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Warcaster
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Posted - 2007.12.09 23:43:00 -
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Hi all new to this so bare with me.
My rig:
AMD 64 X2Dual core 4600+ 2.41GHz
1GB Corsair DDR2 400 RAM
250GB Seagate SATA HD
Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB PCIe
Windows XP SP2
I have been running 2 accounts for some time now on the rig above and have had no problems with it at all.
Since the trinity upgrade however i simply cannot run the 2 accounts together with the premium graphics. (though they run smoother than ever together with the 'classics' set)
I know the first port of call is to up the ram to 2GB but i'm doubtful that this will solve the problem.
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a course of action for upgrading my rig to support 2 accounts. (so far i have been unable to find anyone that is comfortably running 2 simultaneous accounts)
Please tell me theres a way.
Thanks
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Warcaster
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Posted - 2007.12.09 23:48:00 -
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 Originally by: Asilah Na'kani
You can always install another client, so you have one with the premium graphics and one with the classics. I dunno why you cannot run 2xPremium graphics, perhaps because of the video card?
Any suggestions on a Gcard that would support 2? from the little i've been able to find on here nobody seems to have had any success in running 2 premies together.
i have no idea how i would install a second 'classics' client without overriding the premium one :(
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Warcaster
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Posted - 2007.12.10 07:36:00 -
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thanks for the response guys. by the looks i need to :
(a) up the ram to min 2gb. (is it worth going up to 4gb?)
(b) stronger gpu (looking at the sapphire x1950pro 512mb, good/bad?)
(c) run my primary account with premium and my alt on classics.
(how do i do this? when i uncheck classics while running the 1 in premium it shuts it down and restarts it. so i've either had both in classics or 2 premium slideshows)
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Warcaster
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Posted - 2007.12.10 23:27:00 -
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cool thanks for all your advice guys.
could someone tell me how exactly i can get 1 client to run as premium and 1 as classic?
so far every attempt i've had at doing this has ended with the client having to restart to initiate changes. when this happens it closes both characters not just the one i was altering and restarts them both with the changes.
so please could someone give me a step by step of how to get 2 working with 1 on premium and 1classic.
thanks
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Warcaster
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Posted - 2007.12.11 16:22:00 -
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Edited by: Warcaster on 11/12/2007 16:26:18
Edited by: Warcaster on 11/12/2007 16:25:56
Originally by: Malcanis
Have you tried installing EvE twice?
wont that just simplye overwrite the 1st install and leave me with only 1 eve anyway?
Originally by: Vechloran
2. Your video card. If your a serious gamer you need to learn how ATI and NVidia rate their cards for power. The first digit (6XXX, 7XXX, 8XXX) refers to the family and the feature set, not directly to power or speed. The second digit is a better judge of power, with the X2XX-X4XX cards being the low end budget for grandma cards, X5XX-X7XX being the price to performance niche, good if your monitor doesn't run at super high res, and the X8XX-X9XX being the creame of the crop and generally overpriced at times.
For people that think a 8400 will beat all the previous versions, be prepared to get your FPS handed to you by a few year old 6800GTS.
So your 7300 is a huge bottle neck at the moment, I would suggest an upgrade to a 8800GT, they are new, but come in at around $250, and generally stomp all but the highest end cards at the moment. If you have to go lower, I would suggest trying to stay above $150 for a decent gaming video card, otherwise your in the budget card land, and no one wants to be there.
i've been told that sapphire is more attuned to AMD than nvidia. is this true and if so what card should i aim at?
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Warcaster
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Posted - 2007.12.27 14:48:00 -
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Edited by: Warcaster on 27/12/2007 14:48:46
Sorry for the double post but i thought this was worth mentioning in a fresh post for all the other noobs out there that found it hard to find a straight answer to this problem.
First of all thankyou to all those that gave advise, helpful or otherwise. its always good to have an active oog community.
anyway I am now running 2 premium clients with no glitches, no crashes and not a huge drop in performance.
Here is the new set up that will run 2 premium accounts simultaneously.
AMD 64 X2Dual core 4600+ 2.41GHz
3GB Corsair DDR2 800 RAM
250GB Seagate SATA HD
MSI Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCIe
Windows XP SP2
Software:
all latest drivers
2 installations of EVE client(this was something that was never answered when i asked about it so i will quickly state it here, it really was simple)
Go to the directory where you have installed EVE premium(default it is c:/program files/ccp/eve)
copy the entire eve folder and paste the copy where ever you like (i pasted it back into the ccp folder and renamed it 'eve 2')
go into the new folder and find the 'eve.exe' right click it and select send to... desktop (this will create a new shortcut on the desktop to this exe)
and there you have it. you can run 1 account from the 1 shortcut and the 2nd from the other.
I did try running them both of the 1 client with the new hardware but it just bombed out the performance (i was getting 5-10fps, shocking) looks like the only way to run more than 1 account smoothly in premium is to have more than 1 client.
i hope that helps anyone thats looking for the same answer as me.
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Warcaster
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Posted - 2007.12.28 02:12:00 -
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Originally by: Dave LoveSlave
Originally by: Warcaster
Edited by: Warcaster on 11/12/2007 16:26:18
Edited by: Warcaster on 11/12/2007 16:25:56
Originally by: Malcanis
Have you tried installing EvE twice?
wont that just simplye overwrite the 1st install and leave me with only 1 eve anyway?
No, when you're installing it you can specify a different folder. Just make a shortcut to the exe in that new folder.
read my last post and you'll see that i've already solved this.
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