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Lord of the Rings Online

Lord of the Rings Online 

General Discussion  » graphics...

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  umairnadeem

Novice Member

Joined: 11/09/08
Posts: 48

 
12/11/08 10:10:54 PM#1

ok...

i think i have a pretty sweet system

but GFX arent as good as i see em on youtube and as people say they are... they're really jaggy and the ends of my character have jaggy lines... very crappy-like

my specs:

nVidia GeForce 8600 series

2.66gb ram

dual-core processor intelli

directx9 (windows xp)

please help. my gfx options are on full? please post some images on how they SHOULD be, thanks!

 

  Murdus

Novice Member

Joined: 3/05/07
Posts: 626

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12/11/08 10:12:40 PM#2

Jaggy lines is resolved by using the anti-aliasing feature

I'm pretty sure LOTRO supports it, I haven't played it in a while. If it does, turn that on to like 4x or 8x and you will notice a big difference.

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  Loke666

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Joined: 10/29/07
Posts: 11712

12/11/08 10:25:17 PM#3
Originally posted by umairnadeem

ok...

i think i have a pretty sweet system

but GFX arent as good as i see em on youtube and as people say they are... they're really jaggy and the ends of my character have jaggy lines... very crappy-like

my specs:

nVidia GeForce 8600 series

2.66gb ram

dual-core processor intelli

directx9 (windows xp)

please help. my gfx options are on full? please post some images on how they SHOULD be, thanks!

 

 The sweet look is in DX10, you need to get Vista to get the game looking really good. Also your GFX card is a cheap version of the 3 generation old GF 8 series, it is around 4 years old by now or at least over 3. A GTX 260 or 280 would do miracle.

Here is a benchmark test of the most common GFX cards. Off course you might have a laptop and in that case you can't have a really good GFX card because of heat issues but it have happened a lot with the new generation of GFX cards both from Nvidia and ATI.

  Jackdog

Apprentice Member

Joined: 3/19/04
Posts: 5672

12/12/08 5:04:17 AM#4

Jaggies are eleminated in options -> graphics -> antialias. Set it at, options are 2X, 4X, and 8 X. it does put more load on your graphics card so the higher you set it the lower your FPS will be. For me the DX10 is not worth taking a performance hit and dumping my Win XP for. The only real difference I can percieve is the shadow quality and yeah I know it has to do with volumetric lighting etc etc. For more info on DX10 here is a good little article from XBit labs

www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/directx10-games.html

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  Lord.Bachus

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Joined: 5/14/07
Posts: 3037

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12/12/08 6:17:44 AM#5

I play with an 8800 GTS 640mb +C2D 6600 and 4 gigs of ram.

Excelent performance high framerate DX10 (with vista 64) and all settings max on 1680x1050

 

It looks great

 

Also i think your 2.66 GB of memmory is a rather strange number....

 

Just toy around with advanced graphics settings and see where it gets you, this is after all the best looking MMO till date on the right system.....

 

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  jarish

Novice Member

Joined: 4/15/08
Posts: 526

12/12/08 11:23:23 AM#6

also do you have the hi-res version?

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  Darkjinxter

Novice Member

Joined: 4/03/05
Posts: 177

12/12/08 11:35:48 AM#7

www.mmorpg.com/photo/cffd6e46-38b7-45b7-9aa7-ae2b566d9dd0

The key to good graphics in LotRO is a good GFX card 8800GT at least, Vista for DX10 and a monitor which supports 1900x1200 (see image)

At 1900x1200 there's no real need for anti-aliasing, infact at that resolution I'd slow the system down if I enabled anti-aliasing.

 

  User Deleted
12/12/08 1:57:09 PM#8

8600 is a mediocre card, I got sucked up in that one as well, best to just get a 8800GT.

 

8800GT :

  Sovrath

Elite Member

Joined: 1/06/05
Posts: 11896

12/12/08 2:24:37 PM#9
Originally posted by solareus

8600 is a mediocre card, I got sucked up in that one as well, best to just get a 8800GT.

 

8800GT :


 

Do you use Vista or are you still using windows xp? I was told to hold off of that card unless I was planning to use vista.

If it can be used well in xp then i might go "a shopping".

  User Deleted
12/12/08 2:40:54 PM#10
Originally posted by Sovrath
Originally posted by solareus

8600 is a mediocre card, I got sucked up in that one as well, best to just get a 8800GT.

 

8800GT :


 

Do you use Vista or are you still using windows xp? I was told to hold off of that card unless I was planning to use vista.

If it can be used well in xp then i might go "a shopping".

 

It can be used in XP, howerver DX10 is vista only.

  leinad312

Novice Member

Joined: 1/15/06
Posts: 260

12/12/08 2:45:58 PM#11

The 8800GT is just as good, if not better on XP. I too went from an 8600GT to a 9800GT (which is pretty much the same as an 8800GT), the 8600 pales in comparison.

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  vidiotking

Novice Member

Joined: 4/05/08
Posts: 222

one in the bush is better than one in the hand.

12/12/08 3:50:29 PM#12
Originally posted by jarish

also do you have the hi-res version?


 

I have a pretty nice rig:

e8400 / 260 gtx / 4gig 800 ram.....I run vista w/ all the bells and wistles on a 24" monitor. Great frame rate.

What is this Hi Res version you speak of?

  User Deleted
12/12/08 4:17:36 PM#13
Originally posted by Sovrath
Originally posted by solareus

8600 is a mediocre card, I got sucked up in that one as well, best to just get a 8800GT.

 

8800GT :


 

Do you use Vista or are you still using windows xp? I was told to hold off of that card unless I was planning to use vista.

If it can be used well in xp then i might go "a shopping".

Depending on your computer case and how your motherboard, you can go up to a dual slotted card. The only reason I went to 8800GT was because it was a single slot card, dual slot wouldn't fit on my mobo.

I personally would recommend as a dual slot card is the new dual gpu ATi cards, it is like Sli without the bridge, then you also would have half of the video need for the full fuction spider system which is 4 core cpu and 2 core gpus x2 giving you 8 total cores of insane geekdom !

 

I run vista btw. It workks fine and just AS stable as xp, atleast for me and my application that I run which include gaming, an Adobe Suite , Cubase and other multimedia apllications :)

  oakthornn

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12/12/08 4:56:35 PM#14

I'm using windows XP with a 8800 GTS.. The game runs smoothly and looks phenominal!

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  jarish

Novice Member

Joined: 4/15/08
Posts: 526

12/12/08 5:15:46 PM#15
Originally posted by vidiotking
Originally posted by jarish

also do you have the hi-res version?


 

I have a pretty nice rig:

e8400 / 260 gtx / 4gig 800 ram.....I run vista w/ all the bells and wistles on a 24" monitor. Great frame rate.

What is this Hi Res version you speak of?

 

There are 2 clients for D/L the regular and the hires version that has high resolution textures. If you installed from a DVD you should have the hires

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  vidiotking

Novice Member

Joined: 4/05/08
Posts: 222

one in the bush is better than one in the hand.

12/12/08 5:22:58 PM#16
Originally posted by jarish
Originally posted by vidiotking
Originally posted by jarish

also do you have the hi-res version?


 

I have a pretty nice rig:

e8400 / 260 gtx / 4gig 800 ram.....I run vista w/ all the bells and wistles on a 24" monitor. Great frame rate.

What is this Hi Res version you speak of?

 

There are 2 clients for D/L the regular and the hires version that has high resolution textures. If you installed from a DVD you should have the hires


 

I did install from a dvd, and the game looks great. I really like the look. So you're sure I have the hi res version, thanks!