To try and ease the transition we are working on securing a discount deal with a graphics card vendor that we will announce in the next couple of weeks. We realize there is still a portion of the player base (we estimate around 9,000 users) that has Shader Model 2 cards.
We want to bring that number down to 7 year old technology. It is also hindering us in making EVE Online look as good as we want it to since we currently have to develop for cards up to and over 8 years old. The new minimum specification will become Shader Model 3.Īs we announced in October last year, we are at a point where maintaining support for the now legacy technology of Shader Model 2 is becoming a serious burden on our graphics tech team. TL DR: As of April 5 th we will discontinue support for Shader Model 2 graphics cards.
