Best Graphics Card For DDO?

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

Not sure if this is the place to ask this, kind of doubt it is but here's my question!

If I want to get the absolute best possible experience with DDO, what is the minimum graphics card that can achieve this?

Like if my pc is built for DDO, what card is the best without being more than is necessary for achieving the best experience possible?

Which of these cards would hit the sweet spot?

Would there be any benefit of having a card more powerful than the ones I listed here for DDO?

R9 380 4GB
R9 290
RX 570
R9 290X
GTX 970
R9 390
R9 390X
GTX 980
GTX 980 Ti
GTX 1060
GTX 1060 Ti
GTX 1070

[Gralhota]

Not sure if this is the place to ask this, kind of doubt it is but here's my question!

If I want to get the absolute best possible experience with DDO, what is the minimum graphics card that can achieve this?

Like if my pc is built for DDO, what card is the best without being more than is necessary for achieving the best experience possible?

Which of these cards would hit the sweet spot?

Would there be any benefit of having a card more powerful than the ones I listed here for DDO?

R9 380 4GB
R9 290
RX 570
R9 290X
GTX 970
R9 390
R9 390X
GTX 980
GTX 980 Ti
GTX 1060
GTX 1060 Ti
GTX 1070

I have the RX 570 and I play on Ultra, except for the BLUR options, I don't like it. RX 570 give me 60FPS+ easily.

I7 2600
RX 570 4GB
8GB RAM

What I think is bad has nothing to do with graphics, but with design.

Many cosmetics and items with an oriental MMO style.

DDO is an old game, dont expect so much (graphics).

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

I have the RX 570 and I play on Ultra, except for the BLUR options, I don't like it. RX 570 give me 60FPS+ easily.

I7 2600
RX 570 4GB
8GB RAM

What I think is bad has nothing to do with graphics, but with design.

Many cosmetics and items with an oriental MMO style.

DDO is an old game, dont expect so much (graphics).

Does it allow you to use Directx 12 on DDO?

Also, is Directx 12 working well on DDO yet for anyone?

[Gralhota]

Does it allow you to use Directx 12 on DDO?

Also, is Directx 12 working well on DDO yet for anyone?

DirectX 9,10,11 options on settings for me. Using 11

[mpetrarca]

This game and the graphics are so old basically any graphics from the last 10 years will work fine. In fact I started out playing back in 2010 with a Nvidia GT 210 and was doing medium graphics back then. I currently am using an AMD RX 580 with 8GB of vram, and prior to that it was a GT 740 and I could max out all the graphics. All of these graphics cards were on the same computer, an old Dell Precision T3500 with a Xeon X5670 and 12GB of ram.

[Sarkastik]

Does it allow you to use Directx 12 on DDO?

Also, is Directx 12 working well on DDO yet for anyone?

I haven't seen any announcement that they (SSG) are planning to support the new Directx 12 API.

[sebastianosmith]

I haven't seen any announcement that they (SSG) are planning to support the new Directx 12 API.

There's no real point to adding DX12 support. They'd be better off porting to a Vulkan engine, but that would require a massive refactoring of the code.

[Buddha5440]

Not sure if this is the place to ask this, kind of doubt it is but here's my question!

If I want to get the absolute best possible experience with DDO, what is the minimum graphics card that can achieve this?

Like if my pc is built for DDO, what card is the best without being more than is necessary for achieving the best experience possible?

Which of these cards would hit the sweet spot?

Would there be any benefit of having a card more powerful than the ones I listed here for DDO?

R9 380 4GB
R9 290
RX 570
R9 290X
GTX 970
R9 390
R9 390X
GTX 980
GTX 980 Ti
GTX 1060
GTX 1060 Ti
GTX 1070

You don't even need a GPU to run this game on ultra high settings. I played for many years with only an a10-6700 APU (integrated graphics) on ultra high settings and still got around 60 fps. I am now running on a GTX 1660 Super and getting about 140-150 fps and, while movement and such is a bit smoother, the actual graphic quality didn't change much. Now, on Skyrim SE, there is a HUGE difference but that is a graphic intense game unlike DDO.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

These low requirements makes DDO still playable on older PCS. Which is a plus, as I see it.

Be careful, though, you should install DirextX 9 regardless. This is an old game, and there might still be a huge part of it based on that.

[Catabree]

You don't even need a GPU to run this game on ultra high settings. I played for many years with only an a10-6700 APU (integrated graphics) on ultra high settings and still got around 60 fps. I am now running on a GTX 1660 Super and getting about 140-150 fps and, while movement and such is a bit smoother, the actual graphic quality didn't change much. Now, on Skyrim SE, there is a HUGE difference but that is a graphic intense game unlike DDO.

What screen resolution are you running though. Anyone can get good frame rates running 640x480

[Buddha5440]

1920x1080

[mpetrarca]

Same here, 32" 1080p, all graphics setting maxed.

From DDOWiki:

Recommended System Requirements for High Resolution Version

• O.S.: Windows® System Vista64/Windows 7
• Processor: Dual-core processor, such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 or ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or better
• Renderer: DirectX® 10 or DirectX® 11
• Disc Space: 15 GB available
• Network Connection: Cable or Fiber high-speed Broadband Internet connection