Thinking about a new gaming rig, or maybe a laptop...

[Gidan]

I have been looking into a new box for a while, finally I gave in and picked up a widescreen LCD instead.

fixt

[Tikker]

boy I wish I had a LDC

[Harrison]

LDC IS CAMPED YOU STUPID FUCKING MONK

[Ginzburgh]

Will this machine run EQII good? I dropped the monitor and it's $1335.

It's from the Cyberpowerpc site that was linked earlier in the thread:

· CAS: Hot New! ASUS Vento 3600 Mid-Tower 420W Case (RED COLOR)

· CASUPGRADE: NONE

· CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Pentium® D 930 Dual-Core CPU @ 3.0GHz 800FSB 2x2MB Cache 64-Bit

· CD: SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE [+8] (BLACK COLOR)

· CD2: (Special Price) LG GWA-4161 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BEIGE COLOR)

· CABLE: None

· FLASHMEDIA: None

· FLOPPY: NONE [-5]

· FAN: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit + 2 EXTRA CASE FANS

· HDD: 80GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive [-42]

· HDD2: NONE

· IEEE_CARD: NONE

· KEYBOARD: PS2 MULTIMEDIA INTERNET CONTROL KEYBOARD (BEIGE COLOR)

· MOUSE: PS2 INTERNET MOUSE W/ WHEEL (Special!!! BEIGE COLOR MICROSOFT USB INTELLIMOUSE)

· MONITOR: NONE [-233]

· MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5ND2-SLI nForce4 Chipset LGA775 DDR2/667 SATA RAID Dual PCIE w/7.1Audio,GbLAN,&USB2

· MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select)

· MODEM: NONE

· NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD

· OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 2

· PRINTER: None

· PRINTER_CABLE: None

· PRO_WIRING: None

· POWERSUPPLY: STANDARD CASE POWER SUPPLY

· RAID: NONE

· RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS

· SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY PLUS ONE-YEAR ONSITE SERVICE

· SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

· SPEAKERS: 120 WATT STEREO SPEAKERS [-48] (BLACK COLOR)

· TEMP: NONE (AS SHOWN)

· TVRC: None

· UPS: None

· USB: Build-in USB 2.0 Ports

· USBHD: NONE

· VIDEOCAMERA: NONE

· VIDEO: NEW !!! NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card

· VIDEO2: NONE

· WIRELESSCARD: NONE

· WIRELESSPOINT: NONE

· ZIP: NONE

· _PRICE: (+1345)

[Harrison]

Get a larger hard drive

And personally, I'd drop down to the 7600GT

Saves you a LOT for $:Performance ratio

[Harrison]

P.S. That will SHIT all over EQ2

[Ginzburgh]

My PC now is a three year old dell with 2.0 ghz processor, a 20GB HD and I upgraded to 1 Gig of ram with an ATI 9800 256 meg video card.

I get about 10 FPS (tops) when playing EQII and I can't see half of my gear. That and I always fall through the world because there are whole chunks of the zone missing. It's a joke.

[Harrison]

That shouldn't be happening, I ran EQ2 on a 9700pro 256 (granted I have 2gigs of ram)

1.83 ghz processor too

I had it looking nice and at least 30FPS consistent average.

I'm much better off now, but that shouldn't be happening to you.

[Ginzburgh]

So what do you think the problem is? Video card driver? I got the new Catalyst 6.1 driver. I have all the settings turned on "extreme performance" too.

I mean, if I don't have to drop the $1300+ I would be happy just sticking with my regular machine.

[Menlaan]

How do you measure your FPS?

Menlaan

[Ginzburgh]

Just a guess. Comparing it to WoW. It's probably even less than that.

[Ginzburgh]

Hmm and I just realized I can save $100 by dropping the fancy red case.

[Lyion]

A few recommendations. I'd go with AMD over Intel. It's much, much faster.

Stick with the 7900GT.

Consider gettting 2 SATA drives in a Raid 0 configuration. It'll help decently for EQ2.

Finally, if you can afford it, go for 2 Gigs.

[Gidan]

You think the performance boost from a raid 0 would help with EQ2? Just seems to be the difference wouldn't really be noticable.

[Lyion]

You think the performance boost from a raid 0 would help with EQ2? Just seems to be the difference wouldn't really be noticable.

Ever played with Ginz? Half his playtime will be encompassed with

[LOADING....PLEASE WAIT]

For him the extra 35% in loading performance will save hours in the first month alone.

[Gidan]

Guess if its that bad, every little bit helps.

[Ginzburgh]

/sigh...he's right.

I lagged out one time in Cobalt Scar grouped with Kyojitsu and he died and blamed it on me.

Remember? "You are a druid, druids are healers, I cannot heal, I just died, therefore it is your fault."

[Ginzburgh]

Lyion, we have been friends for a long time. You are wealthy.

Buy me a computer.

Just think, it will only cost $1315 for a lifetime of Ginzlove.

[Lyion]

You have a hot girlfriend. If I buy you a new pooter you will spend less time with hot girl, which is infinitely superior to EQ2. Thus, by not buying you a new PC I'm showing my friendship and aiding in your longterm goal of having a sustained superior relationship with said babe. No thanks necessary. What are friends for.

[Ginzburgh]

Damn your superior adult reasoning!

[DangerPaul]

there is some serious gay overtones in that message to you ginz

[Lyion]

Brokeback Tech NT represent.

[Ginzburgh]

Hey I'm watching that movie tonight. Was it any good?

I'm thinking about lighting some candles and warming up some massage oils to create the proper ambiance.

[DangerPaul]

will only work if you watch alone or with Lyion

[Harrison]

And Lyion has to wear that sweater