Recent And Radical Drop in Performance [Archive]

Greyquill

03-27-2011, 01:19 AM

I'm at my wits end with my computer and this game. Everything was running fine up until two recent major changes; Lucan D'Lere being merged with Crushbone and the release of Destiny of Velious. My normal gaming experience has been an average of 60 FPS in "Balanced" mode for nearly the past two years. Now, I'm lucky to get anywhere between 6-10 FPS in an unpopulated area at "Extreme Performce". I'd like to say it's EQ2 and not my computer, but I can't really even vouch for that at the moment. I ended up with that god awful "system tools" virus and wound up having to reintall the OS from recovery disk recently. So, I'm basically at a fresh install of Vista (I have done the hours of Windows updates at least). I want to believe that my performance can be restored with a minimum of fuss, but I've done everything I know of and can think of to do and it's just not helping... including whatever the problem was with performace and the Bluetooth infrared device.DXDiag info:------------------System Information------------------Time of this report: 3/26/2011, 22:53:43 Machine name: GREY-PC Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.101014-0432) Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. System Model: G50VT BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz Memory: 4094MB RAM Page File: 1542MB used, 6861MB available Windows Dir: C:Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode------------DxDiag Notes------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found.--------------------DirectX Debug Levels--------------------Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 9800M GS DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: EnumPCIVEN_10DE&DEV_062B&SUBSYS_19921043&REV_A1 Display Memory: 2287 MB Dedicated Memory: 495 MB Shared Memory: 1791 MB Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,n vwgf2um,nvwgf2um Driver Version: 8.17.0012.6658 (English) DDI Version: 10 BGRA Supported: YesDriver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 1/7/2011 22:27:00, 12859496 bytes WHQL Logo'd: n/a WHQL Date Stamp: n/aDevice Identifier: {D7B71E3E-456B-11CF-F169-9E391FC2C535} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x062B SubSys ID: 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Greyquill

03-27-2011, 01:24 AM

As an additional note, I had trouble with the Launcher working when I reinstalled the game. I got an error about a file not being able to have its size verified. So I had to open the offending file with WinRAR and insert it manually into the live UI folder... that seemed to fix that particular issue and got me into the game.

T'Pol

03-31-2011, 05:52 PM

I noticed that aswell.I have a Core i7 running at 4,2 Ghz with a Radeon 5770 and in unpopulated areas i used to have well above 100 fps and now i have around 50. I wasnt really sure what to do so i checked other games i have on my machine and they all run just as good as they did before. This must have happend with a recent patch.

T'Pol

04-10-2011, 01:17 PM

This issue is still in effect.

TSR-JoshuaM

04-11-2011, 05:14 PM

There are some ongoing issues with water reflections that cause similar symptoms but nothing widespread or considered 'known' beyond that.As far as the i7 4.2, which chip is that?If it's overclocked, I can't support that. May be completely unrelated to the issue itself, but we'll need you running at stock throughout the process. Go ahead and post your DXDIAG information too.

Greyquill

04-15-2011, 01:09 PM

My computer is not overclocked. That I can assure you. The issue still exists and, at least for me, has nothing to do with any of the issues I've seen brought to attention; i.e. soga rendering, water reflections, etc... What am I am wondering if if there were any recent Windows updates that may have caused my problem. Someone mentioned .Net Framework 4 being a possible cuplrit?

TSR-JoshuaM

04-15-2011, 01:20 PM

<cite>Greyquill wrote:</cite><blockquote>My computer is not overclocked. That I can assure you. The issue still exists and, at least for me, has nothing to do with any of the issues I've seen brought to attention; i.e. soga rendering, water reflections, etc... What am I am wondering if if there were any recent Windows updates that may have caused my problem. Someone mentioned .Net Framework 4 being a possible cuplrit?</blockquote>Can you tell me the model number of your i7 CPU? I am not familiar with any models that are over 4GHZ stock.

Loxus

04-15-2011, 01:49 PM

<cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Greyquill wrote:</cite><blockquote>My computer is not overclocked. That I can assure you. The issue still exists and, at least for me, has nothing to do with any of the issues I've seen brought to attention; i.e. soga rendering, water reflections, etc... What am I am wondering if if there were any recent Windows updates that may have caused my problem. Someone mentioned .Net Framework 4 being a possible cuplrit?</blockquote>Can you tell me the model number of your i7 CPU? I am not familiar with any models that are over 4GHZ stock.</blockquote>Lemon (T'pol) is running the i7 4.2 not Greyquill. Grey (orginal poster) is running duo core P7250 @ 2.1 I'm guessing the 4.2 i7 is overclocked.I've noticed a slight hit in the FPS this expansion but nothing that drastic. I chalk the hit up to the new dynamic light/fading or whatever they introduced this expansion.

Greyquill

04-15-2011, 01:49 PM

Sorry for the confusion but I am the original poster not the second one.Time of this report: 3/26/2011, 22:53:43Machine name: GREY-PCOperating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.101014-0432)Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. System Model: G50VT BIOS: Default System BIOSProcessor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHzMemory: 4094MB RAMPage File: 1542MB used, 6861MB availableWindows Dir: C:WindowsDirectX Version: DirectX 11DX Setup Parameters: Not foundDxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit UnicodeI'm not the one with the i7.

TSR-JoshuaM

04-15-2011, 05:05 PM

Sorry got you two mixed up. My mistake.

TSR-JoshuaM

04-15-2011, 05:13 PM

<cite>Greyquill wrote:</cite><blockquote>Sorry for the confusion but I am the original poster not the second one.Time of this report: 3/26/2011, 22:53:43Machine name: GREY-PCOperating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.101014-0432)Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. System Model: G50VT BIOS: Default System BIOSProcessor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHzMemory: 4094MB RAMPage File: 1542MB used, 6861MB availableWindows Dir: C:WindowsDirectX Version: DirectX 11DX Setup Parameters: Not foundDxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit UnicodeI'm not the one with the i7.</blockquote>I do have an update for you to run, its the DirectX 9.0c June 2010 revision<a href="http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=directx9+june+2010" target="_blank">[DX9] June 2010</a>

Greyquill

04-16-2011, 02:33 AM

Alright, I updated Direct X and rolled back my driver... now I have my normal frames per second back.... but only for a handful of minutes before I'm back to 2-3 FPS.