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Everquest 2 - Performance

post #1 of 17
6/20/06 at 8:29pm
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Fellow Dell users, I come to you guys for help and advice. My wife and I are currently playing Everquest 2 and we are experiencing some performance issues. I was hoping that some people with the similar specs would be able to give advice. Please no flaiming, just need help.

Currently running EQ2 at Balanced Performance at a res of 1600x1200. I did try lowering the res and it didn't seem to help. Didn't look as nice either.

M170
Pentium M - 2.26ghz
2gig DDR2
Nvidia 7800 GTX - dell drivers
80gig 7200 RPM

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

djinn
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post #2 of 17
6/20/06 at 8:40pm
Can you do a 3dmark05 benchmark to see if its the video card?
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post #3 of 17
6/20/06 at 10:35pm
make sure your computer's powermizer settings aren't set to low power and your battery is full. make sure you aren't getting too hot and throttling too.
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post #4 of 17
6/20/06 at 11:55pm
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I'm downloading 3dMark05 right now. I checked all my Nvidia settings and the temperature is perfect. My laptop ran hotter when I used to play wow at 1920x1200 with everything maxed, 60fps (Screen Refesh) most of the time.
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post #5 of 17
6/21/06 at 12:03am
What do you exactly mean by performance issues? Do you mean the game is laggy? If that is the case, has EQ2 always been laggy on your laptop or did this problem just start recently? I am looking at your specs and your lappie should be chewing that game up (even though that is a very resource demanding game). I am starting to think that it might be more of your internet connection instead of your laptop. I am curious to find out what your benchmark scores are. Good luck to you!
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post #6 of 17
6/21/06 at 12:05am
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The has never ran solid! I would think that the laptop would chew the game up also but it doesn't. My internet connection is Cable 8.8mbs/768kb.
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post #7 of 17
6/21/06 at 12:38am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GBmanNC
Can you do a 3dmark05 benchmark to see if its the video card?

I ran 3dMark05 and got a score of 6793. Good or bad?
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post #8 of 17
6/21/06 at 12:44am
good

eq2 should be getting its ass wiped with those specs. any other crap you got ruuning?
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post #9 of 17
6/21/06 at 12:45am
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Originally Posted by djinn
I ran 3dMark05 and got a score of 6793. Good or bad?
Good score. Hmmm. What kind of frames per second are you getting in everquest? If you dont know the fps show command you can use a program called fraps that will tell you the frame rate.
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post #10 of 17
6/21/06 at 5:58pm
I'd suggest turning off shadows, as that made the biggest difference for me when I was playing a year or so ago.
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post #11 of 17
6/21/06 at 7:42pm
I have the same laptop with the same specs as you posted but I am not using the Dell video drivers. I am using the XtremeG MobileForce drivers and I can play EQ2 at 1900x1200 with no issues.
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post #12 of 17
6/22/06 at 2:21pm
I would not be so concerned with the performance not being up to par, EQ2 historically has not been running like it should, and that goes for higher end cards as well.

I don't think its your rig, I think its a bad rendering engine by Sony. Always a monster to get any frame rates for that game.
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post #13 of 17
6/22/06 at 2:45pm
You could also see a big benefit by lowering the distance that the game renders complex textures/effects and by playing the game in 1st person.

What server are you on?
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post #14 of 17
6/22/06 at 3:35pm
I would definately recommned dumping the Dell drivers for the X-Treme G ones.
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post #15 of 17
6/22/06 at 9:07pm

But keep an eye on your gpu temperature
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post #16 of 17
6/23/06 at 3:14pm
Its the dell drivers. For some reason they are choppy in EQ2. When I first got my replacement 7900 gs for my 7800 it ran WORSE than my 7800!. I went and got the xtreme g drivers at tweaksrus.com and it is smoking in that game now.

Hope this helps

Viper out
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post #17 of 17
6/23/06 at 5:01pm
Hrm...also, I recall when I installed this game that a LOT of the graphics options were for future hardware, and many features were not meant to be turned on for a number of years...there are 4,578,123 different sliders, checkboxes, and drop-downs to adjust in the advanced graphics area, but the one that made the most difference IIRC was indeed the 'Shadow' control that placed shadowing either a) off completely (best performance); b) on your character and nearby NPCs ONLY; or c) on EVERYTHING (i.e. evvironmental objects like trees, the masts and sail of the opening ship, etc.)...that last option dropped my frames into the single-digits, and I had the same computer config as you at the time...I really don't think there are any cards even now that can handle that sort of setting at decent rez (maybe SLI setups? but I doubt it)...EQ2 was meant to scale, so don't be afraid to turn down a lot of the options, even though your rig is still excellent given the state-of-the art during the time of EQ2's actual release...

PS. You are one lucky SOB to have a wife that likes cRPG gaming!
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