Up until an hour and a half ago, I was still not impressed with MXO; the game was very unresponsive and laggy on my system, which while not the absolute top of the line, is no slouch.
Then I decided to experiment with various settings in the Video (Advanced) area.
The difference after just a few minor modifications is like night and day!
I am so pleased that I thought I would post screens of the results of my adjustments that allowed me to achieve excellent frame rates, near zero (actually zero so far) lag and very good graphic resolution (in my opinion) so that others who may still be having problems may benefit from them.
My rig consists of:
AMD Athlon 3000+
1 GB DDR333 SDRAM
GeForce FX5600 256mb RAM AGP8X ViVo (BFG Asylum card)
X-Treme G 81.84 v2 Nvidia Drivers
VIA Hyperion Pro Drivers v5.04A
VIA Ultra ATA IDE Accelerator Drivers
The first screenshot is of my current graphic settings in-game. The remaining screens are of combat and environment. At no time during travel or combat, was there any noticeable lag.
The secret, obviously, is not to let the game manage the settings for you; turn options off and on and lower settings until you achieve the balance you need.
If your video card manages anti-aliasing per application (as most Nvidia cards are default set to do) then do NOT turn on anti-aliasing. The effect is... bizarre :smileyhappy:
Screenshots:
I hope this helps some people who may still be having lag / choppy gameplay issues.