guys. I wish I could try the demo again because I forgot to mess around with the graphics settings. Anyways, I think I'm going to pick it up this afternoon and try the free month. Hopefully it runs decently; if it does I will probably be playing until Vanguard is released.

    I've heard a lot of good things about EQ2 guilds and community. WoW just has a really poor community from what I saw during the few months I played it. From what I've seen here there are more mature players who are glad to help. Looking forward to joining the game!

    "I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

  • GGaFxGGaFx Member Posts: 151
    its a fun game ur graphic card will run this game. you already have a gig of ram thats the big thing so you wont have slow load times.  if you really want to my sugestion is mess around with the graphic settings before launching game. the one thing though is the complex rendering or something like that in performance which makes it hard on your card so dont put that too high or even mess with it.  ive done this and i can make the game run smooth and still look pretty good at the same time.  though raids you will need to run on extreme performance.  you will get lag spikes cuz servers. other than that have fun im having a blast.
    talisman/nagafen
    56 sk 

  • cdeepalcdeepal Member UncommonPosts: 148
    I have similar settings as you and I run EQ2 without a problem. However, I don't think you will be able to run it on balanced settings. You can try though, but you better use the Extreme Performance Setting. That is the only setting I can run it without lag.
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