Directx 9

[Edward Edgemenace]

For my ATI card, it was not beneficial to load the very latest drivers. Before 1/30/2009, I saw performance improvements from using DirectX 8/9 but since then, use OpenGL has worked better. With only 1 GB of memory that you have you are probably seeing most of the same game-slow-down issues that I do: playing for more than 2 hours without rebooting gets slow.

If you can upgrade to 4 GB of memory, you will be very pleased with the improvement.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

For my ATI card, it was not beneficial to load the very latest drivers. Before 1/30/2009, I saw performance improvements from using DirectX 8/9 but since then, use OpenGL has worked better. With only 1 GB of memory that you have you are probably seeing most of the same game-slow-down issues that I do: playing for more than 2 hours without rebooting gets slow.

If you can upgrade to 4 GB of memory, you will be very pleased with the improvement.

What's better graphics wise, OpenGL or DirectX9?

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

What's better graphics wise, OpenGL or DirectX9?

If the video card is up to snuff, then DirectX 9. My ATI RADEON X850 (256MB) runs the game great in DX9 (highest settings) but it was horrible in OpenGL. For me, OpenGL was choppy and didn't render as well, especially the water which looked like Jello. Choosing between OpenGL and DX9 also depends on your available RAM. I only have 1GB but it's insanely fast memory.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

What's better graphics wise, OpenGL or DirectX9?

That will depend on an almost infinite number of separate factors for your computer. When I last tried DirectX9 and DirectX8 in POTCO, they were very bad compared to OpenGL.

[akamystic]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

That will depend on an almost infinite number of separate factors for your computer. When I last tried DirectX9 and DirectX8 in POTCO, they were very bad compared to OpenGL.

My PC with the 256 MEG NVIDIA card looks much better in open gl than directx....but can't run it in open gl with current issues. So, directx 9 it is...for now. As you stated....it all depends...many variables.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

That will depend on an almost infinite number of separate factors for your computer. When I last tried DirectX9 and DirectX8 in POTCO, they were very bad compared to OpenGL.

I'm sticking with openGL then. Besides, I keep disconnecting for some reason anytime I try to log on and that started after I changed it from openGL to directx9.

Strange, I was off POTCO for a month around this time last year becasue I couldn't connect.