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EverQuest Upgrades(Press Release) February 5, 2004 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 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
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