Quad Core Support

[salty21db]

<p>Im sure its been asked but i can't find it, will or is this game ever looking into quad core support because it just kinda sucks that i have a quad core and its only using one processor atm <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.</p>

[Deathheart]

<p><cite>salty21db wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Im sure its been asked but i can't find it, will or is this game ever looking into quad core support because it just kinda sucks that i have a quad core and its only using one processor atm <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" />.</p></blockquote><p>ummm....you havent even turned on "dual" in your options??</p>

[salty21db]

<p>aye i have the multicore option checked in options but only showing on processor at max</p>

[salty21db]

<p>Im not computer ilerate but im not exactly savvy either but it boggles my mind that if im on quad core and have the mutli core support checked in options why is one processor at full blast and the other 3 like nil.  Me and my bro have the same systems pretty much except his is amd mines intel and same graph cards and same amount of ram but yet on high quality we can only get like 15-25fps and i notice it seems to be perhaps because its only using one processor atm.</p><p>And dropping down dont do much really and gpu shadows are selected and triple buffering and such.  Only thing that fluctuates it is if we go past high quality up into extreme and such.</p>

[VW_Factor]

<p>The other cores only process animation if I remember correctly. </p><p>Waaaay back in the day, when dual cores were first on the scene, this game ran beautifully for me, and it balanced pretty decently across both cores..  Some weeks later, they took this ability away because some people were having issues with it.  (I dont even remember)</p><p>Its been that way since, and even though today it has "dual core support", it was only for animation.  This is what I read when they first attempted to re-implement the feature.  I'd rather see it back the way it was..  Maybe it had something to do with timing and events or something.</p><p>Edit : But yeah, its not "really" dual core support as far as Im concerned.  1 core is still doing all the work.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>salty21db wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Im not computer ilerate but im not exactly savvy either but it boggles my mind that if im on quad core and have the mutli core support checked in options why is one processor at full blast and the other 3 like nil.  Me and my bro have the same systems pretty much except his is amd mines intel and same graph cards and same amount of ram but yet on high quality we can only get like 15-25fps and i notice it seems to be perhaps because its only using one processor atm.</p><p>And dropping down dont do much really and gpu shadows are selected and triple buffering and such.  Only thing that fluctuates it is if we go past high quality up into extreme and such.</p></blockquote><p>You aren't seeing any of the processing on one of the other cores?  With my quad I don't see a perfect 50-50 balance between cores but some of the processes are shifted off the main core.</p><p>What quality levels are you using?  If you're running at a very high performance level then it's possible the features that would be moved to a second core aren't being used at all.</p>

[Deathheart]

<p><cite>VW_Factor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The other cores only process animation if I remember correctly. </p><p>Waaaay back in the day, when dual cores were first on the scene, this game ran beautifully for me, and it balanced pretty decently across both cores..  Some weeks later, they took this ability away because some people were having issues with it.  (I dont even remember)</p><p>Its been that way since, and even though today it has "dual core support", it was only for animation.  This is what I read when they first attempted to re-implement the feature.  I'd rather see it back the way it was..  Maybe it had something to do with timing and events or something.</p><p>Edit : But yeah, its not "really" dual core support as far as Im concerned.  1 core is still doing all the work.</p></blockquote><p>back in the day the single/dual was fine but quads were having no improvment. my dual seems to do ok with the g15 showing about 75/25 depending on my settings and group/raid the cores did max in combat and zoning</p><p>Bow</p>

[salty21db]

<p><cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>salty21db wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Im not computer ilerate but im not exactly savvy either but it boggles my mind that if im on quad core and have the mutli core support checked in options why is one processor at full blast and the other 3 like nil.  Me and my bro have the same systems pretty much except his is amd mines intel and same graph cards and same amount of ram but yet on high quality we can only get like 15-25fps and i notice it seems to be perhaps because its only using one processor atm.</p><p>And dropping down dont do much really and gpu shadows are selected and triple buffering and such.  Only thing that fluctuates it is if we go past high quality up into extreme and such.</p></blockquote><p>You aren't seeing any of the processing on one of the other cores?  With my quad I don't see a perfect 50-50 balance between cores but some of the processes are shifted off the main core.</p><p>What quality levels are you using?  If you're running at a very high performance level then it's possible the features that would be moved to a second core aren't being used at all.</p></blockquote><p>Running high quality atm...</p><p>With eq2 open looking at my performance and such im showing #4 processor at 100% and the others spiking around 5-10%.  I guess with all the replies it goes back to my original statement of will we ever see quad core support and is there anyway with this game that i can offload that #4 to split the load a bit onto at least one other or is that no longer a option as the guy stated above.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>salty21db wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite></cite></p><p>Running high quality atm...</p><p>With eq2 open looking at my performance and such im showing #4 processor at 100% and the others spiking around 5-10%.  I guess with all the replies it goes back to my original statement of will we ever see quad core support and is there anyway with this game that i can offload that #4 to split the load a bit onto at least one other or is that no longer a option as the guy stated above.</p></blockquote><p>Sadly, I wont have much information about what the devs plan to add in the future.  I believe the dev chats mentioned shifting more of the processing to the GPU was a high priority, though.  I'm guessing that will be the next performance-based change.</p>

[salty21db]

<p>Aye its ok its just drivin me and my bro nuts that something like my computer</p><p>Intel 2.3ghz quad core</p><p>nvidia 9800gt</p><p>8gigs of ram</p><p>cant run this game higher than a 20fps much on high quality and adjusting it down dont really help it lol.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>salty21db wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Aye its ok its just drivin me and my bro nuts that something like my computer</p><p>Intel 2.3ghz quad core</p><p>nvidia 9800gt</p><p>8gigs of ram</p><p>cant run this game higher than a 20fps much on high quality and adjusting it down dont really help it lol.</p></blockquote><p>It might be worth it to try disabling unnecessary background applications to free up some memory.  To disable background programs:1. Select the START button.2. Select RUN, then type in "msconfig" (for Vista, type msconfig in the search bar at the bottom of the Start Menu)3. Press OK4. Select the STARTUP tab.5. In the list, uncheck all boxes EXCEPT for SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY. If you use Windows XP, please note that SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY will not be listed - just uncheck the entire list.6. Hit apply and then OK. Restart the computer and try the game again.</p><p>Also, did you install the game by copying the files from another computer?  If so, let me know since that might be part of the problem.</p>

[VW_Factor]

<p>With 8 gigs of RAM Id be pretty certain its not background applications causing slowdown.  EQ2 is still very CPU bound, and your CPU even tho quad core is still 2.3ghz. </p><p>I run a Q9550 while stock its 2.8 its a good overclocker and running 4.0ghz atm, which was a huge improvement over the stock speed.</p><p>I'd look into either overclocking what you have, or invest is a faster CPU (dual core or otherwise).</p>

[salty21db]

<p><cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>salty21db wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Aye its ok its just drivin me and my bro nuts that something like my computer</p><p>Intel 2.3ghz quad core</p><p>nvidia 9800gt</p><p>8gigs of ram</p><p>cant run this game higher than a 20fps much on high quality and adjusting it down dont really help it lol.</p></blockquote><p>It might be worth it to try disabling unnecessary background applications to free up some memory.  To disable background programs:1. Select the START button.2. Select RUN, then type in "msconfig" (for Vista, type msconfig in the search bar at the bottom of the Start Menu)3. Press OK4. Select the STARTUP tab.5. In the list, uncheck all boxes EXCEPT for SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY. If you use Windows XP, please note that SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY will not be listed - just uncheck the entire list.6. Hit apply and then OK. Restart the computer and try the game again.</p><p>Also, did you install the game by copying the files from another computer?  If so, let me know since that might be part of the problem.</p></blockquote><p>Nothing running...and i didnt but my bro did on his computer and we thought that was the issue for him so we reinstalled and still nothing</p>