After watching several youtube videos of ToD raids

[Chauncey1]

I have determined that my computer is pure garbage.

Apparently on a high end rig, DDO looks like a totally different game.

This will not do.

[Eleia]

lol yeah me too. I'm going to jump into a raid one day and have to lower the settings so much it'll look as if Im playing in a Monet painting instead of ddo.

[phillymiket]

I was amazed when I upgraded 'puters and saw what the game looks like in fully high graphics.
Great shadows and light reflections.
Even extra layers of foliage on the ground.

It's a pretty good looking game.
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[Desdemonte]

In case you're looking at building one and may want to see some options, here's what I built last year and I've been really happy with it (other than the SSD- it's a love/hate relationship. Super fast, but it has died already, Apparently this is common for SSDs). I put it into a Home Theater comp box and the monitor sits on top of it. Nice small rig with plenty of airflow. Not at all noisy (but I didn't connect one of the fans- doesn't need it). Bit tight to build in, but the only thing that gave any problems to speak of was getting the MOBO in place. The monitor was super cheap and I am very impressed with how well it performs for the $.

Mainboard Gigabyte H55M-S2V mATX LGA1156 H55 DDR3 1PCI-E16 2PCI 6SATA Sound Video GBLAN
CPU Intel Core i5 760 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.8GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box
CPU fan onboard
RAM Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto 8GB 2X4GB PC3-10666 DDR3-1333 9-9-9-24 Dual Channel
Harddrive OCZ Vertex 2 80GB Sandforce 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive
Harddrive Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 3.5IN SATA 6GB/S With NCQ Internal Hard Drive OEM
Video Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 Fermi 930MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E DX11
Sound onboard
DVD-RW Samsung SH-S243D/BEBE 24X Black DVD Writer SATA
NIC ASUS PCE-N13 Wireless Network Adapter 802.11B/G/N Up to 300MBPS PCI-EXPRESS
Tower Silverstone Grandia GD05B Black HTPC mATX Desktop Case 1X5.25 2X3.5INT 1X2.5INT 3X120MM Fan No PS
Power supply OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W ATX 20/24PIN SLI Ready Modular Cables 135mm Fan Active PFC
Case fans incl w case
Keyboard Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000 USB W/ Media Controls
Monitor BenQ GL2030 20IN LED LCD Monitor 1600X900 12000000:1DC 5ms VGA DVI Black
OS Win7 OEM 64 bit


I should point out (in case it isn't obvious) that this is not my main Desktop where my modem is plugged in, so I put a wireless one in and it can be placed anywhere in the house (haven't tried the basement though LOL).

Des

[XiaNYdE]

(other than the SSD- it's a love/hate relationship. Super fast, but it has died already, Apparently this is common for SSDs).

There was a major issue last year with Sandforce Controllers and Corsair actually issued a recall on the 120 GB Force 3 SSD because of it. As someone who owns a pc store, specialising in gaming rigs, i know your pain tenfold lol However the new generation of SSD's are just amazing

[grayham]

Yeah I spent big a year ago on a sweet sandybridge unit and haven't looked back, DX11 etc is truly lovely. Just to keep my feet on the ground however, I have to use the laptop periodically, I took a screenshot below so you could see......

[MattiG]

Yeah I spent big a year ago on a sweet sandybridge unit and haven't looked back, DX11 etc is truly lovely. Just to keep my feet on the ground however, I have to use the laptop periodically, I took a screenshot below so you could see......

+1.... (+2 if I could, lol).

[macubrae]

+1.... (+2 if I could, lol).

I needed a good laugh.

[CheeseMilk]

Yeah I spent big a year ago on a sweet sandybridge unit and haven't looked back, DX11 etc is truly lovely. Just to keep my feet on the ground however, I have to use the laptop periodically, I took a screenshot below so you could see......

If you turn off textured shadows, you won't get that ghost wang you have hanging down there.

[Luxgolg]

Yeah I spent big a year ago on a sweet sandybridge unit and haven't looked back, DX11 etc is truly lovely. Just to keep my feet on the ground however, I have to use the laptop periodically, I took a screenshot below so you could see......

+1
Best i've seen

[Chauncey1]

Yeah I spent big a year ago on a sweet sandybridge unit and haven't looked back, DX11 etc is truly lovely. Just to keep my feet on the ground however, I have to use the laptop periodically, I took a screenshot below so you could see......

Dude, this is hilarious!

Thank you for the much needed laugh!

[PNellesen]

I'm sorry, Half-Orc is CLEARLY the wrong race for that situation, and your HP is a little on the lowish side. Also, you should be using Falchion instead of Greataxe...



+1 - got a good chuckle out of that

[Curate2]

I'm sorry, Half-Orc is CLEARLY the wrong race for that situation, and your HP is a little on the lowish side. Also, you should be using Falchion instead of Greataxe...



+1 - got a good chuckle out of that

That's not a greataxe, it's clearly a heavy repeater. Looks like a repeater and you'll notice the three sets of damage numbers.

Also I want that cosmetic armor kit.

[grayham]

I'm sorry, Half-Orc is CLEARLY the wrong race for that situation, and your HP is a little on the lowish side. Also, you should be using Falchion instead of Greataxe...



+1 - got a good chuckle out of that

Yes, been working on the HP, but that greataxe there is pretty sweet. Look at the detailed rendering, the blurry edges...Glad it's given folks a few laughs! I like it.

[pSINNa]

I upgraded from a quad core with an 8800gt in dx9 and ddr2 memory recently.

I went to the craziest i7 / ddr3 memory and dual gtx 560 ti's sli'd setup with win7 64 and ddo only installed on the new ssd (try saying that in one breath!), i could build, (and watercooled everything just for funsies! xD) just over a month ago, and omgbbqhax!

Dx10/11 is sooo nice, and everything is so much better - collision detection, immersion during quests, sound, everything made a mega-leap in quality.

The rig is way, way overpowered for DDo, but struth! It's such a pretty game if you can run her at absolute max everything.

Just saying.

[Propane]

When I first started playing DDO - I couldn't figure out how anyone could do the puzzles

Then I got my new PC.

After the upgrade I could see that those blabs of color were actualy symbols!

[Jastron]

I remember that, Propane! It used to be nearly impossible to solve puzzles on the lowest video settings.

I run with most everything on in advanced graphics except for Environment Stencil Shadows. That one option has always caused me lag in certain locations such as the Subterrane on all of my PC's so I always recommend folks keep that off.

[Chauncey1]

Yes, been working on the HP, but that greataxe there is pretty sweet. Look at the detailed rendering, the blurry edges...Glad it's given folks a few laughs! I like it.

Totally shopped! I can tell by the pixels, etc.

[Lorichie]

one of my first computers i played ddo on, was an e-machine type from wal-mart, back when game first came out. I was a computer idiot (still am mostly), so making my own was out of the question, and i didn't really understand that like a car, the clock starts ticking on your computer as soon as you plug it in.

for the next few years i'd buy a computer (same type) every year and wonder to myself how folks got their screenshots so good (you tube was unfamiliar to me i think for the most part back then). i'd play on the one just above very low or some such and think that was great, i was completely ignorant.

One year, year three i think, mebbe four, i went out and bought a 1500 dollar computer from best buy...i didn't really know what i was buying, or what 8800 gt meant, or quad something or other meant, but enough folks assured me that it would play ddo very well, and would pretty much last forever, as far as what i wanted it for, (they lied lol).

i think it was durks secret, the first quest i went thru, just happened to be so, and when i went into the last kobalds room, and of course i was drooling and wetting myself the whole time i was in there, i screamed out something like" there's smoke in the fire!!!"...or some such...

The wife comes running in the room to see if i was ok, (i most certainly was) and i made sure i pointed out to her that the flame from the fires had smoke at the top...

Well, i spent the whole weekend, running and jumping everywhere, re-looking at every quest to find more things that i had been missing...

For those that think that the graphics are outdated, be sure to just once find a way to be able to play at it's highest settings, as i think it is really intended to be...a friends house, whatever. It may not have Crysis level clarity etc, but it sure is far and above what most folks (well, i guess i can only speak for myself) think it looks like.

R

[Tyrande]

one of my first computers i played ddo on, was an e-machine [...]

My advice: never buy an e-machine for anything.

One year, year three i think, mebbe four, i went out and bought a 1500 dollar computer from best buy...i didn't really know what i was buying, or what 8800 gt meant, or quad something[...]

8800GT is kind of out dated now. It is at least 7 generations behind the latest NVIDIA GTX 6xx series... prime time is GTX 560 or higher.

[...] i screamed out something like" there's smoke in the fire!!!"...or some such...

If you like smoke, try the quests with big bangs like "Irestone Inlet", "Undermine", "Blown to Bits". Who said there are no PVP when your team mates can blown you to bits using explosives?!

At Irestone Inlet, try to stay close to the ship when it blows up... It emits a fog like view across the map half a mile in radius. Oh yeah, BTW, you cannot experience the view if you're a soul stone (dead)...