I found some others with my exact problem. Seems to be related to 8800GT's in general, possibly some SLi and even some motherboard chipsets. And apparently there is no workaround yet. Guess I'll just have to leave EQ2 on the shelf.Btw, here's the thread i found...
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=254440I'm fairly convinced after my own testing and browsing...the game just has problems with some newer hardware (this goes far beyond the "EQ2 is CPU intensive" issue).If someone does have a similar setup and has the game running excellent and smooth...then please chime in and say what you did to get it that way. And by running smooth, you need to have it on extreme quality.Vodroc: lol...well i guess i could try that. I'll do that when i get home for the heck of it.