[Glasken]

edit: named eqclient.ini to eqclientOLD.ini and allowed the game to make a new eqclient file. FPS smoothed out. Renamed eqclient.ini to eqclientNEW.ini.

Compared OLD to NEW values and entries and discovered I had a LOT of tags left over from 2009, including the target incinerator ring! Lots of shadow tags and shaders...

Removed everything from OLD that didnt match NEW except for things like window size, position and some other edits I dont want to have to remake.

Once done, saved OLD back to eqclient.ini, loaded game, and am enjoying pegged 60FPS.

So the original suggestion of this post -does- work. Now we will just see for how long.