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Message ID: 5790
Date: Sun Aug 29 17:52:06 BST 2004
Author: Melanie Johnson
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] Lag Issues
> I'm just wondering if anyone else has beenreports.
> experiencing an inordinate amount of lag lately? I
> mean more than you usually get, even in zones that
> are unpopulated. For example, whenever I port to
> the Feerrott, I start lagging immediately, and then
> if I port out, the lag gets even worse, as if I'm
> carrying it with me. But I had absolutely no lag
> before I zoned itno Feerrott. So I'm wondering if
> it's something about that zone?
>
> And before you say it's my computer system, I am
> running a Pentium 4 1.8Ghz with 1 GB of RAM, and a
> 128MB ATI Radeon 9200 video card. I also have a
> cable modem connection. And as I said, there's no
> lag until I zone into Feerrott.
>
> Before you ask if I have anything running in the
> background, I use this system for nothing but
> Everquest, so I have already gone ahead and shut
> down all the background programs.
>
> Before you ask if I have checked EQ's knowledgebase,
> I've already done everythign they've reccomended and
> it hasn't solved the problem. One thing I did find
> out was that certain zones will lag becasue on ATI
> cards there's an option for Wait For Vertical Sync,
> and they reccomend setting it to Off. So I did
> this, but now I'm getting lag in EVERY zone so I
> really don't think that's it.
>
> And before you ask if I have updated to the latest
> video drivers, I did that when I found out about the
> Vertical Sync issue.
>
> As you can probably tell, I'm not without some
> troubleshooting knowledge, but I've done everything
> I can think of, and the problem is still persisting.
> The one clue I have is that the problem didn't
> start happening until after last patch. So I don't
> know if that has anything to do with it. I thought
> I would check and see if anyone else is having this
> problem.
>
> Thanks
>
> Wulfric
> Cazic Thule server
>
> PS, I can duplicate this problem on any server with
> any character.
> PPS Yes I have already filled out several bug