Gaming News - February 2004
San Diego, CA (February 5, 2004) - Sony Online Entertainment today
released word that EverQuest is undergoing upgrades that will require all
players to upgrade to DirectX 9.
From SOE:
Sony Online Entertainment has exciting news for all EverQuest players. As the
world of Norrath evolves and expands, so too does the technology powering
EverQuest. Sony Online Entertainment is making significant upgrades to the
EverQuest engine which will allow SOE to provide players with the great game,
but on a much more stable and efficient platform. SOE anticipates patching in
the new engine sometime during the next month or two.
Part of this change will result in the need for all EverQuest players to
upgrade to DirectX 9 (DX9), the latest version of Microsoft's 3D software. As
best as SOE can determine, a very small percentage of our current EverQuest
player base (less than 1%) may find that their older video cards are not
compliant with DX9. To find out if a video card is DX9 compliant, players should
check with the manufacturer of their card (video drivers may need to be updated
as well). Players can also consult the EverQuest tech page on Sony Online
Entertainment's website, located at
eqlive.station.sony.com/support/tech_support.jsp.
Sony Online Entertainment is very concerned that even a small number of our
players may have issues running EverQuest. To address this, SOE has worked out a
deal with NVIDIA and eVGA.com to provide current EQ players access to discounts
on a number of newer video cards that are DX9 compliant. eVGA.com will be
offering EQ players discounts on several PC video cards that utilize Nvidia
technology, from the affordable GeForce FX 5600XT all the way up to the GeForce
FX 5900 Ultra. Current EverQuest players can go to
www.evga.com/eq to take
advantage of this special offer.
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