LD Problems - Seriously

Psychopath · #1 03-07-2004, 11:24 AM

Well, I'm Back - It's "Ye Ol" Daeklaz. For some reason, I can't log onto Daeklaz, I can use him for EQemu, but I can't log on on the forums. I guess just an error, I will be posting on Psychopathic. Besides that, I'm having some "Emu-Problems". For SOME reason I go LD alot. More than often it's in the middle of an important battle

I have done the following, and still nothing:

1.) Changed Data Rate to 4.0, 5.0, 8.0, 20.0, 15.0, 7.0 and 1.0 with no results, although I found 8.0 to be the best.

2.) Attempted to set my computer ablaze.

3.) Beat on my computer with several items including my fists.

4.) Turned Far Clip all the way down and taken advice from GMs on Data Rate and Certain things.

5.) Spells are Off, I don't see anything but my waving my stupid little hands in the air.

My Crappy Computer Runs The Following:

192 MB RAM
Radeon 7500 Vid Card
4 Fans (Overheating is NOT a problem)
40 Gig Hard Drive

-{Yes I Said Crap... and I meant it}-

Although, on my Mom's Laptop It Runs GREAT:

768 MB RAM
Radeon 9600 Pro Vid Card
Lots Of Fans(Dunno How Many)
120 Gig Hard Drive

Any solutions as to what I can do to STOP going LD all the time over here at my dads on my computer would be appreciated.

Daeklaz · #2 03-07-2004, 11:29 AM

Wow, it let me log on! I guess I'll be posting as... well... Myself! :lol:

RexChaos · #3 03-07-2004, 11:34 AM

Although it's great to know how many fans you have...(hehe)...you appear to have left off what processor you have in your system specs. 192mb ram is a little skimpy though. My desktop chokes up with:

P3 450
512mb ram
64mb GeForce 2

but my laptop runs great with:

P4 2Ghz
512mb DDR
64mb Radeon 7500

I find EQ to be a lot more CPU intensive than it should be. EQ has never been known for it's optimized code...it's a hog.

nilar · #4 03-07-2004, 11:39 AM

For me it really depends what server and how many people are in the zone. I can usually survive in a zone with up to 5 people and thats if they are all grouped together casting spells and etc.

Daeklaz · #5 03-07-2004, 11:41 AM

Geh, that is probably my problem! After Checking Out under "Run" dxdiag I have-

On My Piece of Junk:

AMD Duron(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~701MHz

Daeklaz · #6 03-07-2004, 11:52 AM

Man My ComputerREALLY sucks!

I was playing the Dracian Signus or something along those lines, server. Although, it happens on most the servers I'm on. Even when I'm in a zone alone, I can get through half a battle and then I go LD, at which point I scream and cuss the living dead out of my computer. Sometimes if I'm REALLY lucky! I can get through a whole battle without goind LD (OMGZZORZ!)!

Any Help on Anything I could do(Besides Buy a New computer Flamers!)

samandhi · #7 03-07-2004, 11:44 PM

Are you running DX 9 + ? As of the 18th of Feb, they are using that and has cause a fair amount of grief on these boards having that VERY problem....

inkubus · #8 03-08-2004, 12:58 AM

I have no LD problems what so ever using a local server. I find that most problems occur when I connect to a public server at the same time as someone else on my network.

Daeklaz · #9 03-08-2004, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Are you running DX 9 + ? As of the 18th of Feb, they are using that and has cause a fair amount of grief on these boards having that VERY problem....

You know I never thought of that, I'm going to go try it now. I have 8.1, so it's either my outdated DX or my 701MHz Processor... Or My 192 MB of RAM :lol: . Thanks for the advice, I'll let ya know.

RexChaos · #10 03-08-2004, 01:40 AM

Your processor isn't the problem. I know that much.

Daeklaz · #11 03-08-2004, 10:43 AM

Then what could it be? I might have been having problems before DX9... maybe it is DX9 and I'm just a dork... or it's the RAM because I have problems on live too

RexChaos · #12 03-08-2004, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daeklaz

Then what could it be? I might have been having problems before DX9... maybe it is DX9 and I'm just a dork... or it's the RAM because I have problems on live too

I'm betting that it's your lack of RAM. 192mb is just not sufficient in my opinion. That 700mhz Duron processor should be fine though.

Do you have a lot of Luclin models turned on?

samandhi · #13 03-08-2004, 11:16 AM

Naaaa I dont think it is his RAM, I can run EQ (of course without Luclin models) on a 500mhz system with 32 MB of RAM hehe.. Actually that is the very box I played back in the beta and first release days...

If there are problems with this AND EQLive, then there is something else happening... Most likely a vdo card or driver problem. Or his ISP is whacked...

RexChaos · #14 03-08-2004, 11:23 AM

Well depending on what he has turned on it very well could be.

It sounds like problems I had back in the day on Live when I was running short on ram. As for playing EQ on a 500mhz with 32 megs of ram... originally maybe, but I can't imagine you playing with that setup now. Maybe if you only had Classic installed and were running in 640x480. Hehe

samandhi · #15 03-08-2004, 11:30 AM

Actually it had a banshee 16mb vdo card, so I could run every expanison that I played on live (which was through SoV. I DID have to turn down the clipping plane in most of Kunark, but I ran it on 800x600... Nowadays, I still use that box to play (without luclin enabled but installed) but I now use 64 mb RAM, and a 64 MB Geforce 2 card... does great unless you have a group of 10 or more people in the same area...