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Don't do level 10 subclass job without 1gig+ of RAM!
HyperBallad
Member Posts: 65
This sounds rediculous, but I spent 5 hours doing this quest (That would normally take 2-3 hours, but I spent 50% of the time justl loading between areas) They make you zone to different areas to talk to people and complete tasks about 30 (TWENTY) times. The quest itself is great, just not fun with all that loading time.
With 512 RAM it takes 2-4 minutes for me to zone (Sometimes more in Qeynos) not to mention the laggy interface I get in the city just walking around
I'm not kidding - I accidently fell into a moat of water, and drown to death becuase I lagged so bad (1FPS) I couldn't swim to the surface in time to get air. No joke!!
** And is 1gig of good RAM enough? Or does 1.5 help more? (I've heard too much doeesn't help at all)
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EQ: 65 Druid. 65 Rogue (Cancelled;2002)
Final Fantasy XI: 75 Monk. 75 Ninja. (Current)
EQ2: Prospective?
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EQ: 65 Druid. 65 Rogue (Cancelled;2002)
Final Fantasy XI: 75 Monk. 75 Ninja. (Current)
EQ2: Prospective?
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Sorry your having problems!
I have 1gig or pc2700 (333) ram and I'm fine...are you sure you didn't just suffer from Server Lag because of the number of players? What server are you on?
When I did the lvl 10 quest in beta I didn't have any problem...but I know that some of the early servers are pretty crowded atm.
Good luck though...regardless 1 gig of ram will help you across the board in every application/game you run!
RA
"It'll be dark soon."
"Aye...that it will."
"It'll be dark soon."
"Aye...that it will."
Innothule, VERY crowded, i should have waited and picked a less crowded one
Its probably my Gfroce FX 5600 256mb also, it ran games great 2 years ago, but. is umm, EQ2, so...
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EQ: 65 Druid. 65 Rogue (Cancelled;2002)
Final Fantasy XI: 75 Monk. 75 Ninja. (Current)
EQ2: Prospective?
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EQ: 65 Druid. 65 Rogue (Cancelled;2002)
Final Fantasy XI: 75 Monk. 75 Ninja. (Current)
EQ2: Prospective?
It's the same thing with the Butcherblock sever, it's already almost maxed in population.
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Fuego
Level 21 Gnomish Mage
Casador
Level 19 Night Elf Hunter
Silvermoon server
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...and this game made it to the top of the list??? Some things I'll never be able to understand, this is definitely one of them... a game with no ways to win where you have to wait 2-4 minutes for zone loads? What do you usually do when it loads zones, just sit anticipating? Not a flame, honestly, just wonder...
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The problem is though that even with new servers the overcrowded one's players won't want to jump ship and start a new char. (human nature) I was still on the Island and just lvl 4 so I did and love my new server
And the new players a more prone to create on the beginning/top of the server list (human nature again...why do you think there are SO many "A" listings in the phone book lol) Business know people are generally lazy
Plus you have all the people who are trying to get to friends and guilds that are already established in the early servers.
So unless they move the new servers to the top the situation may even get worse unless they put a restriction on it.
Anyway...go into options and change your performance /video setting to BEST PERFORMANCE and see what happens, if it runs great then try BALANCED and see and go from there.
Good Luck!
RA
"It'll be dark soon."
"Aye...that it will."
"It'll be dark soon."
"Aye...that it will."
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- http://www.imperium-arcanum.com
Hey Effect,
Yes there is after you create your char there is a screen that shows the load in color and word (Low, Medium, High) Red being High
That helps and they show RP for the role playing perfered and I think they also show some demographic info like European/England prefered server.
So yea just scroll down and pick a LOW server if you have no preference!
Good Luck!
RA
"It'll be dark soon."
"Aye...that it will."
"It'll be dark soon."
"Aye...that it will."
[quote]Originally posted by Effect
[b]Haven't had a chance to play yet but is there anyway to know which servers are the overpopulated from the server list? Is there a status of how heavy the load is?
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- [url=http://www.imperium-arcanum.com][/b][/quote]
It tells you at the server select screen
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Fuego
Level 21 Gnomish Mage
Casador
Level 19 Night Elf Hunter
Silvermoon server
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- http://www.imperium-arcanum.com
Odd, I only have a decent system with 768MB of ram and it takes me at most 40-50 seconds to zone into heavily populated zones, but usually more like 20 seconds. This is on unrest, which I think is fairly populated?
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Jake
I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring
- Richard P. Feynman, 1988
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
a) there is NO server LAG at the moment. even when the servers are at max population. I know it, because I play on one and have 2 chars on other first day servers.
512MB RAM is OFFICIALLY(!) the ABSOLUTE minimum to run this game. so dont complain.
and: before crying, you should post all your system specs and your driver versions and direct X version AND ESPECIALLY YOUR 3d card, *%&$§
do you think it helps if you tell us you have extremely poor framerate WITHOUT telling your specs??????
http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=tech_support&message.id=3265&no_redir=true
read that guide, and if you complain again, complain with FACTS attached.
as far as I can tell, you are an incredible n00b and you seem to have no clue about what is relevant in 3d game performance.
being a n00b is ok. being one who JUST complains is bad. there are SO MANY guides and infos on the OFICIAL BOARDS, ESPECIALLY ON THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT or at the knowledge base.
you choose to ignore all and chose to complain here instead. this doesnt really add to your credibility.
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It may be the server your on what server is it?
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i dont think its the server because my main is on everfrost wich is a low population and i have 764 mb of ram and it still lags bad ... so im goin for 1 gig see if that helps at all.also a gm said that while playing to turn off your fire wall and antivirus thing because they are running and using ram the whole time your computer is on maybe that could help too.
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Nobody should be playing a new generation (or heck, even older generation) MMORPGs without 1 gig of RAM! No one!
Even Dark Ages of Camelot takes a good 600 megs of total RAM!
EQ2 I didn't check, but if Star Wars Galaxies took over 700 megs of total RAM, it wouldn't surprise me if EQ2 took more!
I mean, you don't need to buy Corsair or Kingston top quality ram. At work, we've had training sessions on RAM, and the only difference in between good RAM and bad RAM is the quality and how long they will last before they burn out.
Cause did you know a company like Corsair, that makes high quality RAM, use the same chips as the cheap companies? They are all manufactured in Taiwan or China, only difference is that those companies in Taiwan or China will test all the RAM they manufacture and are divided in 3 categories.
Category A -> Ram that scores 99% and over. They are perfect, no bugs, top notch quality! This is what Corsair and Kingston buy, so you are garantied to always have perfect working RAM!
Category B -> Ram that scores 75% to 98%. During the tests, they noticed some errors. So if you over-use these kind of RAM for a lot of gaming or you're the type of person to overclock your PC and RAM a lot, they might start to break down after 1 year or more. I won't name the companies, but you know which ones I'm talking about! Company that sells RAM for cheap. The companies in Taiwan and China sell them at better deals and companies buy them and sell them for cheaper! But they will still perform as well as Category A's for a few years though!
Category C -> Ram that scores under 74% are thrown in the garbage. There's too many errors in the RAM that if a company would actually sell them, they would be returned after a week because they are unstable!
So as you can see, buy cheap RAM, that's what I do. So what if they break down in 2-3 years cause I never overclock... I don't care, I'll just buy new ones!
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I'll go for blond hair, white skin elves anyday!!!
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One thing I have noticed about you, Johnark. You overexagerate almost everything you say. DAOC does not take 600 megs of RAM. That would mean that a person with 512 megs would get crashes ever minute. Also, I don't know what you are talking about with that RAM quality BS. A meg is a meg of memory and just because it scored high on this "test" does not mean that the RAM is low quality. If it costs more than other RAM products, it is high quality, as in it holds the same amount of megabytes as other RAM products, but it will last longer without breaking down and having data leaks. Where you got the bug check factor is beyond me. There is no real difference between a Viking stick of RAM and a Corsair stick of RAM when all you need is memory
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Hmm I have 512ram on my system and I never had any trouble with Star Wars Galxies or Dark Age of Camelot after I got a better graphics card. And I played it on both 56K and cable.
I agree, that did make Askatan seriously immature. Reading people actually using the term "n00b" like that really drops my respect for a person and tends to make me tune out from the post. Even if that person might be providing something interesting or correct. OH well.
Actually I've read a few post of people with less then the min specs and after messing with the graphics they were fine. I say mess with the graphics some. Mess with your distance you can view. That did wonders for me in Anarchy Online. After I cut down the amount of distance I could see the game ran fine. Did the same on some Luclin zones in EQ1 as well(even though I was above the recommended in terms of specs. Never figured out why there was trouble with some of those zones at times). I'd also think server population might be a problem as well. Thousands of people sending and getting information all at once, even if its little for each person it has to add up. At least I think it would.
Also the EQ2players support page has links to drivers that graphics cards should be upgraded to. I think the drivers are beta versions which are needed for EQ2. That right there also could be part of the problem.
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- http://www.imperium-arcanum.com
Well, I just had a great gaming session on the Runnyeye server at the peak UK/central Europe time. Sure, Freeport is busy and it lags sometimes when you get at the busy parts, like Freeport North... But overall, for one of the most loaded (number of ppl) servers, the performance was great (and the city itselve is just stunning). The only lag you'll sometimes notice is with using certain items. Like opening doors, using bells or opening chests. But it certainly isn't gamebreaking. And nor the server, neither my computer did crash for the whole 6-7 hours I spend on it today.
And my system certainly isn't top of the line: AMD Athlon 2200+, 1gig 333mhz memory, Geforce 4 TI 4200 128mb, 7200rpm 40gb harddisk, playing on 1024*768 (my only gripe with my system, but my monitor cannot handle higher res'). I can play at the high quality setting, except in the city, where I set the graphics on balanced. But I do keep my Xindows(XP pro) very clean, regular checks on spyware and adware, etc... Something a lot of ppl still don't understand...
From playing the game for a few days now, my opinion is that the devs did a great job! There's still room for improvement, but I do not doubt that improvement will happen, as it does with almost all MMO's. And then EQII has the potential to be a realy great and fun experience...
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Used my old system last night to play EQ2 so i could do "test" on performance.
It is athlon 1600,768RAM,ti4600 runs at high performance(so not even near the lowest setting at all) zero lag with very slight lag on prime time NQ/SQ.
Shadows on minimal though.Run on a 1.5mb cable connection.Zoning time into Queynos harbour timed at 20 secs.Zoning into SQ timed at 15 secs.
So no you don't need 1gb.Dunno about 512 but 768 is more then enough and i am using a very old form of DDR too since i bought this RAM 3 years ago this xmas.
Also i have little respect for any FX5 series but the FX5900.The FX5600 is a buffed FX5200 instead of a watered down FX5900.