I'm back to thinking about SLI heh. I cant max it out 1900x1200. i get 15-20 fps.
i average 40fps at 1680x1060 with drawdistance down by 600m and a few other things turned down a bit. 40fps is playable but 30 and under is a bit stuttery. 50-60 is ideal for AoC in my opinion.
Waiting for the 9900's is gonna be a pain lol, thinkin about going for evga 9800gtx's but step up will probably run out before i can use it. Id have to change my whole setup too >< wc tubes are cut quite short, no room for 2 vid cards >.> ah well, performance will probably rise a bit on full release, i may try to hold out. 1900x1200 was pretty nice lookin tho ; ;
on a side note things server-side seem to be running a lot smoother today. Havent had many of those crazy loading issues, and the constant 2-4 second hangs in certain places are fewer. I'm still getting the occasional lockup every 15 or 20 min requiring a forced restart of the game (not pc) but no biggie.
Games runnin pretty good overall. reporting the bugs is exausting :S I've seen a few funny one's, like misplaced NPC's during a cutscene story sequence, or things bending in ways they shouldnt XD overall the graphical glitches seem a lot lower than I expected. Climbing still has a few bugs in certain spots where it just wont work, but meh, not really needed for the beta anyway.
if i had to put money on it, id bank it'll be in great shape and ready to ship launch day. If they're promptly taking care of stuff as we go along, instead of letting it pile up XD I know theres probably a lot of people ignoring the bug report and just playing (they've said so in global chat rofl, waste of keys) but i bet they're getting flooded by reports none the less XD
oh edit~ one thing that drives me nuts, you cant seem to be able to change the chat text color. its so hard to read orange on a beach or grass, or anything brightly colored. gave me a heache in just 3 hours, even with text size turned up. XD I hope they add an option on full release for that. I threw i nthe suggestion, dunno if it'll help or not.
it might already be there but I couldn't find it after lookign for a good 30 min, as well as half a dozen other players.