Mine's a 64 meg and I manage fairly well in most places, even more with
things like sky and spell particles turned off. I have about half the
possible models set, with a relatively weak machine.
----- Original Message -----
From: apcooper <apc@...>
To: <EverQuest@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 1:32 PM
Subject: [EverQuest] Re: Slow load and zoning
> Thanks again for all of the suggestions! Really appreciate it.
>
> I already have the VM set to max - no problem with all of the
> available disk space.
>
> It seems most of you are pointing to the Video controller as the
> likely solution. Could well be - the existing one is only 16MB. But
> why would a slow video cause such a hit on the hard disk, which seems
> to be viusally where the bottleneck is - i.e. on zoning, the hard
> disk is very active until it zones are goes back to the server
> screen. The hard disk is performing extremely well and is very fast,
> so that is not the problemin itself - could the slwo graphics card
> cause EQ to go to the hard disk more to compensate?
>
> I am not sure I could go to a 128MB graphics card - would 64Mb do?
>
> Thanks once again.
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
>
> --- In EverQuest@yahoogroups.com, "Fire on High" <scendera@o...>
> wrote:
> > Yep...it does make a big difference.The VM tweak is just a
> little "freebie" for overall performance, not just EQ. 11 day uptimes
> on my WinME-based EQ box... yup, consider me convinced, fully and
> truly. Likewise the amount of sheer ABUSE my LAN server gets, and the
> stability and speed difference once the VM was fixed to reflect
> changes in real ram.Overall, spending $50 for a Geforce 2 will be an
> investment you're likely to be pleased with. Also, if your power
> supply is wimpy, consider invest in a bigger one...300 watts should
> be plenty for a Geforce 2 and sufficient cooling for everything, but
> 250 will do the trick with less breathing room...any less, upgrade.
> 4/9/03
>
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