I'm on a k6-3 450, 448 megs...more ram does help, and turn your texture
caching on! It may slow down initial loads a bit, and every time you enter a
new zone for the first time (overall, not per session) it makes the cache
file, but once your files are made, it REALLY speeds things up. I zone much
more quicker than I used to, in most cases. I also rarely get dropped
zoning, unless the server is already iffy. Also, since you have loads of
room....set your VM manually. 2x real ram + 50 megs in 9x/ME, 4x + 50 in 2k
or XP, both min and max. I tend to get around a 10-12% boost with this
tweak. Last but not least...get a better vid card.

----- Original Message -----
From: apcooper <apc@...>
To: <EverQuest@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 5:07 PM
Subject: [EverQuest] Slow load and zoning

> Hello - just joined this group.
>
> My son is very a very enthusiastic EQ player, but is constantly
> frustrated by the initial loading times (about 10 minutes) and in
> particular time to go from one zone to the next - about five minutes
> on average. Very often it crashes back to the server screen after a
> long wait.
>
> The PC is a PII 450 with 384Mb RAM and a 60GB hard disk, 90% of which
> is free. The graphics card is a 16MB nVidia Riva TNT. Internet
> connection is a fast 512Kbs ADSL.
>
> Is this normal with EQ, and if not, how long should it take to load
> and zone? What can be done to really speed things up?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
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