Advice on Computer and Monitor for Playing DDO

[DoctorOfLiterature]

I have been playing on a small laptop and would like to upgrade my system, specifically, to have a better DDO experience. Can someone give me advice on what specs I should looking for? I've heard DDO is an old game and that somehow affects what computer specs work best with it so just buying a great "gaming computer" may not be optimal. Any advice on good computer and monitor that will work well with DDO are appreciated.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

Just make sure your OS is 64bit with at least 8 GB RAM, that's all.

My PC I'm playing DDO with has an i5 processor and a Geforce GT 730, and that's enough. It has only problems with lots of tiny things in the early quest area of "Another man's treasure ..." That's the only part where i have lag graphics-wise. Everything else runs very well so far for me.

Means that you don't need a high-end gaming PC.

Too high graphics resolutions might not be good, because DDO's UI isn't able to scale. It's consisting of bitmap graphics, not of scalable vector graphics.

[C-Dog]

Just make sure your OS is 64bit with at least 8 GB RAM, that's all...

mmm, that's not "all".

Don't be cheap on your vid card - that drives the game as much as (if not more than) the CPU. If you want pretty, if you want to dual-box, if you want to run the game while you're running other stuff at the same time - get a good (not necessarily "great") "gaming quality" Vid Card.

Also, don't overestimate your eyes and the size of a monitor you want. I make due with an extra-wide 20" (only because of desk constraints) - as a rule, bigger is happier. (At worst, you can always split screen!)

And consider the advantages of a SSD (solid state harddrive) - most systems now have that as default, but you (probably?) don't want to get stuck with one that isn't.

[Artos_Fabril]

Any advice on good computer and monitor that will work well with DDO are appreciated.

By all reports, playing DDO on a monitor with a resolution greater than 1080p will degrade your experience rather than enhance it.

[Buddha5440]

DDO has VERY low requirements. For years I had been running it on an AMD A10-6700 APU (integrated graphics only 844MHz) and was easily able to tri-box with one on ultra high settings and the other two on high settings. The most important thing is likely a SSD (default nowadays).

Beyond that, just look at a decent processor (could even go with a Ryzen ####G (integrated graphics) if you are on a budget), 8GB RAM, and a decent monitor (absolutely no need for a high-end one for DDO).

[unbongwah]

I have been playing on a small laptop and would like to upgrade my system, specifically, to have a better DDO experience. Can someone give me advice on what specs I should looking for? I've heard DDO is an old game and that somehow affects what computer specs work best with it so just buying a great "gaming computer" may not be optimal.

I dimly remember being in the original DDO beta in 2005 before it was released in 2006 a month before Oblivion. So even though there have been several upgrades over the years - including DirectX 11 support and a 64-bit client - DDO is positively ancient in videogame years. So the good news is the client will run on practically anything even semi-modern, including a Tamagotchi*.

*Do not actually attempt to run DDO on a Tamagotchi, that was just a deep cut for the `90s kids. [I'd like to know if anyone is playing on a Steam Deck, though.]

The semi-bad news is DDO doesn't support a dynamically-scaled UI so running at high resolutions might make the icons too small to see clearly or click on easily. I find it playable on a 27" 2560x1440 display but YMMV. But that just means the worst-case scenario is you dial down the resolution so the buttons aren't too itty-bitty.

FWIW I've been using ReShade to give the graphics a modest upgrade.

Ultra 1080p


Ultra 1080p with ReShade (FakeHDR.fx, Levels.fx)