New system questions

[Amoresira]

Hello,
I am planning on buying my new gaming computer through Main Gear. I am still confused about one thing mainly.
I play Eq2 and would like to try Vanguard sometime, my computer wil be mainly a gaming rig.

Should i go with Vista or XP, i am leaning towards Xp. I have read varied reports on Vista gaming issues.
I plan on spending about 3500-4000 on my rig. This is the main thing holding me back.

Any suggestions on a good rig would really help me. If someone has good raid gaming exp, i could use some suggestions.

Thank you :)

[theDreamer]

Which do you think you are going with with that price range?
F131 or Prelude?

I know a few of the guys here play EQ2 and some have tried Vanguard; personally I am suggesting XP right now. Mainly because gamers just like to be able to plug and go without any fuss.

:welcome: also.

[RottynDawg]

Welcome to the boards Amoresira! I play both EQ2 and Vanguard on XP and they run great. I haven't honestly tried them on Vista yet so I can't give you an answer from personal experience. The EQ2 and Vanguard forums have posts from people who play on Vista and the results seem mixed. Personally, I would probably hold out another six months or so...

[XBarbarian]

welcome!


screw Vista .at least for now

pretty damn lame that MS knew they had **** and still released it anyways


and all they have done is re enforce the old adage of "wait til sp1..."

[Scott]

I am going to try Vanguard with my new Prelude Vista system sometime next week. Just waiting for Newegg to replace the faulty monitor so I can enjoy this system))

I will let you know how it runs once I am on)

[Scott]

Amoresira, I started playing Vanguard last night for about 4 hours on my new Prelude Vista system and incountered zero problems. FPS averaged around 55 in outdoor zones. Have not tweaked ingame settings

8800 GTS 640mb
E6700 CPU
2gig 6400 Ram

[Amoresira]

I am savvy enough to change most things on a computer, such as a Graphics card etc. But software messes me up, so the less issues the better.

Thanks, i am thinking of a prelude, with a Qx6700, and a 150 W.B.Raptor , the video card will most likely be a 7300 for now, since Eq2 has issues with the 8800 Drivers. and i can wait till the prices drop a bit.

Gaming can be a pain, to bad i am so addicted ;)

[RottynDawg]

Just as a heads up, I've been running EQ2 on my 8800GTS daily for over three months now and I haven't had a single issue. I'm not sure what issues you've heard of but thought you should know that it actually runs very well. I have my settings higher than the "screenshot" mode used by InfoCenter or ProfitUI and it runs awesome...I still crank it down on raids but that's because I like ultra fast response during raids :)