Computer spec and EQ2 help

Elwin · 06-16-2008, 04:46 PM

Hey everyone. Just have a question about my new comp build ill be doing shortly. Question I have is if ill be able to run eq2 on max settings or not. Say in a 6v6 or instance group situation.

I know eq2 is CPU heavy and puts a lot of the rendering onto the CPU instead of the GPU. So I'm a bit concerned about the CPU I'm getting since its a quad core and eq2 will only use 1 core.

Build spec sheet.

Intel Q9450 quad core 2.6 GHZ 1333MHZ FSB 12MB Cache
4GB of DDR3 OCZ Gold RAM 1333MHZ
2 Seagate Baracuda drives in Raid 0
Apevia Warlock 1100W Black Alum. PSU w/ Multi-LED XFX Ge-Force 9800gtx 512MB

Was going to 3 way SLI the 9800gtx but its pointless since EQ2 doesn't use SLI from what I hear, so I just decided to get 1 for now and then upgrade later if needed.

BTW guys this is a serious question. I know this comp would run most game easy but this is EQ2. Would be very disappointing after spending all this money and cant run the game at high. thanks for your help in advanced

Vaanir · 06-16-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Elwin

Hey everyone. Just have a question about my new comp build ill be doing shortly. Question I have is if ill be able to run eq2 on max settings or not. Say in a 6v6 or instance group situation.

I know eq2 is CPU heavy and puts a lot of the rendering onto the CPU instead of the GPU. So I'm a bit concerned about the CPU I'm getting since its a quad core and eq2 will only use 1 core.

Build spec sheet.

Intel Q9450 quad core 2.6 GHZ 1333MHZ FSB 12MB Cache
4GB of DDR3 OCZ Gold RAM 1333MHZ
2 Seagate Baracuda drives in Raid 0
Apevia Warlock 1100W Black Alum. PSU w/ Multi-LED XFX Ge-Force 9800gtx 512MB

Was going to 3 way SLI the 9800gtx but its pointless since EQ2 doesn't use SLI from what I hear, so I just decided to get 1 for now and then upgrade later if needed.

BTW guys this is a serious question. I know this comp would run most game easy but this is EQ2. Would be very disappointing after spending all this money and cant run the game at high. thanks for your help in advanced

Even with the 8400 Dual Core one (if you wanted to save money) and some nice overlocking, you'll be able to play on max settings. I have a similar setup and I can run extreme in instances @ 1920 x 1200.
I'm not so sure on default clocks though :0