256M video ram

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Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my 5200 to a
5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.

 

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42 wrote:
> In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
> kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
> > Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
5200 to a
> > 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>
> That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200

> and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.

Its amazing how much main memory can speed things up. (Not graphics
card memory)

I have a P4 1.6GHz with 512Mb of RAM and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with
128Mb. EQ2 was very close to unplayable with this system. I had to
change to extreme performance on the lowest resolution just to get it
anywhere near close to playable.

Last night I put extra memory in to make it 1Gb and the change is
amazing. I put the setting up to balanced, turned down a few options
that I consider aren't worth the extra CPU power and changed the screen
res to be 1280x1024. The game has been transformed!

I was very worried that I would have to upgrade my whole system at an
extra cost of £300 but that won't be needed now.

 

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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:35:11 -0500, "KY" <kyhighland@adelphia.net>
wrote:

>Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my 5200 to a
>5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>
Flash bastard !

My Athlon XP 2000 is starting to how it's age, I think - my gfx card
is fine, but my cpu just can't shift the data across.

And my credit card just got limit raise.

Hmmm.

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They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses !
And what's with all the carrots ?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway ?
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In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
> Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my 5200 to a
> 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.

That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.

 

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In article <1100861597.933249.314130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
nospam@giddy-kippers.co.uk says...
>
> 42 wrote:
> > In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
> > kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
> > > Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
> 5200 to a
> > > 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
> >
> > That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
>
> > and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.
>
> Its amazing how much main memory can speed things up. (Not graphics
> card memory)

To a point, yes. 512MB -> 1GB makes a big difference in EQ/EQ2. 1GB to
2GB is not worth mentioning, as least for EQ1. Once you have -enough- to
hold everything you need in RAM, you have -enough-. More beyond that is
pointless.

 

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"KY" <kyhighland@adelphia.net> wrote in
news:ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com:

> Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
> 5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>
>
>

I suspect most of the difference was going from 5200 to 5700, the 5200 is a
dog, I have a 256MB 5200, and it's sitting in a box collecting dust, it was
slower than my 4200-128MB.

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"steve.kaye" <nospam@giddy-kippers.co.uk> wrote in
news:1100861597.933249.314130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

>
> 42 wrote:
>> In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
>> kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
>> > Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
>> > 5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>>
>> That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
>
>> and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.
>
> Its amazing how much main memory can speed things up. (Not graphics
> card memory)
>
> I have a P4 1.6GHz with 512Mb of RAM and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with
> 128Mb. EQ2 was very close to unplayable with this system. I had to
> change to extreme performance on the lowest resolution just to get it
> anywhere near close to playable.
>
> Last night I put extra memory in to make it 1Gb and the change is
> amazing. I put the setting up to balanced, turned down a few options
> that I consider aren't worth the extra CPU power and changed the screen
> res to be 1280x1024. The game has been transformed!
>
> I was very worried that I would have to upgrade my whole system at an
> extra cost of £300 but that won't be needed now.
>

Yep, 1GB of dual channel PC3200 memory here, plus a 9800 Pro 128MB, and
the game rocks.

--
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Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons

On Steamfont in <Bane of Evil>
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"Graeme Faelban" <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:Xns95A65356DF5F2richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4...
> "steve.kaye" <nospam@giddy-kippers.co.uk> wrote in
> news:1100861597.933249.314130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>
>>
>> 42 wrote:
>>> In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
>>> kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
>>> > Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
>>> > 5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>>>
>>> That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
>>
>>> and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.
>>
>> Its amazing how much main memory can speed things up. (Not graphics
>> card memory)
>>
>> I have a P4 1.6GHz with 512Mb of RAM and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with
>> 128Mb. EQ2 was very close to unplayable with this system. I had to
>> change to extreme performance on the lowest resolution just to get it
>> anywhere near close to playable.
>>
>> Last night I put extra memory in to make it 1Gb and the change is
>> amazing. I put the setting up to balanced, turned down a few options
>> that I consider aren't worth the extra CPU power and changed the screen
>> res to be 1280x1024. The game has been transformed!
>>
>> I was very worried that I would have to upgrade my whole system at an
>> extra cost of £300 but that won't be needed now.
>>
>
> Yep, 1GB of dual channel PC3200 memory here, plus a 9800 Pro 128MB, and
> the game rocks.
>
> --
> On Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr>
> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons
>
> On Steamfont in <Bane of Evil>
> Graeme, 14 Dwarven Shaman, 12 Scholar

I currently play EQ1 - I have a P4 3.0, Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb and 2 gigs of
ram. Is this sufficient to run EQ2?

Thanks!

Lou

Fleeble - 50 Cleric
Stromm

 

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In article <JPpnd.5975$pK6.2765@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
biglou@ix.netcom.com says...
>
> "Graeme Faelban" <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns95A65356DF5F2richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4...
> > "steve.kaye" <nospam@giddy-kippers.co.uk> wrote in
> > news:1100861597.933249.314130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
> >
> >>
> >> 42 wrote:
> >>> In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
> >>> kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
> >>> > Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
> >>> > 5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
> >>>
> >>> That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
> >>
> >>> and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.
> >>
> >> Its amazing how much main memory can speed things up. (Not graphics
> >> card memory)
> >>
> >> I have a P4 1.6GHz with 512Mb of RAM and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with
> >> 128Mb. EQ2 was very close to unplayable with this system. I had to
> >> change to extreme performance on the lowest resolution just to get it
> >> anywhere near close to playable.
> >>
> >> Last night I put extra memory in to make it 1Gb and the change is
> >> amazing. I put the setting up to balanced, turned down a few options
> >> that I consider aren't worth the extra CPU power and changed the screen
> >> res to be 1280x1024. The game has been transformed!
> >>
> >> I was very worried that I would have to upgrade my whole system at an
> >> extra cost of £300 but that won't be needed now.
> >>
> >
> > Yep, 1GB of dual channel PC3200 memory here, plus a 9800 Pro 128MB, and
> > the game rocks.
> >
> > --
> > On Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr>
> > Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons
> >
> > On Steamfont in <Bane of Evil>
> > Graeme, 14 Dwarven Shaman, 12 Scholar
>
> I currently play EQ1 - I have a P4 3.0, Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb and 2 gigs of
> ram. Is this sufficient to run EQ2?
>

Are you serious? Or just clued out? EQ2 doesn't require half that. No
game in existence does yet.

 

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"Lou Vincze" <biglou@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
news:JPpnd.5975$pK6.2765@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:

>
> "Graeme Faelban" <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns95A65356DF5F2richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4...
>> "steve.kaye" <nospam@giddy-kippers.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:1100861597.933249.314130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>>
>>> 42 wrote:
>>>> In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
>>>> kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
>>>> > Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded
>>>> > my 5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>>>>
>>>> That has everything to do with the speed differences between the
>>>> 5200
>>>
>>>> and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.
>>>
>>> Its amazing how much main memory can speed things up. (Not graphics
>>> card memory)
>>>
>>> I have a P4 1.6GHz with 512Mb of RAM and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with
>>> 128Mb. EQ2 was very close to unplayable with this system. I had to
>>> change to extreme performance on the lowest resolution just to get
>>> it anywhere near close to playable.
>>>
>>> Last night I put extra memory in to make it 1Gb and the change is
>>> amazing. I put the setting up to balanced, turned down a few
>>> options that I consider aren't worth the extra CPU power and changed
>>> the screen res to be 1280x1024. The game has been transformed!
>>>
>>> I was very worried that I would have to upgrade my whole system at
>>> an extra cost of £300 but that won't be needed now.
>>>
>>
>> Yep, 1GB of dual channel PC3200 memory here, plus a 9800 Pro 128MB,
>> and the game rocks.
>>
>> --
>> On Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr>
>> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons
>>
>> On Steamfont in <Bane of Evil>
>> Graeme, 14 Dwarven Shaman, 12 Scholar
>
> I currently play EQ1 - I have a P4 3.0, Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb and 2
> gigs of ram. Is this sufficient to run EQ2?
>

Definitely. I have 1GB less ram, and an about equivalent processor, same
video card.

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Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons

On Steamfont in <Bane of Evil>
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"Graeme Faelban" <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:Xns95A65281BFA8Crichardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4...
> "KY" <kyhighland@adelphia.net> wrote in
> news:ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com:
>
>> Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
>> 5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I suspect most of the difference was going from 5200 to 5700, the 5200 is
> a
> dog, I have a 256MB 5200, and it's sitting in a box collecting dust, it
> was
> slower than my 4200-128MB.

The package for this BFG nvidia card said it was overclocked. LOL . It got
real laggy tonight (fri) may have to turn things down a bit.

>
> --
> On Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr>
> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons
>
> On Steamfont in <Bane of Evil>
> Graeme, 14 Dwarven Shaman, 12 Scholar

 

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Lou Vincze wrote:
> "Graeme Faelban" <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns95A65356DF5F2richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4...
>
>>"steve.kaye" <nospam@giddy-kippers.co.uk> wrote in
>>news:1100861597.933249.314130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>>42 wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com>,
>>>>kyhighland@adelphia.net says...
>>>>
>>>>>Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
>>>>>5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>>>>
>>>>That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
>>>
>>>>and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.
>>>
>>>Its amazing how much main memory can speed things up. (Not graphics
>>>card memory)
>>>
>>>I have a P4 1.6GHz with 512Mb of RAM and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with
>>>128Mb. EQ2 was very close to unplayable with this system. I had to
>>>change to extreme performance on the lowest resolution just to get it
>>>anywhere near close to playable.
>>>
>>>Last night I put extra memory in to make it 1Gb and the change is
>>>amazing. I put the setting up to balanced, turned down a few options
>>>that I consider aren't worth the extra CPU power and changed the screen
>>>res to be 1280x1024. The game has been transformed!
>>>
>>>I was very worried that I would have to upgrade my whole system at an
>>>extra cost of £300 but that won't be needed now.
>>>
>>
>>Yep, 1GB of dual channel PC3200 memory here, plus a 9800 Pro 128MB, and
>>the game rocks.
>>
>>--
>>On Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr>
>>Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons
>>
>>On Steamfont in <Bane of Evil>
>>Graeme, 14 Dwarven Shaman, 12 Scholar
>
>
> I currently play EQ1 - I have a P4 3.0, Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb and 2 gigs of
> ram. Is this sufficient to run EQ2?

*lurker appears from hiding*

Yes, it is. Bastard with a high-end system. I'm going to go back into
my lurking corner now, so that I can go sulk over the betterness of your
system over mine.

*glowers and returns to hiding*

--
The Astute Andrew
Just a kid seeking enlightenment.

 

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In article <MPG.1c07258d2b505b3f9898b4@shawnews>, 42 wrote:
> That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
> and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.

You sure about that? I've got a 5900xt with 128 meg, and it gets pretty slow
in some places. I've been told that EQ2 is *very* texture-intensive, and can
benefit greatly from more video ram.

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Graeme Faelban wrote:
> "KY" <kyhighland@adelphia.net> wrote in
> news:ENmdnSELwNA3rADcRVn-sQ@adelphia.com:
>
>
>>Man what a difference 256 meg of vid ram makes. I just upgraded my
>>5200 to a 5700 and it is unreal how well the grafics are now.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I suspect most of the difference was going from 5200 to 5700, the 5200 is a
> dog, I have a 256MB 5200, and it's sitting in a box collecting dust, it was
> slower than my 4200-128MB.

True.
However I find that turning the texture resolution way up kills
performance on my 128M FX5900 card but doesn't make nearly as much
difference on my 256MB Radeon mobility 9800.

I know the 9800 mobility is faster but turning up the texture resolution
makes much less *difference* on this card which I imagine is mostly due
to it having enough texture memory to hold the textures...

 

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In article <E_End.6604$pK6.2578@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com says...
> In article <MPG.1c07258d2b505b3f9898b4@shawnews>, 42 wrote:
> > That has everything to do with the speed differences between the 5200
> > and 5700 and almost nothing to do with the vid ram.
>
> You sure about that?

Yes.

> I've got a 5900xt with 128 meg, and it gets pretty slow
> in some places. I've been told that EQ2 is *very* texture-intensive, and can
> benefit greatly from more video ram.

EQ2 probably can benefit from xtra v-ram. And if your running textures
at max, it probably will make a difference.

However, that said, the OP was running in low-res modes and still
getting barely playable performance. In his case the jump out of the
5200 to the 5700 would account for almost all his performance boost. I
remain confident the v-ram was not the bottleneck.