Ok, I tried to remove the latest Microsoft HOTFIX that was mentioned in the PC Gamer article, and this had no effect. I tried removing all AMD display drivers and AMD Radeon Software and installing the version that you mentioned, this also did not work. I also noticed some severe instability with my PC after reboot, blue screen crash restart etc. So I again ran AMD's Display Driver removal that runs through Safe Mode.
I tried a couple other older versions of AMD Radeon Software and Display Drivers, I forget which one but at some point I was playing with Radeon Chill and IT WORKED, sort of. When I got in game i was FPS locked at 50 FPS which was my CHILL setting for MIN , with MAX set to 60.That is the first time I noticed what i did had an effect on my FPS in game.
In my case what it came down to is I needed to find a way to LIMIT my FPS for eqgame.exe that actually WORKED. I tried setting FPS limiter in WINEQ using EQPLAYNICE, that didn't work, I tried setting it using AMD Radeon software's CHILL, But even that I couldnt get it to work consistently.
So I updated and installed to the NEWEST AMD Radeon Software and Display Driver dated TODAY, and proceeded to find a way to fix this again.
Finally I realized that limiting the FPS is what I needed to do for whatever reason, and I had this program called RivaTuner Statistics Server that comes with MSI Afterburner for live FPS monitoring, which in the setup for this program there is an additional function called Framerate limiter, I simply clicked on ADD selected the eqgame.exe program, and set the settings in the attached picture, including and most importantly, Framerate limiter: 60
Consistent and constant 60 FPS in game now!
Good luck to anyone else who may have similar issues and not have the NVIDIA solution that's been proposed.
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