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[Owwiee]

<p>Building a new rig JUST for EQ,  Might be duoing so Quad or Dual core? </p>

[Gaige]

<p>No point in dual core anymore.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>Topics like this is typically best left to your fellow players to make suggestions.  I personally use a quad core (Q9650) and 4 boxing is nearly flawless (with settings all turned down on the 2nd,3rd, and 4th characters) but at 5 and above I really start to bog down.  Having enough RAM is just as important as well so make sure you aren't running out.</p>

[Owwiee]

<p>Thanks Josh.... That is what I'm looking for (wont be 4 boxing but like knowing the options is there)  I'm just tired of having a so-so rig.  I want a good performance set up.  Wanted to hear some input from performace freeks out there.</p>

[Peogia]

<p><cite>Owwie@Venekor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Building a new rig JUST for EQ,  Might be duoing so Quad or Dual core? </p></blockquote><p>64-bit os Win7 2-cores per client 2gigs of ram per client SSD/solid state drive preferred or a 7,200rpm hd with 32mb/64mb cache may have to lower graphics settings when boxing on a standard hd I forget as for vid I donno Everquest II doesn't really support 1 I use a gtx 460 1gb</p><p>I can 3 box 3 clients all on high quality and run another game maxed out in graphics settings in back round and stream 1080p vids with a 6 core 8 gig ram ssd win7 x64 and gtx460 1gb vid but I would never try this in a Public Quest ect depending on zone frames are around 20 or lower to 40 or higher </p><p>with out video card support in everquest ii depending on how many are at a public quest I have to run extreme performance with 1 client on so never really tried boxing it yet frames at 2-9+ depending on how many there</p><p>also you can tweak the ui to make your game smoother and more responsive</p><p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2x/posts/list.m?topic_id=8355" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2x...m?topic_id=8355</a></p>

[Gaige]

<p>MSI Z68 GD55, Intel 2500K, 8GB DDR3, GTX 560Ti, SSD for OS/EQ2 is where most people start.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>I'll be moving to a 2500k myself very soon! Im very excited about it.  </p>

[Peogia]

<p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'll be moving to a 2500k myself very soon! Im very excited about it.  </p></blockquote><p>I am still waiting for AMD to get there heads in the game and release the bulldozer so that I can open a 4th account and box 4</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'll be moving to a 2500k myself very soon! Im very excited about it.  </p></blockquote><p>I am still waiting for AMD to get there heads in the game and release the bulldozer so that I can open a 4th account and box 4</p></blockquote><p>I 5 box on my Q9650 just fine /shrug</p>

[Peogia]

<p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'll be moving to a 2500k myself very soon! Im very excited about it.  </p></blockquote><p>I am still waiting for AMD to get there heads in the game and release the bulldozer so that I can open a 4th account and box 4</p></blockquote><p>I 5 box on my Q9650 just fine /shrug</p></blockquote><p><div><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Topics like this is typically best left to your fellow players to make suggestions.  I personally use a quad core (Q9650) and 4 boxing is nearly flawless (with settings all turned down on the 2nd,3rd, and 4th characters) but at 5 and above I really start to bog down.  Having enough RAM is just as important as well so make sure you aren't running out.</p></blockquote><p>I don't want my settings turned down</p><p>Bulldozer should have 8 cores and should allow me to run 4 or more atleast on high quality with decent frames hopefully lol</p></div></p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'll be moving to a 2500k myself very soon! Im very excited about it.  </p></blockquote><p>I am still waiting for AMD to get there heads in the game and release the bulldozer so that I can open a 4th account and box 4</p></blockquote><p>I 5 box on my Q9650 just fine /shrug</p></blockquote><div><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Topics like this is typically best left to your fellow players to make suggestions.  I personally use a quad core (Q9650) and 4 boxing is nearly flawless (with settings all turned down on the 2nd,3rd, and 4th characters) but at 5 and above I really start to bog down.  Having enough RAM is just as important as well so make sure you aren't running out.</p></blockquote><p>I don't want my settings turned down</p><p>Bulldozer should have 8 cores and should allow me to run 4 or more atleast on high quality with decent frames hopefully lol</p></div></blockquote><p>Yeah I do turn down the 2nd and up boxes to lowest everything basically.  My primary character is running at Extreme Quality however.</p>

[Peogia]

<p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'll be moving to a 2500k myself very soon! Im very excited about it.  </p></blockquote><p>I am still waiting for AMD to get there heads in the game and release the bulldozer so that I can open a 4th account and box 4</p></blockquote><p>I 5 box on my Q9650 just fine /shrug</p></blockquote><div><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Topics like this is typically best left to your fellow players to make suggestions.  I personally use a quad core (Q9650) and 4 boxing is nearly flawless (with settings all turned down on the 2nd,3rd, and 4th characters) but at 5 and above I really start to bog down.  Having enough RAM is just as important as well so make sure you aren't running out.</p></blockquote><p>I don't want my settings turned down</p><p>Bulldozer should have 8 cores and should allow me to run 4 or more atleast on high quality with decent frames hopefully lol</p></div></blockquote><p>Yeah I do turn down the 2nd and up boxes to lowest everything basically.  My primary character is running at Extreme Quality however.</p></blockquote><p>I have completely given up on extreme quality in this game lol random zones bring that setting to 1 frame or crash the client lol</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'll be moving to a 2500k myself very soon! Im very excited about it.  </p></blockquote><p>I am still waiting for AMD to get there heads in the game and release the bulldozer so that I can open a 4th account and box 4</p></blockquote><p>I 5 box on my Q9650 just fine /shrug</p></blockquote><div><p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Topics like this is typically best left to your fellow players to make suggestions.  I personally use a quad core (Q9650) and 4 boxing is nearly flawless (with settings all turned down on the 2nd,3rd, and 4th characters) but at 5 and above I really start to bog down.  Having enough RAM is just as important as well so make sure you aren't running out.</p></blockquote><p>I don't want my settings turned down</p><p>Bulldozer should have 8 cores and should allow me to run 4 or more atleast on high quality with decent frames hopefully lol</p></div></blockquote><p>Yeah I do turn down the 2nd and up boxes to lowest everything basically.  My primary character is running at Extreme Quality however.</p></blockquote><p>I have completely given up on extreme quality in this game lol random zones bring that setting to 1 frame or crash the client lol</p></blockquote><p>I'd start with finding out why.  This is not the case for a majority of players outside of system specific issues.</p>

[Gaige]

<p><cite>Peogia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Bulldozer should have 8 cores and should allow me to run 4 or more atleast on high quality with decent frames hopefully lol</p></blockquote><p>Can already six box on a 2600k @ 4.5Ghz or so without turning settings down.  PS Bulldozer is overhyped and is going to flop, just fyi.</p>