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[[Category:Support]][[Category:Graphics]]
'''Detailed technical information about video cards for [[Eve|EVE]]'''

'''Classic and Premium graphics card information for [[EVE_Online|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 - But has been [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Install_EVE_on_linux_with_wine unofficially available] since December 2007'''''.
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:'''<br>
[http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us nVidia]<br>
[http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html ATI]<br>
[http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/corpo/support/drivers/home.php Matrox]<br>
[http://www.sis.com/download/agreement.php?url=/download/ SiS]<br>

'''[[DirectX|DirectX]] and Windows:'''<br>
[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en DirectX] '''web installer'''<br>
[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 )<br>
[http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/ WindowsUpdate] ( fixes a lot of issues for players in many cases )

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

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


'''Classic graphic content:'''<br>
In order to run the classic graphic contenr for 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.'''<br>
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:'''<br>
GeForce 2 - GTS / Pro / MX-200 / MX-400<br>
GeForce 3 - TI 200 / TI 500<br>
GeForce 4 - MX420 / MX440 / MX460 / TI 4200 / TI 4400 / TI 4600 / TI 4800<br>
GeForce Fx - 5200 / 5600 / 5700 / 5800 / 5900 / 5950<br>
All later nVidia cards<br>
The latest Drivers for Nvidia graphics cards can be found [http://www.nvidia.com/ here].<br>

'''ATI cards:'''<br>
ATI Radeon 7200 / 7500 / 8500 / 9200 / 9000 PRO / 9700 PRO / 9800 PRO<br>
ATI All In Wonder Radeon<br>
All later ATI cards<br>
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].<br>

Please note that some ATI Mobility cards have been known cause problems when trying to run 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:'''<br>
Matrox Parhelia<br>
We recommend using the latest Matrox drivers, downloadable from the [http://matrox.com/ Matrox website]

'''[[Intel|Intel]]'''
[[Intel|Intel]] GMA950 X3000/3100/3500<br>
You can check if your [[Intel|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 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.

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

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

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

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600<br>
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400<br>

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'''

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

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.