Possible Way To Run EQ Better On Your Computer

[Neenia]

So in my eqclient.ini file, it had CPUaffinity0=0, CPUaffinity1=1, CPUaffinity2=2.. etc up to 4. Does this mean that it was only trying to run EQ in a portion of the core? I changed all of them to -1 and immediately saw improvement in log in speed, and in eliminated boxing lag.

[Clawinya]

So in my eqclient.ini file, it had CPUaffinity0=0, CPUaffinity1=1, CPUaffinity2=2.. etc up to 4. Does this mean that it was only trying to run EQ in a portion of the core? I changed all of them to -1 and immediately saw improvement in log in speed, and in eliminated boxing lag.

I am going out on a limb here and assuming you have a quad core processor. My eqclient.ini folder only contained CPUaffinity0 and CPUaffinity1 (Core 0 and Core 1 = Dual Core). I would assume yours should look like CPUaffinity0, CPUaffinity1, CPUaffinity2, CPUaffinity3 if you indeed have a quad core, as this is what it would look like in task manager pre windows 8.

Likely you will find as many "CPUaffinity" lines in the ini file as you have physical processor cores. Numbering starts at 0 and ends at the number of cores minus 1.

[Yukaan_The_Bear]

This is worth a bump. For those dealing with lag, please make sure your CPU affinity in the ini file is set to -1.

Also - if you have a NVIDIA GPU, I would recommend going to the control panel and clicking on "manage 3d settings, then "Program setting" go down to "power management mode" and choose "prefer maximum performance"

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[flipperous]

This is worth a bump. For those dealing with lag, please make sure your CPU affinity in the ini file is set to -1.

Also - if you have a NVIDIA GPU, I would recommend going to the control panel and clicking on "manage 3d settings, then "Program setting" go down to "power management mode" and choose "prefer maximum performance"

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Is this still a thing? I don't see CPU affinity in the ini file--I see clientcore and it is set to -1

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[Fanra]

Is this still a thing? I don't see CPU affinity in the ini file--I see clientcore and it is set to -1

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https://everquest.fanra.info/wiki/Gr...settings_guide

CPUAffinity/ClientCore

The January 19th 2022 Patch CPU affinity has changed to ClientCore:

- Renamed the "CPUAffinity" setting to "ClientCore" in the eqclient.ini file. The new default has been set to "-1" which allows the client to run on any and multiple cores. Setting a number other than the default will still force the client to run on a specific core.

In this EQ forum post, klanderso, EQ Developer, explains setting ClientCore. At this point, it might be best to leave it alone and let Windows handle using the least busy core(s) to run your EQ clients.

[flipperous]

Fanra,

Thanks for the info and long time no see!

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