Get more Ram. You should have at least 512MB. I thought you said you had a Geforce 3? That is much better than a Geforce 4 MX. I play on 56K and that doesn't affect lag in the way you are describing.

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From: mlockridge01

To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:42 AM

Subject: [EverQuest] Gforce4 mx

Finally got my card. Got it installed and went for a test drive. One area that is a big problem is Rivervale. With the last expansion Rivervale became so laggy that I avoided going home when I could. Now I get a few hiccups when I enter the zone, then it settles down to a playable level. A hitch now and then, but nothing like before the upgrade. Checked out a few cities, some zones in between. Made technical adjustments. On the whole quite pleased. One thing I noticed was a bit of lag in laggy zones (Luclin was almost unplayable until now)until I had been there a bit. When I went to the Bazaar I just did a slow 360 and the lag went away. Figure enough of the zone loaded into active memory to carry the play from then on. Perhaps someone could explain what was actuall happening to the system when I do this. Anyway, I do a scan of my environment when I zone and things are pretty smooth. This is my last upgrade to my present system. Have to replace my tower next, and hope to hold out a while. How much can I spend every year on these things? The family expects me to feed them, and I hate to dissppoint them too often on that account just to play my game. Now if DSL comes down a bit in price, I may try that. Could that be the key to absolute smooth-as-butter-on-a-bald-monkey performance on my aging machine? (The thing is just a bit over a year old. How fast they grow old.) Barto Proudfoot

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