EQ Upgrades to DirectX 9

# Feb 13 2004 at 3:41 AM Rating: Decent

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7 posts

I have DX9A, how do I get DX9B?
Thanks.

Cheap DX9 cards

# Feb 12 2004 at 12:03 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

DOnt worry about paying out large sums of cash for a new card - my old G4 mx440 runs DX9 quite happily and is availabe for less than 35 pounds sterling

lame

# Feb 12 2004 at 12:52 AM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

So if my computer sucks (which it does) i have to go upgrade some video card to play EQ? what if i dont i cant play any more? haha sony loses money.

What is worng with EQ the way it is now? when Sony started nerfing ppl and changing this and that is when EQ started to get more lame and boring.

Better Graphics = more lag

Eh i havnt downloaded this yet cause i realy dont want to know if i need to quit eq now lol but if i do i do oh well.

But it sucks that soe does stuff like this... not everybody can jsut go out and buy some 100$ or whatever new computer peice

RE: lame

# Feb 12 2004 at 12:56 AM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

oh and btw my graphics card wont even let me see the target rings on mobs... i realy doubt this thing is going to work for me.. Im screwed :(

RE: lame

# Feb 28 2004 at 6:18 AM Rating: Decent

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You know you people may not be a screwed as you think because better graphic's might not mean more lag, if I remember correctly when I first read about this a few months back, the hole point of the new engine was actually to reduce lag. You may log onto EQ after all is said done and be pleasantly surprised.

DX9 and EQ

# Feb 11 2004 at 12:45 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

Quit whinning people. DX9 is going to be used for ALL games in the NEAR future. If you can't run DX9 with your current video card... GO BUY a new one. A GeForceFX 5200 128M card is like what $80. Jeesh. Save your money for the next 2 months and buy a new card.

Stop your whining, and upgrade...

# Feb 11 2004 at 11:50 AM Rating: Decent

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8 posts

Please upgrade your computer, the more we move FORWARD the better the game gets.

Edited, Wed Feb 11 16:29:13 2004

Mobile Radeon

# Feb 10 2004 at 3:23 PM Rating: Decent

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6 posts

I play EQ on a notebook with a mobile radeon 7500 processor. There is no DirectX 9 for this one. Also not a chance to upgrade a graphics card in a notebook. :(

What's Sony gonna do about this? Will I not be able to play EQ anymore? Or do I have to invest about 2000 Euro for a new notebook?

Now i'm really going berserk!!

RE: Mobile Radeon

# Feb 11 2004 at 1:22 PM Rating: Decent

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6 posts

My bad. It can be run on my graphic chip :)

RE: Mobile Radeon

# Mar 24 2004 at 12:40 PM Rating: Decent

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6 posts

was ganan say...im running that card =p Dint even hafta dl DX9 - must already have it. yay =p Ganna upgrade my driver soon tho.

Graphics upgrade

# Feb 10 2004 at 11:29 AM Rating: Decent

firestonegem

12 posts

Ok for all you people in Europe - PC Wold had the ge-Force ultra graphics card at an atronomical price of 200 pounds sterling. Come on SOE don't we pay enough already just to play?

RE: Graphics upgrade

# Feb 10 2004 at 2:08 PM Rating: Decent

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14 posts

Who says people need to buy the high-end geForce Ultra? There are plenty of value-priced video cards out there.

Frankly I'd be surprised if there's that many people who have video cards that can't work with DX9 (as opposed to take advantage of DX9's features) playing EQ. Most cards that old probably can't run EQ acceptably as is, so it's probably time for an upgrade anyway.

Graphics Discount

# Feb 10 2004 at 11:24 AM Rating: Decent

firestonegem

12 posts

Its good new for all EQ players who live within the USA but what about the rest of us who live outside of the USA - personally I live in Europe and so do many other EQ players where is our discount to upgrade our graphics cards?

Or are we unimportant to Eq?

DXDIAG

# Feb 09 2004 at 10:51 AM Rating: Excellent

Anonymous

Anonymous

To check your current version, just got to the start menu, then run, then type DXDIAG

RE: DXDIAG

# Feb 12 2004 at 8:25 PM Rating: Decent

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5 posts

Also make sure you have DX version B there is a version A out there too ..

Balzzodar 65th Bard on Vaz. Server

RE: DXDIAG

# Feb 10 2004 at 8:32 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

Thanks for the post really appreciate i was going to upgrade to but i found that i have the current directx9 and dont need to..Thanks again..
Smiley: yippee

RE: DXDIAG

# Feb 09 2004 at 1:58 PM Rating: Good

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Sage

159 posts

Thanks for this info. The dxdiag program was very easy to read! I thought I needed to upgrade and would have done so if I hadn't seen this post and used the little dxdiag applet!

What I'd like to see...

# Feb 09 2004 at 9:03 AM Rating: Decent

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14 posts

...and I know this doesn't have all that much to do with DX9, but it does with graphics. I'd love to see some upgrades of the graphical skins of old weapons.

The upgrade to the spell effects was nice, and I can't imagine updating/adding to the weapon graphics would be a huge investment of developer time. Just seems a shame that good weapons like the Shadowed Soul mace and Arbitors greatsword are burdened with lame graphics.

Again, not a necessity; just would be nice is all.

So What?

# Feb 08 2004 at 4:50 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

So they are upgrading the engine to a DX 9.0b engine. That shouldn't matter to most of you out there. The only requirement is that your video card needs to be DX 9.0 compatable. This doesn't mean you need to go buy a $200 video card. In most cases you should be fine if you update your video card drivers to the most recent driver. This driver needs to be DX 9 complatable, even if the card is not. So basically, my Radeon 9000, which is only DX 8.1 compliant, will run just fine because I have the newest drivers which work with DX 9.0. Granted, image quality won't be in DX 9.0 format (it's only a 8.0 card), but it'll work just the same.

Sure you dont already have it installed?

# Feb 08 2004 at 12:18 PM Rating: Decent

Kylwen

138 posts

This also caused me to stir, but its been awhile since I've been into my system since it runs well atm. I already had DirectX 9 installed... before you complain about anything, follow the instructions to check your directx version. I remembering installing it in one of the engine upgrades in the past, because i thought i had to.

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# Feb 08 2004 at 11:08 AM Rating: Default

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Scholar

40 posts

WTS GeForce2 Ultra 200k
WTS GeForce3 Ti200 300k

this will cost me my acount

# Feb 08 2004 at 6:57 AM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

This is getting ridiculous, already had to purchace 1 new puter cause of this game. Not all of us can go out and buy the latest and the best. The video card is built into the mother board on mine and cant be upgraded. Gee, thanks Sony, years of work and hard earned money for a little relaxation shot because not all of us have expendable cash. This will probably cost me my account.

RE: this will cost me my acount

# Feb 12 2004 at 8:16 AM Rating: Decent

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31 posts

My card is also built in, but you do not need to change the chip. All you are doing is upgrading the drivers for it. Its a software change and not a hardware change. If you bought your computer within the last couple years and the card is built in it is more than likely compatible with DX9. Who knows, maybe it has already been automatically upgraded to DX9 if you have Win Xp.

RE: this will cost me my acount

# Feb 10 2004 at 12:56 AM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

hey man dont worry bout it being built in you can add an extra vid card to your comp mine was the same way the card was built into mother but i just bought a new card and installed it just like i would a sound card or a modem card

RE: this will cost me my acount

# Feb 08 2004 at 4:57 PM Rating: Excellent

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Sage

531 posts

Any Nvidia or ATI card on the market today will work fine, even the cheapies. Second, you don't even know if your on-board vid card will work or not, it very well may.

Most people already HAVE DirectX 9 as it's been out for a year or so and you just need to download it from Windows Updates. EQ is just finally catching up to more modern standards that most people have already had.

Wait and see, chances are you system will be fine, it's very few systems that will need to upgrade video cards. If you do happen to need a new Video card, just pop it in the AGP slot, plug your monitor cable into it, restart the computer and install the drivers. Probably need to restart again and you'll be good to go, you shouldn't even have to disable the on-board video.

RE: this will cost me my acount

# Feb 08 2004 at 12:20 PM Rating: Decent

Kylwen

138 posts

First thing, just about all the time anyways, that a gamer does with a comp that has built in vid on motherboard, is adds a better video card to the board(and disables the onboard/builtin card).. I'm not aware of any mb's that cant be upgraded. Learn more about your computer would be best for you here.

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upgrade? gimme a break

# Feb 07 2004 at 10:35 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

oh yeah. i'm sure that i'll do NOTHING, like the last 2 dx upgrades. lol

that's stupid...

# Feb 07 2004 at 12:24 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

what about for people who want to play but dont have the money to just go buy a new comp or video card... kids play this too...

RE: that's stupid...

# Feb 10 2004 at 8:49 AM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

"Kids play this too" Well apperantly you can afford to pay the monthly fee to play everquest and the monthly fee for you ISP. You also got a PC. Just beg more money outa your folks like you are already doing.

RE: that's stupid...

# Feb 07 2004 at 9:52 PM Rating: Decent

Trellium

508 posts

Well, lets face it all you need is a GeForce1 or newer. Should be able to get those used for next to nothing if you really need to. Even a new card that is decent can be had for $50, if your current card is more than 3 years old.

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RE: Turd

# Feb 06 2004 at 1:59 AM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

If you dont like the game why are you looking at the threads??????

neat

# Feb 05 2004 at 8:48 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

i do hope this fixs problems with constant lag areas in complicated zones such as the burning woods

So...

# Feb 05 2004 at 2:42 PM Rating: Excellent

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Scholar

21 posts

For those of us who already have DX9, will we see a visual performance increase as well as stability once this goes live? Or have the graphics pretty much capped out until they re-do the old world textures that are still left over?

RE: So...

# Feb 05 2004 at 10:47 PM Rating: Excellent

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Sage

531 posts

Direct X 9 support WILL improve frame-rates and over-all performance, but you may not see an improvement in the graphics other than that as those are code based. Any improvements in that area will most likely be slight if at all. It DOES allow more advanced graphic options but those will have to be added over time. Those more advanced graphics will probably come at the cost of reduced frame-rates and over-all performance though. LOL (but I'm sure much like todays graphic options, you will be able to limit and turn off a lot of the bells and whistles just as you can now).