Comments on: Age of Conan

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:57:46 +0000

Cool, that looks like it will do the trick. Unfortunately I have no money right away so it will probably have to wait till my b-day or if I do lots of OT at work.

Though I think as soon as I get back we are migrating out network in Montreal so I will be working long shifts so yay potential spending money

By: Curt

Curt — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:13:20 +0000

Damnit, Carl! Reading about hardware really makes me want to upgrade!

By: Curt

Curt — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:09 +0000

I can attest to XFX and they’re AWESOME. They’ve got one of (if not the) best manufacturer’s warrant in the business.

By: Curt

Curt — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:04:50 +0000

I don’t know about the interchangeability of PCIE2.0 and 1.0, but I do know that this is the card you should get: XFX GeForce 8800GT 512mb

They’ve also got a newer 9600GT for like $10 less, with slightly better specs (clock speeds), but in benchmarks the 8800GT still beats it, so overall it’s a better deal at this point.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:27:26 +0000

Can anyone recommend a $150 - $200 video card. I have an ATI X1650 which is 256mb. I am looking for 512 and PCIE. I know there is PCIE 2.0 but not sure if it can still run on PCIE 1 mobo. Might see about upgrading the mobo later on in the year but for now video and ram is doable.

By: Curt

Curt — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:33:50 +0000

Reinstalled it last night and played a few minutes this morning. They’ve fixed alot in the past little while and it’s really starting to shape up (everyone doesn’t have white hair anymore!). That said, it’s still immensely resource intensive. I’m running it on medium-low or thereabouts (it guessed the settings) and it’s a dog. I’ll try fiddling with the settings when I get home to see if I can get it running smoothly.

By: Neil D

Neil D — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:07:31 +0000

I was looking forward to trying this one. If it is actually worth playing i may just give it a try when i have the cash to spare.

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:28:42 +0000

I should patch up and hop on to the closed beta again. They might’ve fixed alot of the issues I was having. I really enjoyed the game, but due to it’s insane performance requirements I couldn’t run it smoothly enough to really stick with it.

If there’s one thing that’s going to make it hard to compete with WoW it’s that. WoW will run on basically any hardware and it’ll still look decent and run smoothly. Not so with AoC so far, but I really liked what I saw. It’s alot more fun than most of the other MMO competitors, though I hear it’s very PvP-focused as you get into the high end.