Best computer for DDO?

[Myrdinn]

You guys got any idea of which price would be a computer that is able to run DDO at his fullest without any problem?

Looking to buy a new computer, but I'm tired of always being a little behind in performance even when I explicitly asked the vendor what I wanted from this computer. So I though of asking you guys for what the best would be for a good price.

Or if you guys have some time, would be nice for other too if you could post computer config and price for:

Very High Graphic (the one I want, while being on dx10)
High Graphic
Normal graphic
low graphic
very low graphic

and all of them with very high draw object to see far away monster if possible

Thnaks for your time guys!

[uhgungawa]

It all depends on what you want to spend and what you need. For DDO you don't need more than a duel core PC. for a vid card you want an 8800GT or above. The 2XX nvidia line is nice, as is the ATI 4800 line.

All I have id a 3.0 duel core with 4 Gigs of ram and a 9800GT w/ 1 gig vid card and it runs top notch

[KingOfCheese]

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this as well. What if the question was asked for each price category:

$0-$1000 What you buy?
$1000-$2000 What you buy?
$2000-$3000 What you buy?
$3000-$5000 What you buy?
$5000-$8000 What you buy?
cost is no issue What you buy?

[Lithic]

Ideally, you would play DDO on one of these:




Edit: For best performance, tell the captain that the *&$# nebula survey can wait, and that if he doesn't leave you alone and stop hogging the processor power you'll conjure up a button that activates the self-destruct.

[kaelis]

Ideally, you would play DDO on one of these:




Edit: For best performance, tell the captain that the *&$# nebula survey can wait, and that if he doesn't leave you alone and stop hogging the processor power you'll conjure up a button that activates the self-destruct.

lols. repped

[uhgungawa]

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[Stormanne]

Granted, I've upgraded a couple of times. With the upgrades, I've spent around $1600 for my machine-

Motherboard - MSI P7N nForce 750 SLi (upgraded from Gigabyte M57-SLi)
Processor - Intel Core2Quad 2.6 (upgraded from AMD X2 6000)
Video Card - GTX 260 core 216 (upgraded from 8800 GTX KO)
Ram - 4 gigs OCZ Ultra Low Latency DDR 2 1066
Power supply - Thermaltake 650 watt modular
Optical Drive - Pioneer 32x DVD/CD R/RW+-
Hard Disk Drive(s) - Western Digital 320 gb
Western Digital 160 gb
Custom case

[JakLee7]

Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
1 Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811129066
Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy
$69.95
1 Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136317
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$84.99
1 Acer X213Hbid 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor - Retail
Item #: N82E16824009175
Return Policy: Monitor Replacement Only Return Policy -$30.00 Instant

$189.99
$159.99
1 GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813128378
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $15.00 Mail-in Rebate Card13-128-378
$139.99
1 GIGABYTE GV-R487D5-1GD Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814125256
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $30.00 Mail-in Rebate Card14-125-256
$169.99
1 Antec TruePower New TP-550 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE ... - Retail
Item #: N82E16817371020
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$20.00 Instant

$119.95
$99.95
1 Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 - Retail
Item #: N82E16823109149
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$19.99
1 Logitech G5 7 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser Mouse - Retail
Item #: N82E16826104076
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$49.99
1 Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664BA1336 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820148227
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
$63.99
1 AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model HDX710WFGIBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103648
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy -$30.00 Instant

$129.00
$99.00
1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116677
Return Policy: Software Return Policy
$109.99
1 Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB Circumaural Stereo Headset
Item #: N82E16826105209
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$26.99
Subtotal: $1,094.81
(from newegg)
I can email you the exact links if you like so you could purchase yourself.

[uhgungawa]

1 Acer X213Hbid 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor - Retail
Item #: N82E16824009175
Return Policy: Monitor Replacement Only Return Policy -$30.00 Instant

$189.99
$159.99
11 GIGABYTE GV-R487D5-1GD Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814125256
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $30.00 Mail-in Rebate Card14-125-256
$169.99

Not bad, save a few over what I listed and get a monitor. But thats a waste of a vid card if you go with that monitor.

[Theboz]

Went from a AMD Athlon to

Evga 780i motherboard
Evga Nvidia 265 GTX
E8500 Processor
Mushkin ram 2gigs

I reused my harddrives, soundcard, case, psu, ect.

so, I spent about 600 give or take and I went from 25fps to tops out around 400fps(100 average)

[Furbitor]

You guys got any idea of which price would be a computer that is able to run DDO at his fullest without any problem?

Looking to buy a new computer, but I'm tired of always being a little behind in performance even when I explicitly asked the vendor what I wanted from this computer. So I though of asking you guys for what the best would be for a good price.

Or if you guys have some time, would be nice for other too if you could post computer config and price for:

Very High Graphic (the one I want, while being on dx10)
High Graphic
Normal graphic
low graphic
very low graphic

and all of them with very high draw object to see far away monster if possible

Thnaks for your time guys!

Sorry!! Do your own research.

[uhgungawa]

Here you go

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  Two 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
  32GB (8x4GB)
  Mac Pro RAID Card
  640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
  1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
  None
  1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
  4x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
  Two 18x SuperDrives
  Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
  Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
  Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse
  Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) and User's Guide
  AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card with 802.11n
  Quad-channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express card
  iWork '09 Family Pack preinstalled
  Final Cut Express preinstalled
  Aperture preinstalled
  FileMaker Pro 10 preinstalled
  Microsoft Office Mac 2008
  Mac OS X Server (Unlimited-Client)
  Xsan 2
  None
  Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
  Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
  1-year Family Pack subscription
  1-year One to One membership
  AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac Pro (w/or w/o Display) - Auto-enroll

enjoy

[JakLee7]

Not bad, save a few over what I listed and get a monitor. But thats a waste of a vid card if you go with that monitor.

Not really, it runs any game at full supported resolution & playable frame rates.... even the tough ones, LOL -

[uhgungawa]

Not really, it runs any game at full supported resolution & playable frame rates.... even the tough ones, LOL -

Your computer maxes out the res by your monitor. So that 1080 res monitor is the most res you can get. So buying a 1600 max res card is a waste on a 1080 monitor

[Zippo]

It all depends on what you want to spend and what you need. For DDO you don't need more than a duel core PC. for a vid card you want an 8800GT or above. The 2XX nvidia line is nice, as is the ATI 4800 line.

All I have id a 3.0 duel core with 4 Gigs of ram and a 9800GT w/ 1 gig vid card and it runs top notch

I agree on the Nvidia 2xx line.

Myself I'm running an AMD Phenom 9650 Quad Core 2.3 Ghz
8 Gigs of DDR3 ram
Nvidia 250GTS w/ 1 Gig of DDR3 ram (I did have to upgrade the power supply due to power consumption)
on Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit)

Since I like to start with a fairly base model PC and build it up all told this system ran me about $700 but that's in part because I picked up the tower with innards at Circuit City the weekend before they went belly up and shut the doors. But you can probably do something similar if not slightly better for about $900-$1000

[uhgungawa]

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[JakLee7]

Your computer maxes out the res by your monitor. So that 1080 res monitor is the most res you can get. So buying a 1600 max res card is a waste on a 1080 monitor

not even close - there is 453 cards listed at newegg right now with a max resoultion of 2560x1600
SPARKLE SFPX72GS256U2 GeForce 7200GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail @ 25 bux and
BFG Tech BFGRGTX2951792H2OCLE GeForce GTX 295 H2OC 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail @ 849 bux

You can't tell me there is no difference in a 7200gs & a 295GTX2

I stand by the 4870 as the best bang for the buck on that system

[uhgungawa]

not even close - there is 453 cards listed at newegg right now with a max resoultion of 2560x1600
SPARKLE SFPX72GS256U2 GeForce 7200GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail @ 25 bux and
BFG Tech BFGRGTX2951792H2OCLE GeForce GTX 295 H2OC 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail @ 849 bux

You can't tell me there is no difference in a 7200gs & a 295GTX2

I stand by the 4870 as the best bang for the buck on that system

I'm only saying it's more than you need. Can save a few bucks by going a step or two lower, or spend the same by going a step lower and going with a maker that doesn't overheat as fast on top tier games

[Theboz]

not even close - there is 453 cards listed at newegg right now with a max resoultion of 2560x1600
SPARKLE SFPX72GS256U2 GeForce 7200GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail @ 25 bux and
BFG Tech BFGRGTX2951792H2OCLE GeForce GTX 295 H2OC 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail @ 849 bux

You can't tell me there is no difference in a 7200gs & a 295GTX2

I stand by the 4870 as the best bang for the buck on that system

What good does it have having a card that can handle 2560x1600 and having a monitor that can only do 1080p or lower. Now, I know most cards can handle that high of a resolution, but most see no benefit from having that ability except maybe a little headroom. Some ultra high end monitors like Apple's 30” Cinema Display, dells 3007WFP, and some other 30 inch monitors can even handle that resolution.

[uhgungawa]

What good does it have having a card that can handle 2560x1600 and having a monitor that can only do 1080p or lower. Now, I know most cards can handle that high of a resolution, but most see no benefit from having that ability except maybe a little headroom. Some ultra high end monitors like Apple's 30” Cinema Display, dells 3007WFP, and some other 30 inch monitors can even handle that resolution.

Part of it is better FPS. My card gets 50 to 80 FPS on 1080 with everything else maxed out. (9800GT w/ 1 gig ram) If I had a 260 I'd get about 100 to 130 FPS, so there is some advantage to the higher end card even if you can't put it to it's full capacity.