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BadLieutenant
05-22-2007, 11:30 PM
<p>I decided to buy a new pc because I was tired of playing on Extreme Performance. I was shocked when I loaded up EQ2 on it and discovered I still get bad lag when I play on anything other than extreme performance. Other games run great on my system. I can play HL2 with settings maxed and it runs great. My 3dMark score was 8800 which is pretty good. I have searched the web and this forum and found nothing that has helped. I ran the AMD dual-core optimization and that made no difference. I turned off Vsync and that made no difference. Frequently my FPS will drop in the single digits on Balanced. I have friends with lower system specs than can play on higher settings than me. I formated my hard drive and started from scratch. I am running the latest nVidia drivers. I have the latest version of DirectX. Windows is complety up to date. I ran a bandwidth test and my score was very good. I thought that may be the problem but I am not sure. I ran the tracert's suggested and there were no problems with that, all respones times were great. Here is the requested information for posts on this forum. Any help would be appreciated. </p><p>I can provide the entire DxDiag info if required....here is most of it. I have 2 8800 GTS video cards with 320MB of RAM running in a SLI config. </p><p>------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 5/22/2007, 21:14:41        Machine name: xxxxxx    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)            Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: System manufacturer        System Model: System Product Name                BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG           Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+,  MMX,  3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz              Memory: 3070MB RAM           Page File: 414MB used, 5565MB available         Windows Dir: C:WINDOWS     DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found      DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode</p><p>-------------- Display Devices ---------------         Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS      Manufacturer: NVIDIA         Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTS          DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC        Device Key: EnumPCIVEN_10DE&DEV_0193&SUBSYS_042010DE&REV_A2    Display Memory: 320.0 MB      Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)           Monitor: SyncMaster 226BW(Digital)   Monitor Max Res: 1680,1050       Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll    Driver Version: 6.14.0011.5822 (English)       DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail  Driver Date/Size: 4/20/2007 06:05:00, 5434880 bytes       WHQL Logo'd: No   WHQL Date Stamp: None               VDD: n/a          Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys     Mini VDD Date: 4/20/2007 06:05:00, 6739168 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-42D3-11CF-D065-2B2403C2CB35}         Vendor ID: 0x10DE         Device ID: 0x0193         SubSys ID: 0x042010DE       Revision ID: 0x00A2       Revision ID: 0x00A2       Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A  Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive                    {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch                    {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive                    {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch                    {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive                    {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch                    {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive                    {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch          Registry: OK      DDraw Status: Enabled        D3D Status: Enabled        AGP Status: Enabled DDraw Test Result: Not run  D3D7 Test Result: Not run  D3D8 Test Result: Not run  D3D9 Test Result: Not run</p><p>------------- Sound Devices -------------             Description: SoundMAX HD Audio  Default Sound Playback: Yes  Default Voice Playback: Yes             Hardware ID: HDAUDIOFUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_198B&SUBSYS_104381F6&REV_1002         Manufacturer ID: 65535              Product ID: 65535                    Type: WDM             Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys          Driver Version: 5.10.0001.4530 (English)       Driver Attributes: Final Retail             WHQL Logo'd: Yes           Date and Size: 5/2/2006 04:12:06, 229376 bytes             Other Files:         Driver Provider: AnalogDevices          HW Accel Level: Full               Cap Flags: 0xF5F     Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 192000 Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 33, 32  Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 33, 32               HW Memory: 0        Voice Management: Yes  EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes    I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): Yes                Registry: OK       Sound Test Result: Not run</p><p>--------------------- Sound Capture Devices ---------------------             Description: SoundMAX HD Audio   Default Sound Capture: Yes   Default Voice Capture: Yes             Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys          Driver Version: 5.10.0001.4530 (English)       Driver Attributes: Final Retail           Date and Size: 5/2/2006 04:12:06, 229376 bytes               Cap Flags: 0x41            Format Flags: 0xCCC</p>

Rob89
05-23-2007, 09:27 AM
Your cpu seems weak for the system. My X2 4600 got problems to catch up with dual 7900gtx cards. Dual 8800gts 320mb arent uber either. One 8800gtx smokes em and are about same price.

Wingrider01
05-23-2007, 09:32 AM
<p>Have you installed the AMD driver patch for X2 processors? The symptoms you indicate can be caused by the lack of the updated optomizer X2 driver. There is also a companion patch for XP over at microsoft. </p><p>You might also try </p><p>1. backdating your video driver to the recommended one shown at the knowledge base here</p><p>2. downgrading your memory to 2GB, the amoutn of memory you are running can actually cause issues on a 32 bit OS and some motherboards will slow down the memoty access speeds automaticly with +2GB</p><p>3. check the MB manufacturer to see if there are any updated drivers or bios files for your system</p>

Wingrider01
05-23-2007, 09:35 AM
<cite>Rob89 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Your cpu seems weak for the system. My X2 4600 got problems to catch up with dual 7900gtx cards. Dual 8800gts 320mb arent uber either. One 8800gtx smokes em and are about same price. </blockquote> Sorry to disagree with you on the processor, the X2-4200 is a decent processor and well within the current specifications for gaming machines. Run a AMD 3800+ with 2GB of memory at balanced mode with no issues outside of the slow down in QH that has recently came back

Jal
05-23-2007, 10:49 AM
Turn your spell effects to 0 and crank up the other settings.  Do a search for 8800 and youll find many others have the same stuttering and lag issues and it seems to be related to spell effects.

BadLieutenant
05-23-2007, 04:14 PM
<p>I never said my machine was uber. I just said it was better than my old one and it should be performing better than it is. I had 2GB of RAM to begin with and still had the same performance that I do with 3GB. I did run the AMD duel-core optimizer with no effect. I also ran the Windows update that was suggested. I even OC'ed my proc to 2.3GHz from 2.2 and saw no difference. </p><p>Looks like I should have just gone with 7900's instead of 8800's. Live and learn I guess. What is the exact name of the Spell Effect setting? I'm looking for it but I am not seeing it. Yes I'm sure its right in front of my face and I am blind. I found some stuff under particle effects but not sure which one I want to tweak. I assume setting this to zero will mean I won't see any spell effects? Seems rather lame. </p>