Can I run EQ2 with this hardware?

[Caitrio]

<p>I don't have a modern computer by any stretch of the imagination but it can run WoW, DDO, and LotRO at med-low to med-high graphics so my question is, can it run this too? (I don't really care about the graphics, for all I care it could be worse than PSX graphics) Here are my basic hardware specifications:</p><p>Pentium 4 2.89GHz processor</p><p>798MB DDR RAM</p><p>Nvidia GeForce 6200 256MB video card (PCI serial bus because that's all I have, I don't even have AGP)</p><p>Windows XP Home SP3 with all current updates</p><p>And if it matters I have a full T3 connection too.</p><p>Thanks in advance for any help ^_^</p>

[Aloon]

<p>Course, the ram is prob ur biggest prob, but u can probably play on low graphics.i had 2 gig cpu, 128 meg vid card, and 1 gig mem and i ran on high performance, good luck!If all else fails, just download the trail, it has the same graphics capabilities.</p>

[Caitrio]

<p>My RAM is going to be a big problem? May I ask why? All the other games I listed need about the same amount for minimum and recommended specs and they run perfectly fine on the settings I have them on.</p><p>Does this game have have a mem leak issue or something similar? Because that's the only reason I can think of that would give me a problem.....</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Caitriona wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>My RAM is going to be a big problem? May I ask why? All the other games I listed need about the same amount for minimum and recommended specs and they run perfectly fine on the settings I have them on.</p><p>Does this game have have a mem leak issue or something similar? Because that's the only reason I can think of that would give me a problem.....</p></blockquote><p>Well, the recommended specs for the game state that you should have at least 1GB of memory to run the game.  The 6200 is also on the lower side, though it should work ok.  When I began playing Everquest 2 I was using a 6800ultra and I had to scale back the graphics a fair degree.</p><p>One final note, it looks like you are using mis-matched sticks of ram.  You'll get much better performance if you use 2 matched sticks of RAM in dual channel.  For example, run 2x 512MB sticks instead of the 512 and 256 you seem to be using.  Obviously 2x 1GB sticks would be preferable, but use what works for you on a price vs performance level.</p><p>You should be able to play the game without changing anything, but the information above should help if you're looking towards a cheap and effective upgrade.</p>