Lag

[Miss_Jackie]

I've been having lots of lag whenever I log on. I don't know if it's because I don't have enough video ram or enough system ram. Any suggestions? My video card is: Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 (with 128 mb) System ram: 1.5 Gig's. I've even placed EQ2 on high priority in task manager. Thanks.

[Calthine]

What kind of internet connection have you got?  Have you defrag'd your hard drive lately?  What quality video settings are you running on? 

[Miss_Jackie]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>What kind of internet connection have you got?  Have you defrag'd your hard drive lately?  What quality video settings are you running on?  </blockquote> I have cable internet (4 megabits - barely anyone in my neighborhood uses it). I defraged the hard drive last night. It did improve somewhat, but not a whole lot. The video settings are on high. So, I'm assuming that I might have EQ2 running smoother if I lower them? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Spyderbite]

<cite>Miss_Jackie wrote:</cite><blockquote>I have cable internet (4 megabits - barely anyone in my neighborhood uses it). I defraged the hard drive last night. It did improve somewhat, but not a whole lot. The video settings are on high. So, I'm assuming that I might have EQ2 running smoother if I lower them? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </blockquote> Yupper.. with the exception of the video card (I also run on 128 meg video) I have about twice the specs of your computer and still find the game much smoother in "Balanced" with a few customized tweaks in the performance section. You'll see a huge difference in high traffic areas as well in balanced mode.

[Finora]

<p>You can also tweak the video settings individually in the option panel rather than just using one of the default settings (high quality, balanced etc).</p><p>Because I'm a fool for a good looking game I started out at extreme quality and tweaked a few things down so that it ran better. Somewhere there is a guide to tweaking the settings. I'll see if I can find it.</p>

[Miss_Jackie]

Thanks, I appreciate it. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />