Hey all,
I have been playing EQ2 since January, and I have been having lots of problems with my computer. I have exhausted all my knowlage and resources trying to figure out what to do, but I figured I would ask the community, as Im sure there are some very knowlageable people about. I have a Dell Dimension 4600 PC, Pentium 4 3.4Ghz processor, 1Gb of RAM, and a shiny new ATI Radeon 9800PRO 128Mb video card. Now, to get to my problem...
I have stupid amounts of lag. Every time I do anything, I lag. When I use the buffs on my rings, I get a lag spike. If someone joins the group, I get a lag spike. If I die, I get a lag spike. I have tried every setting in the game to fix this problem and nothing has worked. EQ2 is the only program I run when Im using it, Im not using Teamspeak, or anything else. I have spent lots of time and money trying to rid myself of the lag, and I really dont know what to do anymore. (Keep in mind I use a broadband connection of 56Mbps, so its not my internet.) The thing that really bothers me is the fact that I have a friend with a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz processor, 1Gb of RAM, and an ATI 9700PRO, and yet he plays at high performance with absolutely no lag EVER. Please someone help me.