Tricks for faster loading times? SSD didn't do much...

[Zeonick]

Originally Posted by Motec [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I load into most zones in 5-10sec depending on zone. Skyfire and TT in more like 12-15.
That's with an i7m 2.5ghz dell xps13, intelhd4000 onboard gfx shit and 512g intel SSD.

Identical times to my PC which is an i5 2500, 7970 and most recently gtx680, 32gb ram and 512g intel SSD.

So don't know what's wrong with your setup except maybe CPU speed?

32 gigs of ram!?!

[Turp_SmokinPurp]

With that setup he should be zoning fast. 3.2 tri core is plenty for EQ even on max settings. An 660 is all good, unless it is a compatibility issue somewhere along the way which is hard to detect if one piece of equip isn't working with another.
I got about the same setup an just installed SSD recently and I zone about 5secs max.
First off do you still have your HDD connected? If so, Did you run DBAN on it?
If no HDD connected than probably not a problem there unless there is one and will get into that if so. But if not...
Than it is probably your internet , 100ms is up there if your wanting fast zoning at least 50 or under would be a goal. I run at about 40 norm but than it is 100-110 if I stream and can notice a little bit slower zoning.

One thing you can try is under options in the game the tab where you mess with the sky graphics etc there is a tab for loading screen art you can set this to none for a small increase in zone time, IMO.

Cpu: AMD Phenom x4 975 Black Edition 3.6 Ghz
Ram: 8gb Corsair XMS 2 ddr2
Graphics: EVGA GTX 480 MB: Asrock A770de
Internet: Fiber optic 20mbps
Drive: Kingston v300 120gb ssd

[Unfun]

Originally Posted by Turp_SmokinPurp [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

With that setup he should be zoning fast. 3.2 tri core is plenty for EQ even on max settings. An 660 is all good, unless it is a compatibility issue somewhere along the way which is hard to detect if one piece of equip isn't working with another.
I got about the same setup an just installed SSD recently and I zone about 5secs max.
First off do you still have your HDD connected? If so, Did you run DBAN on it?
If no HDD connected than probably not a problem there unless there is one and will get into that if so. But if not...
Than it is probably your internet , 100ms is up there if your wanting fast zoning at least 50 or under would be a goal. I run at about 40 norm but than it is 100-110 if I stream and can notice a little bit slower zoning.

One thing you can try is under options in the game the tab where you mess with the sky graphics etc there is a tab for loading screen art you can set this to none for a small increase in zone time, IMO.

Cpu: AMD Phenom x4 975 Black Edition 3.6 Ghz
Ram: 8gb Corsair XMS 2 ddr2
Graphics: EVGA GTX 480 MB: Asrock A770de
Internet: Fiber optic 20mbps
Drive: Kingston v300 120gb ssd

Thanks for the responses. I have 4 other hard drives connected that are used for storage. Would that be affecting it somehow? None of the OS or EQ files are stored on them. I did not run DBAN on them, I just deleted the old partitions and started using them. My guess is that it is my internet. Not much I can do except upgrade to a DOCSIS 3.0, which I've been putting off. I'll do that and get rid of the loading screen pic and see what happens.

[radditsu]

http://eqtitan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2089


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[Etorryn]

Reading the RamDisk thread, he theorizes that the server takes about 16 seconds regardless of how you are running EQ to zone. I run ramdisk and notice much faster load times.

[gotrocks]

guys, im running off a shit laptop, 5400 rpm hdd, 1.5 dual core, onboard intel graphics (the really shitty ones, not the nicer ivy bridge ones) and I still load in at about 15 secs, from the time my character freezes to the time im in the other zone.

[Rhun]

Yep, just measured it. Its always about 16 seconds until the loading bar shows up.
Once the loading bar shows up, it takes about 2 to 3 seconds until I can move my char again. That is with a 1st gen Intel i5, GTX 660, 4GB RAM and 80 GB Intel G2 Postville SSD.

[Redi]

Ur tech ain't cutting edge enough to run this game dude

[Tankdan]

It's all about internet speed/ping. SSD and whatnot are only helpful if you have a good ping more times than not. A 100 ping user won't see much benefit in a SSD or top end rig when it comes to zoning speed.

[DoucLangur]

Originally Posted by Toodles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Let's ensure that you didn't just copy the game files to the new SSD, but then are still using the same old shortcut that points to the original game files on the HDD.

That would explain why nothing seems any better, as you're still launching the original game.

Na, I got the Everquest folder on the SSD, symbolically linked to the wine drive_c folder in my home folder. Don't worry, it's launching from the SSD alright... It was writing inis and Logs there until I thought it is maybe not such a good idea to expose the SSD to heavy writing with Screenshots Logs and whatnot, and also put the data in a safer place. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
So I moved my "valuable" data (ini files and Logs and Screenshots) to the magnetic disc and linked those in symbolically to the EQ folder again.

There has to be another reason...