Originally posted by Comodities

It isn't still loading the textures, don't be sily.

This is exactly the way the game looks for me, and I have high settings on.

I'm just asking if this is the way its meant to look, not very good if you ask me.

Insufficient harware is well possible. My graphics card can only do shader model 2.0, its an ati 9700 pro. Do you think that is the reason it doesn't look very nice? CPU is fine, only 2.4 GHz P4 but it runs smoothly.

Theres your Problem >> shader model 2.0, its an ati 9700 pro

Originally posted by BarCrow

Originally posted by curiousdaoc

Garbage hardware imho.

AoC looks amazing on DX10 with my 9800, that screen is absolutely horrible though. Washed out textures, etc.. definitely not the fault of the game, might want to update the old rig champ.

PS: Alternatively, if your hardware IS up to date, then something may be wrong with your video adapter, or you have absolutely butchered your CP settings for your card. Theres no reason it should look like that on high settings, something is definitely wrong.

 

I have intel i7 cpu...4 gig ddr3 and 9800gt ...vista64  and on DX9 it looks fantastic at high/ultra high settings...Hey curiousdaoc....what kind of fps do you get on dx10?....i tried using dx10 but my fps was too low for me to enjoy the game. (looked stunning tho..and I love the reactive grass and god rays)..will adding a sound card improve my framerates? (despite I only have 2.1 spkrs)

sound card will improve your performance ( depends on soundcard, some wont improve.. some can give 15% boost, but you need to consider those improvements probably wont effect you, as its cpu only, and running i7, i doubt aoc lacks cpu power from you.. yours 9800gt alone is bit too little)

you far better off adding another 9800 probably can find one for around same price ( well bit more expensive ) than good gaming sound card

ocing yours i7 will give better boost than new sound card too

( overclocking my sound evil and scary if you never did it, it did for me.. i was scared to try, but when i did.. it was most fun i ever had with pc , just google for i7 overclocking, read a lot.. memorize it.. and give it a go )

Originally posted by Smikis

Originally posted by BarCrow

Originally posted by curiousdaoc

Garbage hardware imho.

AoC looks amazing on DX10 with my 9800, that screen is absolutely horrible though. Washed out textures, etc.. definitely not the fault of the game, might want to update the old rig champ.

PS: Alternatively, if your hardware IS up to date, then something may be wrong with your video adapter, or you have absolutely butchered your CP settings for your card. Theres no reason it should look like that on high settings, something is definitely wrong.

 

I have intel i7 cpu...4 gig ddr3 and 9800gt ...vista64  and on DX9 it looks fantastic at high/ultra high settings...Hey curiousdaoc....what kind of fps do you get on dx10?....i tried using dx10 but my fps was too low for me to enjoy the game. (looked stunning tho..and I love the reactive grass and god rays)..will adding a sound card improve my framerates? (despite I only have 2.1 spkrs)

 

sound card will improve your performance ( depends on soundcard, some wont improve.. some can give 15% boost, but you need to consider those improvements probably wont effect you, as its cpu only, and running i7, i doubt aoc lacks cpu power from you.. yours 9800gt alone is bit too little)

you far better off adding another 9800 probably can find one for around same price ( well bit more expensive ) than good gaming sound card

ocing yours i7 will give better boost than new sound card too

( overclocking my sound evil and scary if you never did it, it did for me.. i was scared to try, but when i did.. it was most fun i ever had with pc , just google for i7 overclocking, read a lot.. memorize it.. and give it a go )

Thank you kindly. I was thinking on SLIing another 9800gt...but I still have 30days to upgrade for the difference to a evga GtX285(for $223) or gtx275 (for $125.00)...what is your opinion?...just double up..or upgrade?.. I have also been thinking on using the gigabyte software that will OC my cpu to up to 3.2 ghz(i think)...it is 2.6 now....never done it before and not too keen on messing with bios. I'm sure it's nothing...I'll grow some bigger balls soon and try it out.

I found the graphics to be pretty disappointing.  DX9 was 'meh', and DX10 was too glitchy to enjoy.  Shadows and plant physics created some ugly combinations that just didn't look pleasing to the eyes at all.  Character models were also extremely unimpressive (probably the worst part about the graphics)

I have an 8800GS, 6GB DDR2, and a decent dual core, and the performance was utterly crap in DX10, but then I expected that too.  DX9 was so-so, but again, it didn't look impressive to me.  Yeah, for a fantasy MMO it is probably still the best looking game, but it was too glitchy for me to really care.  That, combined with clunky animations and problems getting the game to not default to windowed mode and 1600x1200 every 15 minutes, made me quit caring after a day.

I find the overlands a bit visually dissapointing tbh, but some of the dungeon interiors are amazing. Character models are also VERY impressive for a MMORPG. I dont get the 'uncanny valley' feel in AOC like in some games, noticably EQ2.

Graphically, the DX9 game for me scores 7.5-8/10 compared to other next gen titles (cross-platform) out there. DX10 is a little too buggy atm, so I can't really comment on that.

Sorry to break it to you, but it most certainly is you. If you've got that on max, maybe you should look at your graphics card. It seems like that card might be out dated, if you want something visually stunning like this, you do really need to have an up to date graphics card.

I've played this game max with my nvidea GTX280, and it's amazing (this was only on D9)

buy an ATI HD 4830 it`s around 100 euros...you should be fine with that

EDIT : NVM my comment  you would be better with a 4850 because I took a look at the price on NCIX.com and you can probably find a 4850 for the price of a 4830

To all the naysayers that think this guy is trolling, you are incorrect...

I played AoC at launch and now on the same rig, and I could play on high both times.  Before the graphics were amazing, now mine look just like his screenshot.  I believe they did something to the trial client so that they could try to boost performance and make it seem like they really got the bugs out and made the game run smooth..  It looks absolutely terrible on my computer compared to when I played before and I upgraded to much better monitors since then...

Originally posted by tool089

To all the naysayers that think this guy is trolling, you are incorrect...

I played AoC at launch and now on the same rig, and I could play on high both times.  Before the graphics were amazing, now mine look just like his screenshot.  I believe they did something to the trial client so that they could try to boost performance and make it seem like they really got the bugs out and made the game run smooth..  It looks absolutely terrible on my computer compared to when I played before and I upgraded to much better monitors since then...

That screenshot has no textures on and hence it looks bad. If you have the same problem, try getting the textures to come on.

By playing with the video setting in the game.

Graphics in AOC are some of the best in the industry that is a known fact. If you are not getting that then either your PC is outdated or your drivers are.

Originally posted by orlac

The textures have not loaded in that shot. Even at low settings, the wood planks would have texture. OP is trolling I think.

 

AOC has by far the best looking and most efficient graphics engine of any major MMO.

QFT this guy = failed troll. Everyone here has seen my videos or Averys. Don't let this guy with a PC from the 80's tell you this game looks like crap.

Lotro and Aoc have the best graphics out of any MMO out there right now, dunno, maybe the OP is use to playing with Atari or Diablo type graphics...

Originally posted by VultureSkull

Originally posted by tool089

To all the naysayers that think this guy is trolling, you are incorrect...

I played AoC at launch and now on the same rig, and I could play on high both times.  Before the graphics were amazing, now mine look just like his screenshot.  I believe they did something to the trial client so that they could try to boost performance and make it seem like they really got the bugs out and made the game run smooth..  It looks absolutely terrible on my computer compared to when I played before and I upgraded to much better monitors since then...

 

That screenshot has no textures on and hence it looks bad. If you have the same problem, try getting the textures to come on.

By playing with the video setting in the game.

Graphics in AOC are some of the best in the industry that is a known fact. If you are not getting that then either your PC is outdated or your drivers are.

It's fascinating that you completely ignored the point of my reply.  I have the graphics on the highest settings.  My drivers are fine, they were fine the first time I played back in May-July.  I saw the textures then and I do not see them now.  Do you not understand that they have a trial client and a full client you can download?  The trial client could easily only allow you to have terrible graphics so this "awesome" trial they're letting us have for free makes us think they boosted performance.  Also, it's interesting that they are allowing me to play through Tortage.  Was there -ever- a problem with Tortage? No.  It was really fun.  It's when you go to the actual game that it becomes buggy and boring.

Originally posted by Comodities

Hi all

Just joined the AoC trial with high expectations.

I always heard this game had great graphics but now Im really disappointed.

At max res with 1600*900 and graphics on high (high textures, high quality, grass etc.) the game hardly looks any better than dark age of camelot. Please view attached image and tell me if you got the same graphics.

I played for  few hours but had to stop because  the game world looked kinda stale. Textures were kinda dull up close and rocks really blocky. Is something wrong?

yep, there is definitely sthn wrong with your settings or your hardware...

this is how it looks on a 8800GTS :

I'm running the game on an nvidia 8500 which isn't running too bad at all and looks fine with dx10, little performance issues with card but nothing to complain about here.