I am one of those people scratching my head wondering if I'm going to be able to play EQ when it switches to dx9. I currently play on hand me down equipment and don't have ANY resources to upgrade. I just upgraded to a pIII 550Mhz CPU and have been running a GForce2 video card for some time now. This is one of the better PCs any of my friends have. I guess when you can't afford it, stop playing