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New page: '''Detailed technical information about video cards for EVE''' '''Classic and Premiun graphics card information for EVE Online''' Requirements for Linux and Macintosh can...

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'''Detailed technical information about video cards for [[Eve|EVE]]'''

'''Classic and Premiun graphics card information for [[Eve|EVE]] Online'''

Requirements for Linux and Macintosh can be found [[System Requirements|here]] '''''Do note that the Premium content is not yet available for Linux or Mac'''''
It's suggested that you keep your computer's drivers updated, this increases performance and stability in almost all cases.
Here's a list of most known vendors for graphic cards, chipset drivers and sound cards.

'''Graphic Cards:''' 
[http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us nVidia] 
[http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html ATI] 
[http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/corpo/support/drivers/home.php Matrox] 
[http://www.sis.com/download/agreement.php?url=/download/ SiS] 

'''[[DirectX|DirectX]] and Windows:''' 
[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en DirectX] '''web installer''' 
[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1A2393C0-1B2F-428E-BD79-02DF977D17B8&displaylang=en DirectX] '''End User Runtime''' ( if the web installer reports everything updated when it isn't ) 
[http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/ WindowsUpdate] ( fixes a lot of issues for players in many cases )

'''Soundcards:''' 
[http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/ Soundblaster] 
[http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads.aspx Realtek] 
[http://forms.analog.com/Form_Pages/soundMAX/soundMAXtechSupport.html SoundMax] 
[http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.drivers M-Audio] ( Formerly Midiman ) 
[http://www.cmedia.com.tw/e_download_01.htm C-Media] 
[http://ts.hercules.com/eng/index.php?pg=files_faq Hercules] 
[http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us nForce] 

'''Chipset drivers:''' 
[http://www.sis.com/download/ SiS] 
[http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2 Via] 
[http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us nForce] 
[http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx?iid=homepage+hdr_nav2_download# Intel] 

'''Classic graphic content:''' 
In order to run the classic graphic contenr for [[Eve|EVE]], the graphic card is required to offer hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L)[[Support|support]] and 32MB RAM, additionally you will need to have the latest version of [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx DirectX 9.0c] installed.

'''Your desktop resolution has to be at least 1024 x 768 to run the game, lower resolutions are not supported.''' 
We also recommend that you use the latest drivers for your soundcard and your motherboard's chipset. [[Hardware manufacturers|Here]] is a lost of know hardware vendors.
Install all possible [http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp Windows updates] before continuing, do however note that some Windows patches can cause problems in rare cases..

'''nVidia cards:''' 
GeForce 2 - GTS / Pro / MX-200 / MX-400 
GeForce 3 - TI 200 / TI 500 
GeForce 4 - MX420 / MX440 / MX460 / TI 4200 / TI 4400 / TI 4600 / TI 4800 
GeForce Fx - 5200 / 5600 / 5700 / 5800 / 5900 / 5950 
All later nVidia cards 
The latest Drivers for Nvidia graphics cards can be found [http://www.nvidia.com/ here]. 

'''ATI cards:''' 
ATI Radeon 7200 / 7500 / 8500 / 9200 / 9000 PRO / 9700 PRO / 9800 PRO 
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 
All later ATI cards 
For ATI cards we do recommend that you use the latest Catalyst driver, downloadable from the [http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html ATI website]. 

Please note that some ATI Mobility cards have been known cause problems when trying to run [[Eve|EVE]], for that visit your Notebooks manufacturers site and download the latest drivers. If those do not work use the latest available version of ATI's Catalyst drivers

'''Matrox cards:''' 
Matrox Parhelia 
We recommend using the latest Matrox drivers, downloadable from the [http://matrox.com/ Matrox website]

'''Intel'''
Intel GMA950 X3000/3100/3500 
You can check if your Intel graphics card supports T&L [http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-011910.htm here]
Drivers can be found [http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx?iid=homepage+hdr_nav2_download# here]

'''Note''' that this list is not complete and not all the cards listed run the game flawlessly. Some low end cards can cause [[Eve|Eve]] to run slowly and thus cause stutter or graphical lag ( such as onboards graphic cards ), check your Windows graphic settings to see if you can change options from quality to performance as well as lowering graphical detail. Doing the same ingame in the Graphics tab is also recommended.
Conversely, if you have a video card that's not on the list but supports T&L, it might still play [[Eve|EVE]].

'''Premium graphic content:'''

Even if you can run the Premium client the rest of your hardware could not be up to the task. Even though the graphics card is the primary hardware here the rest of your hardware needs to be powerful as well. You may suffer hickups which will require you to tone down your graphical settings, the classic client will always be an option for you if you feel the Premium client isn't running as you hoped.
Updating drivers ( links on top of page ) is suggested since it'll increase performance and stability of your system.

Here's a list of cards that [[Support|support]] Shader Model 3, do note that some cards may be missing from the list.

'''nVidia:''' 
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M 
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M 
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 (Go) 
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 (Go) 
NVIDIA GeForce 7500 
NVIDIA GeForce 7400 (Go) 
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 (Go) 
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 

'''Note that GeForce Go cards have been known to have problems with running the Premium client'''

'''ATI:''' 
ATI Radeon HD 2900 
ATI Radeon HD 2600 
ATI Radeon X1950 
ATI Radeon X1900 
ATI Radeon X1800 
ATI Radeon X1650 
ATI Radeon X1600 
ATI Radeon X1300 

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 

If your graphics card is not listed here you can check if it does [[Support|support]] the premium graphics by running the following program [http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/devblog/SM3Checker.zip Shader Model 3 Checker]

'''The following graphic cards are not supported by [[Eve|EVE]]'''

ATI Radeon VE / U1 / 7000 
ATI Rage Fury / Rage128 Pro 
Diamond Viper II Z200 
Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 
Intel Extreme Graphics 
Onboard Intel chips, such as the Intel740, the Express 3D Graphics Card, and the 82830M/82815/82810/82845G/82852/82855/945GM GM/GME Graphics Controllers 
Voodoo 3 3000 
Voodoo 5 5500 
Voodoo4 4500 
Riva TNT/TNT2 
Matrox Millenium - G400 & G450 
S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR 
SiS® 650/740 Graphics Controller 

If you are having problems and you are using one of the supported cards, the problem is most likely related to your video card's drivers. The most likely solution would be to update the cards drivers.

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