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05-28-2015, 04:36 PM
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Caveman with a computer
I am not a tech savy person. But this is what i do know.
I am running windows 8 on a pavilion 23. Its not a top of the line machine but it should run this game fine. System stats AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon (Tm) HD Graphics) 2.00ghz 8.00 GB (7.44 GB usable) 64-bit operating system internet speed test 47 ping , download speed 4.37mbps, upload speed .75mbps Now here are my issues. I have somewhere around 5-10 min zones (if i don't crash). Randomly the game shuts off. And if I go LD while playing, all the monsters and players disappear but i can run around indefinitely until I try and zone which will finally crash the game client. (which first happened to me in OT while pulling. I thought a bard had just pulled everything.) Now I can say that this is getting frustrating. I can't figure it out and really I don't have the know how technically to really have any ammunition to try anything but this is what I have done. I have redone all of my drivers. I have reinstalled the game and gone through the getting started portion enough times that I know its instructions by memory and have retraced my steps enough time to know that I am doing it the exact way the instructions specify. I have uninstalled all third party virus software and I put everquest on an exclusion list on windows firewall. From a user point of view it really feels like I am constantly dealing with an abnormal amount of lag. I turned off all of the particle density crap and i am running the game on the lowest settings possible. However I feel that I shouldn't have to considering i use to play this game on a single core machine back in the day with higher settings. I have wondered if maybe there is something wrong with my machine so I took it into bestbuy and had the geek squad look at it but they said it was fine. Anywho thats my rant. If you have any step by step instructions I can follow them. If you made it this far thanks for reading! | ||
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05-28-2015, 04:42 PM
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any over clocking? Any overclocking tools that you may have used? Does this occur with other online games or services like youtube/netflix?
How much free hard disk space do you have? Have you tried reinstalling P99? I wouldn't disable your anti virus either. (you said all, you had multiple AV software running? They could have removed certain files in an attempt to be helpful.) | ||
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05-28-2015, 04:45 PM
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Well honestly it sounds like you arent getting a good connection to the server. 5mbps is pretty low but i guess that is the cheapest plan comcast has. Not being computer literate its hard to tell you to check what ports you have blocked and such and i doubt geek squad could even fix that. God i dont even want to ask how much you paid geek squad to "look over" your computer which is exactly what they probably did lol.
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05-28-2015, 04:48 PM
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05-28-2015, 05:02 PM
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as far as internet speed goes. I don't know what is good connection even is.
For example where would dial up be compared to my current internet situation? What would someone expect out of a cable modem connection in 2004ish? As far as Comcast is concerned I can't even get a higher connection from them based on where i am currently. Which brings up the nightmare of them installing fiber optics cables on my street then having their truck break and spew hydrolic fluid all over my yard. | ||
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05-28-2015, 05:02 PM
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don't worry about ports yet. Go with the simple fix attempts first.
unplug your modem, wait 30 seconds plug it back in. Is the internet choppy still? is your modem near any other electronics like a microwave or something that gets hot? Check your cables. Are they clean and in good condition? replace if they are warped, cut open, or if you can see exposed wires. Also what kind of cabling is it? CAT5? CAT5e? CAT6? It will be labeld on the cable itself. You will at least want 5e. with is 100Mbps. How many other people are using the same internet connection? Wireless and/or wired? you can always contact your ISP and tell them you experiencing trouble all around and you would like them to reset the connection on their end. If it is Time Warner Cable, you can reset your connection from their end using a smart phone app. (maybe the website too, not sure) Does your computer have enough space around it to breathe with good airflow? Is your PC hot to the touch? Can you open the task manager and look at the performance tab? Any of those graphs maxed out? | ||
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05-28-2015, 05:10 PM
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I do the unplug the modem trick every half hour it seems. There are alot of devices that use the internet in the house but the main thing is that no one is ever really using them. for example i have a watch that uses the internet lol. Alot of wireless devices though.
4 phones 4 computers 2 tablets 1 watch sometimes a playstation 4. And I would kinda expect it to be slower when everyone is doing things. However I go around and turn everything off and still have the same performance. My computer has alot of area to breath and is never hot to the touch. Performance wise even when the game is playing it doesn't go over 10% I am going to check out the cables. | ||
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05-28-2015, 05:46 PM
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Wifi?
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05-28-2015, 06:38 PM
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Guessing phone are iphones? Ive seen posts with people complaining about other games lagging while their iphones were connected to their wifi. Disable them from the wifi and try it out. I know you said you turn everything off but i doubt you turn your phones off. Also dont have them plugged into your PC. But yeah 10 things connected to your low quality internet i would suspect that is the issue.
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