Just need some suggestions on an upgrade..look inside

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Okay I have my Own opinion as far as parts in mind, but I wanted to see what you guys thought. Im not asking you to do any work for me..just suggestions. keep in mind this computer will only be running everquest 2...which is a VERY VERY poorly programed game, to give you some background I have a dual core 2.66 with 3gig of 800mhz ram, and a 2600xt OC'd (how sweet is that for a game that cameout when the geforce ti4600 was top dog lol 2004'ish)...and I can only run balanced or less settings in group..and when I raid (many more characters to render on screen) I have to almost run JUNK mode.(everything off)

okay, His current setup:

Asus p5b MB w\pentium D 3.0ghz
3gig gskill 800mhz ram
1600xt 512

we're going to do a CPU, Ram and Video card upgrade...he's willing to spend 400-500$

Now I know his computer supports core 2 duo's, im pretty sure...I havent looked into quad cores...but everquest 2 has no support for quad cores anyhow. SO please...any suggestions, let me know. thank you in advanced.

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Well, I was worried I was going to hear "get rid of that motherboard..blah blah" but Im glad to see you suggested almost EXACTLY what i was thinking(being an ati fan :)). anyone else?

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One thing to know is shadows are an issue in EQ2. They are not offloaded to the GPU...the cpu handles them.

My advice is to tone down shadows a lot. You will see a massive difference.
 
I do beleive now you're able to assign wiether or not you want the GPU or CPU to handle the shadows...I played with all those settings and it didnt make a lick of difference. but I didnt go into much depth on it...either way a 1600xt and a 3.0 pentium d arnt cutting it anyways :) he's due for a much needed upgrade. and he runs extreme mode...which there is extreme performance, very high Perf. high perf. and balanced(which is the first setting shadows are used on I beleive.) so thats not an issue for him..but thank you for the suggestion :)

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gwarren007 said:
If you wanted a quad, you could get a Q6600 off the FS/FT for around $125 and still have enough $$ for a 4890 or 5850.
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I dont think eq2 supports quad cores..and its dual core support is mediocre at best...but I will pitch him the idea...and we're sure the p5b supports the q6600? Also if he replaces ram to match fsb...instead of sticking with the 800mhz...how much of a performance gain are we talking? ty.

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Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.B3,4 cores) ALL 0609

Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.G0,4 cores) ALL 1405

Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.G0,4 cores) ALL 1405
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Flash to latest bios, good to go!!
 
gwarren007 said:
Flash to latest bios, good to go!!
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he hates the whole flash the bios thing..cuz originally he has a p5 mobo...and we couldn't run the pentium D without a bios flash, well the flash caused ALL sorts of problems. and we ended up having to buy a p5b and newegg would not RMA the p5....so will he have to flash the bios if we go with a core 2 duo? we were thinking the 2.83ghz duo e8XXX LMK and ty....and we all agree a 4850 would be a great jump from a 1600xt :)

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