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[Odaisé Gaelach]

Originally Posted by ValiantKnight ^

Internet connection is 5mbit/384kbit Cable.
Don't really have a demanding offline game to test it on, would welcome some suggestions though.

Ah, I see. Well...

Wait a minute, Everquest? The recommended system requirements are a Pentium 200MHz, 64MB of RAM and a 500MB of hard disk space. If you can run Windows XP, your computer won't have any problems running Everquest. Nah, it's not your computer that's underperforming; it's the game servers or other players that are causing the lag.

Originally Posted by ValiantKnight ^

I'll look into the Kingston warranty, but I don't really have a receipt.

If it's a lifetime warranty, proof of when you bought it won't matter.

[Renmiri]

Originally Posted by Discord ^

Originally Posted by Renmiri ^

I think he is using PCXs2 right ? 10 fps is all I get with it too. Try their forum, there are people who get over 100 FPS with it

Those people have Alienware PCs with 4 TB, 4 GB RAM and 4x 3GHz CPUs.

** Dies of envy!! **

[ValiantKnight]

Required Specs:

Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium® II 400 equivalent or greater
256 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 7500/NVidia GeForce 1 equivalent or greater
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
28.8k + Internet Connection
4X Speed CD-ROM
500MB - 2.6GB Available Hard Drive Space (depending on how many expansions are installed)
DirectX 9.0b
EverQuest Classic and a valid EverQuest account
* Note: All Direct 3D cards not supported.

Recommended Specs:

Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium® 4 equivalent or greater
512 MB RAM
NVidia GeForce 3/ATI Radeon 8500 equivalent or greater
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
56.6k + Internet Connection
16X Speed CD-ROM
3.0+ GB Available Hard Drive Space
DirectX 9.0b
EverQuest Classic and a valid EverQuest account
*Note: DirectX 9.0c or greater is required for all Win 98/ME/2000/XP

**edit note**
These requirements have not changed in 4 expansions(2 years), but I believe the graphics and system code have changed quite a bit in those years... introducing a few new models, and updating older areas of the game with the new graphics.

/shrugs... but they won't update their requirements sheet.

Originally Posted by Discord ^

Originally Posted by Renmiri ^

I think he is using PCXs2 right ? 10 fps is all I get with it too. Try their forum, there are people who get over 100 FPS with it

Those people have Alienware PCs with 4 TB, 4 GB RAM and 4x 3GHz CPUs.

Alienware PCs with 4 TB, 8-16 GB RAM and 4x 3GHz
If Vista at least.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Originally Posted by ValiantKnight ^

Recommended Specs:

Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium® 4 equivalent or greater
512 MB RAM
NVidia GeForce 3/ATI Radeon 8500 equivalent or greater
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
56.6k + Internet Connection
16X Speed CD-ROM
3.0+ GB Available Hard Drive Space
DirectX 9.0b
EverQuest Classic and a valid EverQuest account
*Note: DirectX 9.0c or greater is required for all Win 98/ME/2000/XP

**edit note**
These requirements have not changed in 4 expansions(2 years), but I believe the graphics and system code have changed quite a bit in those years... introducing a few new models, and updating older areas of the game with the new graphics.

/shrugs... but they won't update their requirements sheet.

Ah, I see. Even so, you shouldn't be getting a mere 10FPS in it, with recommended requirements that low. I still say that the game servers are causing the slowdown.

[ValiantKnight]

In fear, extraction point SP demo, I get around 19fps to 40fps with 1024x768 medium settings.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Well, that's pretty good. If you get that performance in FEAR, then I'd say that it's Everquest that's being slow and not your computer.

[Omecle]

Originally Posted by ValiantKnight ^

Alienware PCs with 4 TB, 8-16 GB RAM and 4x 3GHz
If Vista at least.

If 64-bit, actually. And Alienware suck and are overpriced, there are better ways to get a really good system like that without spending a butt load.

[ValiantKnight]

So if FEAR extraction point, at medium settings plays at around 19-38fps, and everquest plays around this same FPS on raids of 50 people in 2-3year old areas, and groups(6) people in the brand new areas, that means everquest is equal to FEAR?

With MAXIMUM settings it is 6fps-10fps in firefights, 20fps elsewhere.
This is with those nice AA/Ansiotropic/Antialias/ and other things on, all settings to max.

Hmm.

Well which component would you turn to if that means video/system is not the problem... which I'm not sure that it proves.

*edited*
Seems it didn't take the first time I set it to max and it was still on medium.. those are the true max numbers.