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Aldiree Antima
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.01.14 05:29:00 -
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Dropping classic Client and SM 1.x is OK for me. I wouldn't like loosing my Laptop as eve-client! So SM 3.x is not OK.
Laptop with SM 2.0/128 MB 
Desktop with SM 4.1/256 MB 
I agree with economical/developer standpoint that two clients create more problems than benefits for EVE! MMOs needs to evolve, new technology should replace. The potential with dropping the eve-classic will rise.
IMHO dropping SM 2.x so fast is not a great move. The benefit seams to be much smaller and the restrictions for game designer and devs are not clear at this time.
Another stepping stone for dropping SM 2.x is the AGP/PCIe-Barrier for Desktops. Upgrading only the graphics card make often for this type systems not much sense, hence bang for your buck ratio is low and a total upgrade might not be feasible.
The change of minimum specs in December could generate a much larger uproar then this announcement, since new player need to upgrade only half a year they bought eve. I wouldn't like it for sure.
My wish list @CCP:
~ make a survey to gather enough samples to decide wisly
~ make the gathered information in right portions aviable to us. We seek to gain enlightenment for peace of our souls.
~ please delay dropping 2.x to summer 2010 or later
~ make mobile experience more fun. an eve-portable without 3d for skill switching, chat, eve-mail, trading and guild management.
~ invest some of your future resources improve the IGB or kick this damn thing! It's slow like hell. It's no fun to wait 30 sec to render a simple eve optimized page. Practical unusable!  |
Aldiree Antima
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.01.14 14:19:00 -
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 Originally by: Shadowsword
Are you going to:
A/ create lower-res textures that will sit on the hard drive, or..
B/ Make the client take existing high-res textures, use computer ressources to degrade them, then diplay them? That's what Age of Conan did, with the predictable result of making the cilent run worse with lower settings?
It depends on the details of the implementation:
A) They can do this at CCP-Headquarters
+ you only need to select low res textures
+ no overhead on your side
- client gets bigger clients
- no dynamical adaptation to player machine (e.g. optimized for 128MB or 256MB gfxram)
between A + B) Client generate the low res textures on setup / config request
+ can use specs of the target machine (dynamical adaptation)
+ client gets only bigger on your harddrive (high res + generated low res textures) saves bandwidth
- generation of low res texture takes time at least several minutes (Battlefield 2 made me wait at least 20 min for this setup step)
B) on the fly generation
+ time for generation is chopped in little pieces as needed by the player
- crappy performance !?
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Aldiree Antima
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.01.14 15:00:00 -
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Originally by: Poreuomai
Now I'm a bit confused, as I have a GeForce FX 5900 card which according to NVIDIA supports ShaderModel 2, but I'm sure that it only supported PixelShader 1.3 when I bought it and I don't think it is something which can be update with driver changes.
Windows users get GPU-Z at http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ it shows your supported Shader Model and DirectX Version.
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Aldiree Antima
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.01.14 23:55:00 -
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Originally by: Haral Reimo
I think part of the problem is that there are a lot of people who don't know what level of Shader Model their cards support, and wouldn't know how to find out.
Easy to fix on Windows you can check gfx-card with GPU-Z http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Mac and Linux people post link the tools for Mac/Linux, please.  |
Aldiree Antima
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.01.15 05:52:00 -
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Edited by: Aldiree Antima on 15/01/2009 05:52:58
Originally by: Zeko Rena
Laptops are perfect if you want to do office work you couldent get done in at work, and can now do in the lounge, i dont know how you cant grasp this, but they are not MADE for playing video games, sure some of them might give it a try but you will be putting extreme pressure on the hardware, for one example the heat, laptops have **** cooling and gaming runs everything run hot.
Stop throwing silly generalizations around. Pc/Laptop/Netops are multipurpose devices with various flavors! The userbase decide what they want to do with their rigs.
The last 20+x pages are the perfect evidence that many people play eve on Laptops and Netops.
PS: My opinion ~ WAR graphics are solid nothing more. Some WOW:BC and later Content looking better then WAR 
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Aldiree Antima
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.01.15 16:48:00 -
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Originally by: Cornelius Murphy
I just ran the "TechPowerUp GPU-Z utility, as linked in this thread earlier. According to that, my laptop is running an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700, and looks like it should be compatible.
Link to the stats: My Video Card
I am guessing the most important part is the "SM2.0". Can some tech head confirm I will be ok after March 10? My sub runs out in 5 days and there's no point extending it if not!
It looks OK, I think. Second opinion, plz.
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