Miscellaneous: 60 FPS lock is buggy - maybe change it to 99 ?

[Vizax_Xaziv]

Yea something is REALLY not right with the 60FPS hardcap. Sometimes in EC tunnel I drop down to about 35FPS which is crazy. BEFORE the cap was implemented I used to run at a 100% locked 90FPS even with 200 players around me. I also get random complete stutters now which never occurred before either. Happens maybe once every 5 minutes or so.

Is it not possible to increase the cap 90/120/144Hz without re-enabling the ability to exploit? The only HALF-REMEDY I've discovered so far is using the Nvidia Control Panel to force 4xMSAA and 4xSSAA on EverQuest which basically forces my graphics card to run at full speed resulting in a consistent 60FPS. Forcing maximum performance mode on BOTH my CPU and GPU, despite maintaining a solid 5000MHz CPU // 1950MHz GPU at all times still results in FPS drops.

Specs are:
9900K
32GB 3500MHz CL15
GTX 1080Ti under water
1TB NVMe

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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

100 on the ingame slider is actually just unlocked FPS, as can be seen on things like RTSS. That is what caused the bugs

So a hardcap limit of 99FPS should still work to prevent the exploits just fine?

[Dolalin]

Are others experiencing this also using an integrated Intel HD graphics chip?

[Izmael]

(And before someone chimes in about intergrated Intel HD chips being "shitty", I'd like to note that even IHD chips released 10 years ago RUN CIRCLES around top gaming 3D cards available in 2003, let alone 1999, as far as performance is concerned.)

[Dolalin]

Although they are low-performing chips, relatively speaking, I'm more interested in establishing commonality and possible issues around power-saving kicking in.

[Dolalin]

For NVidia cards, follow these instructions:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce...-power-saving/

For Intel HD integrated cards, follow these instructions:

https://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD2503BB0001R01.htm

Turn off all that power saving, please report back if it helps.

[Kiwix]

Update to my situation:

I gave up and re-started with a new installation of EQ. This worked! And im totally lag free just like in the good old days. However, I was still puzzled about the cause that had triggered this.

Today I talked with a friend, at he said the same thing had happend to him not long ago. He had, just like me, unzipped the patch files directly in to the EQ folder. Somehow that method doesnt proporly replaces some of the files when they land into the folder from the zip file. Insted the files should be unzipped in a different folder and then copied in to the EQ folder. Im not too technical about this, because I simply dont know better. Maybe others can elaborate.

Anyways, this might be a thing to test for others in my situation.

[Dolalin]

That's great Kiwix.

Absolutely perplexing, but great [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Vizax_Xaziv]

As of tonight my game seems to now be locked at 50FPS not even 60FPS anymore. WTF is goin on? Anyone else?

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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

As of tonight my game seems to now be locked at 50FPS not even 60FPS anymore. WTF is goin on? Anyone else?

DISREGARD seems to be fixed now (back to 60FPS cap ... again).....