Good lord, I zone in a few seconds... every single zone, every single time... I can't imagine waiting minutes between zones. In the old days I know it felt like forever, but I doubt it was minutes, maybe 30-45 seconds for busy zones.
My system is:
Windows 7
4.15 Ghz Core i7
12gb DDR3 2133
6-drive RAID0 SATA2
ATI 5870 at some random overclock
Squishy mousepad
I always just assumed that it was good data read rate that allows for fast zoning. Break out performance monitor and watch for spikes when you zone. Do you run EQ in windowed mode?
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