Graphics Card Suggestions

[akell]

     Hello all. I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for a nice graphics card for running EQ2. I have read that EQ2 has a lot of problems with the 8800's so i'd like to stay away from that unless these problems have been resolved. I'd like to stay around the $200-$250 price range if at all possible. I saw the stickied thread at the top but the card suggested got pretty mixed customer reviews. Thank you in advance.

[TSR-TrevorG]

My x1950 is great :p

[Jesdyr]

The problem is that currently EQ2 does not use the graphics card to its best potential. The game is much more CPU/RAM bound than GPU bound. I just picked up an 8800GT and eq2 is running fine. I 3 box and have 3 machines next to each other and between them there is a large range of hardware but they all run the game about the same. Machine 1 is a clear winner but I think it has more to do with the CPU and RAMSys 1 (few weeks old)CPU - AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz (OC'd slightly to about 2.6GHz)RAM - 4GB PC2 6400 (using 32bit XP so not all is addressable)GPU - 8800GT 512MBMB chipset - AMD 780GSys 2 CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHzRAM - 1GB PC2 6400GPU - x1950PROMB Chipset - NVIDIA GeForce 7025Sys 3 CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2GHzRAM - 2GB PC 3200GPU - 7900GS 256MBMB Chipset - NVIDIA nForce4 SLIOh and... if you get a 8800gt ... stay away from the Evga unless you have a new motherboard that supports PCI-e 2.0 .. The Evga cards seem to have problems with their reverse compatability (there is firmware to fix it, but you cant run it if the card wont work). <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103255" target="_blank"></a>

[akell]

Thanks folks I'll do some research and check those out.