Hello,

I'm considering switching "back" to lotro. I've played the game for a couple of days during "the pre-order play thingie".

The main problem was that the game had alot of lagg(perhaps it was because of launch date) and that I had to switch to lower graphic quality settings because of it. (it could also be that my graphic card was to low or because of my RAM which was 1GB then, now it has been doubled)

So the thing I'm wondering is, is my computer good enough for LOTRO?

Here are my pc specs:
Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2CPU 6400 @ 2.13 GHz
2046 MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

If I've forgotten something crucial about my spec, please point it out so I can add it.

An other questions I have is:
How much ppl actually play LOTRO nowadays, and are the servers an active community?
I really enjoyed playing those couple of days with my guardian an I am anxious to start again with a new character, this time for a much longer period, cause I feel I havn't seen that much of the game ;)


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You can probably run it on medium settings, mostly because of the graphics card...everything else is good though. I ran it on 1 gig of RAM and an integrated INTEL card on medium-low on my old comp. so for having such good graphics I was surprised. I'd just detect the optimal settings under graphics options once you get in the game. The servers are populated, Brandywine is at least but Landroval too I think.

I run mine on high and some very high res client. I get 30-35fps mostly. I have somethings turned down but most are at that high very high setting.

I have a 2.8ghz Pentium D

2gig RAM

256MB Geforce 6800 OC a bit

So you should have no problem.

There are plenty of people playing this game don't worry. And with the great expansion coming there will be a ton more.

Edit: XP...oh and I run at 1024x768. SHould probably turn some stuff down and run it higher though. maybe I will

 Edit: Its a bit laggy in high areas like Bree but turning off floaty names helps alot

I played on a 2gig laptop with a 7600Go (256M RAM) and a 2.3 Core Duo with more than half the settings on high, post-processing effects turned off, @ 1440 x 900 at around 20-30FPS.

The biggest difference I see is that you have Vista and I had XP.  You should be good to go, though.

LOTRO is one of the best running and looking MMOs available. I have a 256mb 7800GTX, 3.2 Pentium D dual core, 2 gigs RAM - therefore nothing spectacular, a mid(ish) range pc nowerdays. And I run it on full high at a very steady smooth framerate.

You should have no problems :) Welcome back.

Vista really loves memory and prices on RAM are extremely low.   I would recommend bumping your system memory up to 4 gigs.     Operating Vista and LOTRO requires almost exactly 2 gigs of memory, so if you run anything else you very likely will be using virtual memory from the hard drive, which is bad.

Thx for your replies, i'm currently downloading the free trial to see how it will run before actually purchasing the full game.
I know vista takes alot of memory that is why I doubled my RAm to 2GB, which is the maximum for my pc, I don't think I can double it again to 4. So it will have to do with it :(




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Originally posted by Clanzer

Thx for your replies, i'm currently downloading the free trial to see how it will run before actually purchasing the full game.
I know vista takes alot of memory that is why I doubled my RAm to 2GB, which is the maximum for my pc, I don't think I can double it again to 4. So it will have to do with it :(




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I'm also in the process of getting the LotrO trial...

I was in the beta and at the time my system was barely scraping along.. I've since upgraded too, 3.0, 2gb ram, Radeon 3850 512mb.. so I'm in much better shape now than I was back then..

secondarily I've pretty much had my fill of WoW.. I've not logged in since.. March... or something like that, just cause the level cap is such a dead end if you don't Raid or PVP. I think it's time to at least explore a new world. If my wife likes it she may want to pick it up too.

Originally posted by iaini

I'm also in the process of getting the LotrO trial...

I was in the beta and at the time my system was barely scraping along.. I've since upgraded too, 3.0, 2gb ram, Radeon 3850 512mb.. so I'm in much better shape now than I was back then..

secondarily I've pretty much had my fill of WoW.. I've not logged in since.. March... or something like that, just cause the level cap is such a dead end if you don't Raid or PVP. I think it's time to at least explore a new world. If my wife likes it she may want to pick it up too.

 

Great to have you! I can give you a buddy key if you want so there are no restictions.

wow thanks a lot I do appreciate it.. but if you think you may need it or anything then by all means use it for what you need.

my wife's a good bit pickier than I am about games (and I can be pretty picky) and the first thing she'll want to see is character/world visual appeal and is the gameplay fairly straightforward but fun.

I use Direct x 10 so you may see things differently in dx 9 ..

Originally posted by iaini

wow thanks a lot I do appreciate it.. but if you think you may need it or anything then by all means use it for what you need.

my wife's a good bit pickier than I am about games (and I can be pretty picky) and the first thing she'll want to see is character/world visual appeal and is the gameplay fairly straightforward but fun.

Shoot I gave my last one I have right now to someone before I read you post. Ill let you know when I get another if you still want it.

cool, no rush.. I have lots of things to try now that my system can handle it better than before.