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PattontheGen

10-30-2009, 03:00 PM

My night last night was a blast! My problems started this past sunday out of know where, I was on my warlock in a DD group and bam my graphics go crazy, colors start going bezerk, almost like a mosaic of colors and such flashing almost like the game was still running in the back ground i just couldn't make out any image. So I rebooted the pc and chalked it up to just bad luck, then rejoined the group and bam like 5 min later it does the same thing. So I reboot yet again and rejoin and bam a few min later it does it again. This time around I am really upset and decide to log into a diffrent toon and play the game. So I logg into a diffrent toon and play the game for a few hours without any problems...and think humm thats strange. Tuesday comes along and we are getting ready to pull the named in ToMc and bam it happens to me again. So I reboot and log back in rejoin the raid and play the rest of the night without any problems. The next day comes along and i am in a group in EA and it happens to me again (mind you it always seems to happen with i am on warlock) someone in group said they had the same card I do (8800 GTX 768MB) and they had the same problem. Hwoever once they updated the drivers the problem went away. So I thought oh ok i will do that before thursdays raid and i shoudl be fine. So I play the game the rest of the night with no problems running all over the place changing in and out of diffrent toons and zones. So last night comes along and before raid i update the GPU drivers and log into game and start to call home and bam the game does the same thing. So I reboot and log back in and with in 30 secs it does the same thing. I reboot yet again and now i can't even get the XP log in screen to appear. After a few more reboots i get logged back into XP and the game and with in a min or two it does it to me again. So I do a system restore thinking man that new driver really made things worse. Before last night the only time i had problems was in game on my warlock now its starting to do it to me even while i am sitting at desktop. Well after a while I was able to get back to desktop and I check my chipset driver and BIOS version and noticed there is a new bios version that was released this week. So I flash the bios and reboot log into game and it does it to me again , so I reboot update graphics drivers and reboot log into the game and it seems to be fine. I leave the game logged in for @ 45+ min and zone a few times, cast a few spells, buffs run around ect...trying to get it to do the samething and it seems to be fine. Then i open IE on my 2nd monitor and with in a few secs I get the " EQ2 has encountered a error and must shut down" I click ok and it drops me to desk top. By this time its after 11pm and I have beem messing with this crap for the most part since @ 6:45pm so i just shut the pc down and go to bed. It does not seem to be a overheat issue of any sort because the game ran fine for almost a hour without any problems, and has run fine for the most part all week. Today when i get home i plan on trying to reproduce the problem i got late last night "EQ2 has encountered a error and must shut down" when i opened IE Anyone else having any issues like this, up until this problem I could not tell you the last time i ever had a problem with the game. I normally play 4 or 5 days a week a few hours each day and never have any major problems so not sure how this came about out of know where.The only updates I did around the time this started to happen (10-25-09 was the 1st time it happend) was update ACT, fairly sure i remember a windows update last week or weekend....thats it. And it seems strange that it only seems to happen with I am on my Warlock, I also play my Pally, Warden, Ranger all the time and have not had the same thing not sure if that is good luck or what.

BDoodle

10-30-2009, 04:02 PM

Hi, I noticed at one stage you said you got an error: "EQ2 has encountered a error and must shut down".Did you notice what the error was?I've been having similar issues, (screen goes blank; no k/b or mouse intervention possible,) but I believe mine is related to the DirectX issues that many other people have been experiencing.Also, some info that might help the techs when they get to you: OS; OS version; (you already mentioned your graphics card); graphics driver version; and any crash log info you might have, (drwatson32 gives some reasonably good info. if you're an XP user. Or, if you know how to access it, I believe eq2 has its own crashlog.)

balel1975

10-30-2009, 04:39 PM

<cite>PattontheGen wrote:</cite><blockquote>My night last night was a blast! My problems started this past sunday out of know where, I was on my warlock in a DD group and bam my graphics go crazy, colors start going bezerk, almost like a mosaic of colors and such flashing almost like the game was still running in the back ground i just couldn't make out any image. So I rebooted the pc and chalked it up to just bad luck, then rejoined the group and bam like 5 min later it does the same thing. So I reboot yet again and rejoin and bam a few min later it does it again. This time around I am really upset and decide to log into a diffrent toon and play the game. So I logg into a diffrent toon and play the game for a few hours without any problems...and think humm thats strange. Tuesday comes along and we are getting ready to pull the named in ToMc and bam it happens to me again. So I reboot and log back in rejoin the raid and play the rest of the night without any problems. The next day comes along and i am in a group in EA and it happens to me again (mind you it always seems to happen with i am on warlock) someone in group said they had the same card I do (8800 GTX 768MB) and they had the same problem. Hwoever once they updated the drivers the problem went away. So I thought oh ok i will do that before thursdays raid and i shoudl be fine. So I play the game the rest of the night with no problems running all over the place changing in and out of diffrent toons and zones. So last night comes along and before raid i update the GPU drivers and log into game and start to call home and bam the game does the same thing. So I reboot and log back in and with in 30 secs it does the same thing. I reboot yet again and now i can't even get the XP log in screen to appear. After a few more reboots i get logged back into XP and the game and with in a min or two it does it to me again. So I do a system restore thinking man that new driver really made things worse. Before last night the only time i had problems was in game on my warlock now its starting to do it to me even while i am sitting at desktop. Well after a while I was able to get back to desktop and I check my chipset driver and BIOS version and noticed there is a new bios version that was released this week. So I flash the bios and reboot log into game and it does it to me again , so I reboot update graphics drivers and reboot log into the game and it seems to be fine. I leave the game logged in for @ 45+ min and zone a few times, cast a few spells, buffs run around ect...trying to get it to do the samething and it seems to be fine. Then i open IE on my 2nd monitor and with in a few secs I get the " EQ2 has encountered a error and must shut down" I click ok and it drops me to desk top. By this time its after 11pm and I have beem messing with this crap for the most part since @ 6:45pm so i just shut the pc down and go to bed. It does not seem to be a overheat issue of any sort because the game ran fine for almost a hour without any problems, and has run fine for the most part all week. Today when i get home i plan on trying to reproduce the problem i got late last night "EQ2 has encountered a error and must shut down" when i opened IE Anyone else having any issues like this, up until this problem I could not tell you the last time i ever had a problem with the game. I normally play 4 or 5 days a week a few hours each day and never have any major problems so not sure how this came about out of know where.The only updates I did around the time this started to happen (10-25-09 was the 1st time it happend) was update ACT, fairly sure i remember a windows update last week or weekend....thats it. And it seems strange that it only seems to happen with I am on my Warlock, I also play my Pally, Warden, Ranger all the time and have not had the same thing not sure if that is good luck or what. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You have described my problem exactly. I've also taken the same steps as you have included retro-ing my nvidea driver back to version 190.38 cause I read that might help. Only it seems that this happens to me on every character I have instead of just one. I use Win XP, and I too have an 8800 GTX 768 card. When it happens to me I get this weird graphic thing sorta like an old Nintendo once did after it got a little aged, blocky type stuff, wierd colors, and cant really see or read much on the screen, my mouse is still responsive but after a couple seconds it locks up also. However, this problem keeps persisting after reboot if I dont wait a couple minutes before booting up. I too can still hear sounds in the game kinda like it's still running in the background. And this problem for me too also came from out of nowhere. It seems kinda random at times, I might play for an hour or more and then it starts, or I might play for 30 seconds and it starts, never can get a reliable way of making it happen or anything.regards,Balel</blockquote>

TSR-DanielH

10-30-2009, 05:03 PM

<cite>balel1975 wrote:</cite><blockquote><blockquote>You have described my problem exactly. I've also taken the same steps as you have included retro-ing my nvidea driver back to version 190.38 cause I read that might help. Only it seems that this happens to me on every character I have instead of just one. I use Win XP, and I too have an 8800 GTX 768 card. When it happens to me I get this weird graphic thing sorta like an old Nintendo once did after it got a little aged, blocky type stuff, wierd colors, and cant really see or read much on the screen, my mouse is still responsive but after a couple seconds it locks up also. However, this problem keeps persisting after reboot if I dont wait a couple minutes before booting up. I too can still hear sounds in the game kinda like it's still running in the background. And this problem for me too also came from out of nowhere. It seems kinda random at times, I might play for an hour or more and then it starts, or I might play for 30 seconds and it starts, never can get a reliable way of making it happen or anything.regards,Balel</blockquote></blockquote>I'm sorry to say this, but the problem you're describing sounds like heat related graphics card death. First check to see if the fans are spinning and that the vents are clear of dust and debris. Then I would advise rolling back to the 186 drivers since they are the most stable option. You can get those through the following link:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us" target="_blank">http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find...aspx?lang=en-us</a>If the problem persists at that point then you'll probably want to check if it's still under warranty. I doubt the graphics card will last through another week of standard use now that it has progressed to this stage.

PattontheGen

10-30-2009, 06:02 PM

<cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>balel1975 wrote:</cite><blockquote><blockquote>You have described my problem exactly. I've also taken the same steps as you have included retro-ing my nvidea driver back to version 190.38 cause I read that might help. Only it seems that this happens to me on every character I have instead of just one. I use Win XP, and I too have an 8800 GTX 768 card. When it happens to me I get this weird graphic thing sorta like an old Nintendo once did after it got a little aged, blocky type stuff, wierd colors, and cant really see or read much on the screen, my mouse is still responsive but after a couple seconds it locks up also. However, this problem keeps persisting after reboot if I dont wait a couple minutes before booting up. I too can still hear sounds in the game kinda like it's still running in the background. And this problem for me too also came from out of nowhere. It seems kinda random at times, I might play for an hour or more and then it starts, or I might play for 30 seconds and it starts, never can get a reliable way of making it happen or anything.regards,Balel</blockquote></blockquote>I'm sorry to say this, but the problem you're describing sounds like heat related graphics card death. First check to see if the fans are spinning and that the vents are clear of dust and debris. Then I would advise rolling back to the 186 drivers since they are the most stable option. You can get those through the following link:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us" target="_blank">http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find...aspx?lang=en-us</a>If the problem persists at that point then you'll probably want to check if it's still under warranty. I doubt the graphics card will last through another week of standard use now that it has progressed to this stage.</blockquote>I'm finding it extremly hard to beleive that its a graphics card death. I can play the game for 4 hours straight boxing my toons on the same pc and it runs perfect. I can plan just one of my toons for hours at a time in raids, in guild hall, in DD groups ect...and not a single problem. Last night after I updated the bios and GPU driver I let the game run for almost a hour straight without any problems, and even when the game did crash finally it was not the same problem that caused it to crash.I have checked the fans and they are all running, i have cleaned the inside out as well. I do not over clock anything on my pc.Befor I updated the graphcis driver last night I had not updated the driver in ages and never ever had any problems whats so ever.What Balel describs is exaclty what happens to me when this happens and like him mine started out of know were. Last saturday I played the game for hours and it ran perfectly, then sunday log in and a hour later the problems happens, and it seems strange that it only seems to happen while I am on my warlock-it has never happend on any other toon of mine and I have a lot of them that I play.Intel 2.66x2Windows XP home (<---don't remember exactly why i installed home on this pc vs pro which i own as well hehe)Nvidia 8800 GTX 768MB10k Raptor 150gig hard drive833 DDR2 3gigs totalAsus P5N32-e SLI (need to double check that when i get home)Latest Nvidia driver version as of last night

TSR-DanielH

10-30-2009, 06:30 PM

<cite>PattontheGen wrote:</cite><blockquote>I'm finding it extremly hard to beleive that its a graphics card death. I can play the game for 4 hours straight boxing my toons on the same pc and it runs perfect. I can plan just one of my toons for hours at a time in raids, in guild hall, in DD groups ect...and not a single problem. Last night after I updated the bios and GPU driver I let the game run for almost a hour straight without any problems, and even when the game did crash finally it was not the same problem that caused it to crash.I have checked the fans and they are all running, i have cleaned the inside out as well. I do not over clock anything on my pc.Befor I updated the graphcis driver last night I had not updated the driver in ages and never ever had any problems whats so ever.What Balel describs is exaclty what happens to me when this happens and like him mine started out of know were. Last saturday I played the game for hours and it ran perfectly, then sunday log in and a hour later the problems happens, and it seems strange that it only seems to happen while I am on my warlock-it has never happend on any other toon of mine and I have a lot of them that I play.Intel 2.66x2Windows XP home (<---don't remember exactly why i installed home on this pc vs pro which i own as well hehe)Nvidia 8800 GTX 768MB10k Raptor 150gig hard drive833 DDR2 3gigs totalAsus P5N32-e SLI (need to double check that when i get home)Latest Nvidia driver version as of last night</blockquote>The issue you're describing is slightly different than the one I quoted. The kind of artifacting you're describing still sounds like it is related to the hardware, though. In your case I'm guessing one of the memory sectors has burned out.As mentioned in my last post, I would not recommend using the latest drivers that you mentioned in your post. Roll back to the 186 series that is linked in my last response. If the problem persists at that point then delete the settings/UI files used by the game. Here is a list of the specific files:cache foldereq2_recent.inieq2_default.iniEverQuest2.exee q2.iniAs well as the character specific files, these will appear as such:Servername_CharacterName_EQ2_uisettings.iniSt ationname_characters.iniTo do this, please follow these directions:1. First look for your EverQuest II directory. You can find the default directory in: C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest II2. Click on MY COMPUTER and then proceed into local disk C:3. Navigate your way to the default directory, or your chosen installation directory.4. Next look for any files explained above and delete them. 5. Afterwards, please start EverQuest II to have these files re-downloaded by the patcher.If deleting these files does not resolve your issue, you can restore your backed up files and folders and retain your hotkeys, contact lists, and display settings.Still, I think performing steps like these will only prolong the amount of time that the graphics card has left.

balel1975

10-30-2009, 07:53 PM

I've reverted back to the 186 version of the drivers and gonna see how that goes. My fans are working and everything seems to be working on the vid card but if this doesn't work, you may be right bout the card getting ready to fail. I've had it for quite some time so it's my luck that this is prob the case LOL. anyways, thanks a ton for the reply tho.regards,Balel

PattontheGen

10-30-2009, 09:34 PM

Thanks for the replys so far. Have not had a chance to try any of the changes to the EQ2 files yet. I got home today and tried a few more things but my problem just keeps happening more now than ever.I was able to log into my desktop and was searching the net for information and things seemed to be fine but then after about 20+ min it happend again. 1st there was a flicker on both my monitors and then it just started to cycle through colors and eventually i couldn't do anything other than reboot the pc. Before it is finished with the reboot (about before it gets to the windows log in screen) the graphics go crazy again bunch of white dash's and lines across the screen then all kinds of colors.I did notice when I was in windows under device manager that I had something showing up as other device with a yellow ? on it and under that was PCI device with a yellow ?. Once i right clicked on that and picked properties it said something about like:PCI Slot 7 (pci bus 2, device 0, function 0)This device is not configured corretly (code 1)I have never seen that before so i assume that it has something to do with my problem. Does this mean anything to anyone?Seeing how this is looking more and more like it is my GPU (which really sucks because its only like 2yrs old and cost $550 when it 1st came out --------->my 1st Nvidia card ever, always had AIT in the past, hell my old x800 ATI which is about 6 or 7 years old still runs fine on my other pc<-------------) what would be a good Nvidia card to replace my 8800 GTX? I run duel monitors and play EQ2 all the time so want something really nice but it can't cost a $100000 dollars wife is going to have a heart attack when I tell her i might need a new video card...sigh

PsycoApocalipse

10-31-2009, 03:34 AM

Ah the venerable 8800 GTX (which I have one of that I put to rest some time ago) built on the G80 core can run extrodinarily hot on the stock heatsink fan, I replaced mine with an aftermarket cooler shortly after I got it. From what you are describing I deffintatly believe it to be component failure somewhere on the card, be it the GPU core itself, the memory or a blown/failing capacitor somewhere on the PCB. My best suggestion would be to replace it because it will only get worse. Right now the GTX 260 core 216 (I don't believe anyone sells the old version anymore) or the GTX 275 would be great bang for the buck, or a HD 5850 if you want to go for a brand new series of video card that will last you a very long time. All of these are capable of running multiple monitors and are reasonably priced.

PattontheGen

10-31-2009, 04:09 PM

Well I have started the search for a new graphics card, and maybe even a new processor <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> after my 8800GTX went out on me sigh!<div>Here are the exact specs of my pc finally found my paperwork: If I do end up getting a new CPU while I'm at it what do I need to do in order to make sure it works well with my current motherboard? 1000watt--Thermaltake toughpower W0132RU power supply quad sli rdyprocessor (intl core 2 duo processor E6700 (2x 2.66ghz/4mb L2 cache/1066fsb)motherboard (MSI P6N SLI-F nForce 650i SLI chipset w/7.1 sound, GB lan, s-ata usb 2.0 IEE) <-------this is strange because the book i have for my motherboard says P5n-E SLI....humm memory (2048MB [1024mb x2] DDR2-800 PC6400 memory module corsair xms2 xtreme <-----------I added another 1gig chip later onvideo card (nvidia geforce 8800gtx 768mb w/dvi + tv out hard drive Serial ATA-150, 10,000 rpm WD raptor wd1500adfd</div><div>windows XP Home</div>I want to make sure that the card i go for works well with EQ2 so anyone have any suggestions on a good Nvidia Card? want to stay within @ $100 to $300 or so never going to pay $550 for another graphics card!I have been hearing good things about Nvidia's 200 series cards any suggestions there? Want something that is at least current generation.Thanks

PattontheGen

11-02-2009, 08:31 PM

<div>Well it seems every where I go folks are recommending the AMD 5850 card as the card of choice right now. So think I am leaning that way, while I am at it I would also like to upgrade my CPU. Current CPU is processor (intl core 2 duo processor E6700 (2x 2.66ghz/4mb L2 Have had some suggest this Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz Would I see a nice performance improvment with the new card and that CPU vs my old card and CPU?</div>

TSR-DanielH

11-02-2009, 08:43 PM

<cite>PattontheGen wrote:</cite><blockquote><div>Well it seems every where I go folks are recommending the AMD 5850 card as the card of choice right now. So think I am leaning that way, while I am at it I would also like to upgrade my CPU. Current CPU is processor (intl core 2 duo processor E6700 (2x 2.66ghz/4mb L2 Have had some suggest this Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz Would I see a nice performance improvment with the new card and that CPU vs my old card and CPU?</div></blockquote>Regarding the graphics card, GTX260 or an HD 4870 would be good options within your price range. I assume the card you see recommended was the ATI HD 4850 which is a decent card as well at a slightly lower price point. The CPU you're talking about upgrading to would yield a slight improvement, but I honestly wouldn't bother upgrading unless you were trading up for at least an I7 chip. The upgrade you're proposing doesn't seem worth the money in my eyes, even though it is a good chip.

PattontheGen

11-02-2009, 11:30 PM

<cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>PattontheGen wrote:</cite><blockquote><div>Well it seems every where I go folks are recommending the AMD 5850 card as the card of choice right now. So think I am leaning that way, while I am at it I would also like to upgrade my CPU. Current CPU is processor (intl core 2 duo processor E6700 (2x 2.66ghz/4mb L2 Have had some suggest this Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz Would I see a nice performance improvment with the new card and that CPU vs my old card and CPU?</div></blockquote>Regarding the graphics card, GTX260 or an HD 4870 would be good options within your price range. I assume the card you see recommended was the ATI HD 4850 which is a decent card as well at a slightly lower price point. The CPU you're talking about upgrading to would yield a slight improvement, but I honestly wouldn't bother upgrading unless you were trading up for at least an I7 chip. The upgrade you're proposing doesn't seem worth the money in my eyes, even though it is a good chip.The primary reason I was looking at a new CPU was because of the new GPU. I have been reading some post and feedback that if I am going to go with a newer generation GPU I might benifit from a new processor so the GPU dosen't bottleneck??And the other reason is with the GPU going out i have a perfect cover story wit the wife to upgrade the CPU at the same time <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> would I not get any performance improvment with the new CPU + new GPU?? Compared to what I had before all this.Thanks for the feedback!!</blockquote>

Tro

11-03-2009, 08:49 AM

I have the GTX 260 and am very happy with it. If your PSU will support it then I highly recommend it... Should run around 160 bucks give or take a few..

TSR-DanielH

11-03-2009, 05:39 PM

<cite>Talsmar@Crushbone wrote:</cite><blockquote>I have the GTX 260 and am very happy with it. If your PSU will support it then I highly recommend it... Should run around 160 bucks give or take a few..</blockquote>The 260 is nice and I'm currently using the 280. I would recommend both of those cards.If you're looking for a new card then it would be worth checking out the following comparison article:<a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2404.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...-card,2404.html</a>Keep in mind that EQ2 doesn't benefit that much from multiple GPUs, though.

PattontheGen

11-03-2009, 10:22 PM

Put my order in for my new GPU and CPU tonight should have it in a day or twoHere is what i picked out!<a href="http://www.amazon.com/XFX-RADEON-5850-Express-HD585AZNFC/dp/B002Q4U5EY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257275542&sr=8-3">http://www.amazon.com/XFX-RADEON-58...57275542&sr=8-3</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Intel-1333MHz-LGA775-Dual-Core-Processor/dp/B00116SLYY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1257297275&sr=8-1-fkmr0">http://www.amazon.com/Intel-1333MHz...75&sr=8-1-fkmr0</a>will give a update when i get the new stuff

balel1975

11-05-2009, 03:05 PM

Well, you were right, my 8800 gtx died it seems. On booting up my pc now all I get is vertical lines on the screen, and then when windows finally boots up it's just a bunch of junk. Cant even make any sense of the stuff on the screen at all. So i've ordered myself an ati hd 4870 which should be in today. the only thing is when I install this new card and boot up is it gonna be a major problem for me since I was unable to uninstall the drivers and stuff for the nvidia card before it went out? or will i be able to see well enough to uninstall all that before I install the drivers for the new ATI card. I sure hope this goes painlessly as possible.regards,Balel

BDoodle

11-06-2009, 08:30 AM

You should be able to see Windows as normal, but Windows will notify you that you have new hardware and will open a hardware setup wizard.Alternately, boot in Safe Mode, remove old graphics drivers (a program like Driver Sweeper is good for this,) restart your system, then load the new drivers. The hardware setup wizard will still come up. Either way you can choose to use the wizard, or cancel it and install the drivers from the graphics card CD.Should be pretty painless, but if you need more help just ask. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

PattontheGen

11-07-2009, 12:53 PM

Well I received my new processor a few days ago but sadly my new graphics card is still on back order!!!! Don't think i have ever gone this long with out playing EQ2 since launch /cry

balel1975

11-08-2009, 11:57 AM

Ok, just as a last update I wanted to let ya all know that my new graphic card came in, and installed without a single hitch, and EQ2 has never looked so great <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I also just wanted to post this and tell everyone that commented and replied thank you very very much for all of your help. This is the main reason I love this game, the community and folks on these boards are second to none.regards and thanks again,Balel

TSR-DanielH

11-10-2009, 05:01 PM

<cite>balel1975 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Ok, just as a last update I wanted to let ya all know that my new graphic card came in, and installed without a single hitch, and EQ2 has never looked so great <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> I also just wanted to post this and tell everyone that commented and replied thank you very very much for all of your help. This is the main reason I love this game, the community and folks on these boards are second to none.regards and thanks again,Balel</blockquote>I'm glad to hear that the new graphics card is working out for you. Hopefully Patton will get similar results when he receives his new card. Please let us know if you need any assistance in the future.

PattontheGen

11-13-2009, 04:08 PM

Well I wanted to give a update on my problem. Sadly I am still waiting on my new card, everyone on earth seems to be out of stock!! I really want that card so what I have decided to do is buy a diffrent card to hold me over for now until my preffered card comes in. Then when it does I will use the hold over card to upgrade my wife's pc and slap in the nice card into my pc heheNow does anyone have a suggestion on a decent card that I can buy for now to hold me over that is not crazy expensive but will work with EQ2 and look ok?? Really want to try and stay between lets say $100 to $150'ish on this hold over card.Any suggestions??

PattontheGen

11-16-2009, 05:09 PM

Well got a notice from Amazon today about a ETA on RADEON HD 5850 1 GB DDR5 PCI Express Card ROFL!!!! According to them it will be after 12-25-09 my lord that is insane! I mean I can understand when something new comes out and is a hot item it can be a bit hard to find it in stock but 2 months!! And the wait contiunes sadly. Ended up ordering a diffrent card just to hold me over until I can get the 5850 wife was so very happy when I told her....lol