Eoweniel
10-17-2007, 05:36 AM
<p>OK, so this is a tad embarrassing. My computer isn't all that bad... It's rather good actually (save for the lack of RAM perhaps)..and I know quite a few people who have worse computers than me and still manage to play EQ2 on higher settings than me. I can run most other games quite nicely, it's just EQ2 that seems to devour my specs and spit them out...or something, heh.Here's the thing... Normally, I don't lag all that much when I have my profile set to Very High Quality... But as soon as I hit Neriak, Freeport or Darklight Wood it's...I can't move. Screen freezes...it's impossible. I have to drop it to Extreme Performance and even THEN it lags rather extremely. It's annoying because the Q's aren't exactly gentle to me and I can't fight back 'cause I suffer a huge lagspike each time someone steps in close. This is quite frankly a bit ridiculous, I have;Windows XP Home</p><p>P4 3 GHz processor</p><p>512 MB RAM (I know, this one sucks)GeForce 6200, 256 MB </p><p>I've done everything...Defragged, scanned, compressed files, upped my paging file, updated GFX drivers... It only gave me a little performance boost, hardly anything. I wonder why DLW lags so much, specifically......So I'm tkinking... Eitherway I know I need more RAM.. I am thinking about getting 1 gig, but I don't know if it will stack with my current RAM or not. If it does, I'll have about 1.5 gigs... I'm curious if buying more RAM will help;a) reduce lagb) make area loading quicker 'cause it's slow as heck atm</p><p>I am also thinking about purchasing a new Graphics Card...but I'm not sure which one to go for. I do want a good card. Not neccessarily the best, but pretty good and highly ranked/valued in the GFX card quality list. Some input would be appreciated on this.Also, I have another question;Quite often I find that the game freezes... Well, the screen freezes and then the computer reboots itself. It's rather frustrating, meaning I log on to find myself dead a lot. Does anyone know what might be causing this? Lack of RAM? It's not the GFX card drivers 'cause like I said, they're updated.</p><p> Hope someone can help me with this. I'd appreciate some help! Thanks in advance,Eow</p>