A Gforce4 Mx can be had for around $75. Might consider that, as well.
--- 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.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wulfric Rennison
> To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 11:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [EverQuest] Re: Slow load and zoning
>
>
> You can try all of that stuff, but I would think it's your CPU
and video card that's hampering you more than anything. I ran EQ on
a PII 333mhz with an 8MB video card and 8MB accelerator while I was
in Japan. It was slow as molasses. No matter how many options I
turned off. I noticed moderately better performance once I upgraded
the video card. Even on my PIII 800 with 640MB of RAM itwould run
everything but Luclin. Then I upgraded the video card to 128MB and
it ran fine. If you really want to improve performance, upgrade
your video card if at all possible. It can sometimes compensate for
a slower processor.
>
> Wulfric
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: apcooper
> To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:32 AM
> Subject: [EverQuest] Re: Slow load and zoning
>
>
> Thank you very much indeed to everyone who has responded so
far. I
> have tweaked the datarate to 7.0 and switched on the caching to
see
> if that makes much difference.
>
> We have the basic New Dawn with the Planes of Power expansion.
The
> Options screen however states "Luclin Options" - I don't know
why.
>
> As for the PC - maximum RAM capacity is 384MB and that is what
is
> installed. There is 50Gb free on the hard disk. I have noticed
that
> while loading and zoning however, the hard disk light is always
on
> meaning it is doing alot of work. I suppose this would be the
case as
> it is loading alot from the hard disk.
>
> Performance within a zone seems fine on the whole,it is just
initial
> loading and in particular the zoning times. Very often, after
waiting
> 5 minutes, it simply gives up and goes back to the server
screen -
> very frustrating!
>
> The only other components that could be awapped are the hard
disk
> controller - but I really don't see that making much difference
since
> it is working fine, and the video controller - which is a
nVidia Riva
> TNT with just 16Mb RAM. We are running DirectX 9.
>
> Thanks very much again for all of your suggestions, and I would
be
> grateful for anytthing else you can suggest.
>
> Best regards.
>
>
>
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