How is Everquest 2 Performing for You?

In order to help people make hardware decisions and to share performance tips, let's all post our system specs and performance information. To make sure that the results are somewhat consistent, we should all take benchmarks in the same area using the same settings. I have posted some general guidelines below on what I think would be a good test.
Test Settings -
-Take the airship from Sinking Sands the Moors of Ykesha
-Get off the airship and onto the docks so you're right on top of the first fan grate
-Look directly North-East and zoom in until you're in first person
-Set your graphics settings to 'High Quality' and then hit F11 to access the performance monitor
-Wait around 2 minutes for the fps to normalize
-Post your information in this thread

Your information and results -

Processor:
Ram:
Graphics Card:
Operating System:
Screen Resolution:
Frames Per Second:
Let everyone know what kind of performance you're getting in Everquest 2!

My test using my work computer:
Processor: Intel C2D E6850
Ram: 3GB
Graphics Card: 8800GT
Operating System: Vista Business
Screen Resolution: 1440x900 0xAA/AF
Frames Per Second: 38 fps
I could probably get better performance if I wasn't running all my work applications and a dual monitor setup. I'll run the test at home as well once I get some more RAM. A broken fan and some timing manipulation made my last set of RAM die a violent death.

Processor: C2D E8400 - OC @ 3.6GHz
Ram: OCZ 2x2GB PC8000 DDR2
Graphics Card: HD4850 512MB - OC @ 685/2280; Catalyst 9.1
Operating System: Vista Home Premium 64bit
Resolution: 1680x1050 (full screen mode); 4xAA; 8xAF
Frames Per Second: 40

I feel that resolution should be mentioned since it has a huge impact on performance.

NOTE: Some other graphics settings I tried out, ceteris paribus.
Very High: 36
Extreme: 13
Extreme (with shadows off): 33

Processor: C2D E8400 @ 4GHz
Ram: 4gb
Graphics Card: ASUS GTX280 using forceware 182.06 atm
Operating System: Vista home premium 64bit
Resolution: 1920x1200, 4xAA, 16xAF
Frames Per Second: 56 fps


i tried the same view but with the settings i usually play in out of raids, extreme quality with no shadows and all model detail sliders maxed = 36 fps
and as the above poster i tried very high settings too resulting in 48 fps
extreme quality with shadows goes right down the shi.. erm yeah 6 fps

Chondrichtheyia wrote:

Ah, good thinking, I forgot to include that in the original post. I updated the form and my response to include screen resolution.

Processor: C2D E8400
Ram: 4gbGraphics Card: MIS 260 OCV2 W/ 896 Meg 665 Core
Operating System: Vista Ultiamte 64bit
Resolution: 1680x1050, 4xAA, 8xQAF
Frames Per Second: 68 fps

Benchmarked a couple different computers here:
--- Dell Dimension XPS M1330 Laptop ---
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50 GHz
RAM: 4 GB
Video: nVidia GeForce 8400M GS w/ 128 MB dedicated (1648 MB available)
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 32-bit
Resolution: 1280 x 800
FPS: 30
--- Dell Studio 17 Laptop ---
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00 GHz
RAM: 3 GB
Video: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 w/ 256 MB dedicated (1529 MB available)
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit
Resolution: 1280x800
FPS: 22
--- Custom built desktop ---
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
RAM: 2 GB
Video: nVidia GeForce 9600 GT w/ 512 MB
OS: Windows XP SP3
Resolution: 1280x1024
FPS: 29

main comp specs are in my sig...

1680x1050
4xaa
16xaf 35 fps

AMD Athalon 64 3800+ 2.41 GHz
3 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Windoes XP Service Pack 3
1680 x 1050 resolution
0xAA/AF
FPS: 25
With 2xAA/2xAF
FPS: 17

Your information and results -

Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.2 GHzRam: 4.00 GB
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (x2)
Operating System: 64-bit Vista Home Premium
Screen Resolution: 1680 x 1050 60 Hz
Frames Per Second: 13
Ran this at 6:30 pm EST with 44 people in zone. Zoning on this system is alot slower then my back up computer that is a PC3200 w/ 1gb of ram and 256mb Diamond stealth... Usually takes me about a minute or more to zone and the other computer does it in 20-30s.

Processor: Intel P4 1.8GHzRam: 1GB
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 6200 256MB PCI by PNY (I fried the 1st one from EVGA on Spore, and is under lifetime warranty, but I felt bad because the game was well above specs)
Operating System: WinXP
Screen Resolution: 1024x768 60Hz
Frames Per Second: Trial Accounts can't get to town to see everyone clog up the fps. My low end system runs about 10fps running around Timours Maw and while questing. I can only get up to 22 fps if go outside where no monsters are and look up at the sky. 2fps is not common if I'm speeding through town.
More Commentary: 7yr old box, 4yr old intel motherboard and the capacitors are still good! (1st one blew out the RJ11 port). EQ2 is actually slower than WoW, possibly because the graphics are much better here. But WoW won't fix ninja looters, pvp & instance items obsoletes crafting, faction reps/broken quest chains/incomplete content are promised to never be fixed "just buy the next one", so I'm never going back there. And because they blew me off with cut/paste responses from India, not even if they change. /Ignore WoW /pththththhhh! It is very fun learning about how marketing makes just about every new product a low end model that's slower than the top of the line, and how so many PC's are over priced by about 40%. Competition in both markets are sure to inspire better software, hardware, and ensures customer service always has a job. /YeahEvilMarketing!

Processor: Phenom II 940 Black OC to 4 GHZ
Ram: 4 GB
Graphics Card: BFG Nvidia 295 plus Nvidia 8800GTX for second monitor operations
Operating System: Vista 64-bit
Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 (max everything on Extreme)
Frames Per Second: 32 FPS (this is "ok") However the annoying thing here is in other games such as AoC, LOTRO, etc I get WAY higher FPS (around 125+)

Second System
Processor: Athlon x2 7000+
Ram:4 GB
Graphics Card:Nvidia 9800 GTX+
Operating System: Vista 64-bit
Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Frames Per Second: 22

Processor: Core i7 920 (3.2Ghz)
Ram: 12 Gb DDR3 (1600)
Graphics Card: nVidia Geforce 285 1Gb
Operating System: Vista 64bit, SSD + HighPoint RocketRaid 3520 PCI-E
Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Frames Per Second: [with my custom config that looks like 'EXTREME DETAIL': 81-109fps]: in some places it has gone over 130fps (like Thundering Steppes, for reasons I simply do not understand).
The config will work well in both full groups and x2 Raid - not tested for x4, but I'm fairly confident that 40fps solid can expected (without a Torch on your character, with the above PC system).
The config can be copied from the Look and Feel thread.
Amazing job SoE. Amazing job you did on the game engine. I am flabbergasted. Truly appreciate whatever the hell you did that you seem to be taking in your stride and not making a parade out of it.
You sexy thing you.

That 2nd intel system is sick! Very cool.

Processor: Intel Q6600 2.4ghz (OC'd at 3.1ghz)
Ram: 4gb Corsair XMS2-6400
Graphics Card: ATI Sapphire HD 4850
Operating System: XP 32bit
Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Frames Per Second: 43 fps
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 2.13 ghz
Ram: 2gb
Graphics Card: nVidia 7800 GT
Operating System: Vista 32bit
Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
Frames Per Second: 28 fps
Dell M170 Laptop
Processor: Intel Pentium M 2.00 ghz
Ram: 2gb
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Operating System: XP 32bit
Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Frames Per Second: 27 fps

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 8400 3.0 ghz
Ram: 2gb @800mhz Mushkin
Graphics Card: nVidia 9800gtx+ SSC
Operating System: XP home
Screen Resolution: 1440x900
Frames Per Second: Extreame Quality 42fps

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
Ram: 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000
Graphics Card: GeForce 9800 GTX+
Operating System: Vista 64
Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
Frames Per Second: 40

Processor: AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+ Ram: 3gb Graphics Card: Ati X1900XT 512 mb Catalyst 9.1 Operating System: XP home Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Frames Per Second: 17 Interestingly if I set the graphics to extreme performance it only goes up to about 25. So not much gain. While I guess my system isn't the best, it still seems as if I should be getting more. Could swear that my FPS has gone down lower than it used to be in the last 2-3 months (without me changing any settings). Only thing that has changed is my Catalyst version, which I have continually updated. Could that be it?

Processor: AMD X2 64 4200+ (OC 2.64Ghz)
Ram: 2GiG DC Mode
Graphics Card: GEForce 8600GT 512MB 4xAF 8XQAA
Operating System: Xp Home Full Patch
xScreen Resolution: 1680x1050 60hz
Frames Per Second: 27-28

What's EQ2's WEI? I mean, Vista has this index, what is EQ2's? There are many factors influencing FPS, imho it is only a trend you can see here, nothing more, nothing less. Neither with WEI, but since we're measuring the lengths of our eehm noses, why not add it here too?