EQ and Core processes
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EQ and Core processes
Some if not most of you do not know that EQ only uses 1 of your core processors but you can change this, now I have not found a way to make it permanent so you will have to do this each time you run EQ.
CTRL + ALT + DELETE
Open Task Manager
Go to processes
right click on Eqgame.exe
Click Set Affinity
change it from 1 to all of them, it will make the game run smoother as well if you were having any kind of performance issues to begin with.
CTRL + ALT + DELETE
Open Task Manager
Go to processes
right click on Eqgame.exe
Click Set Affinity
change it from 1 to all of them, it will make the game run smoother as well if you were having any kind of performance issues to begin with.
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ahh I had no idea, thats something ill have to look into then. Thanks!
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This advise is slightly misleading. No matter what your affinity is set to each instance of EQ will still only use a single core at a time.
There is a performance penalty when a process moves around between CPU cores. Its generally minor and the OS tries to be intelligent about scheduling to minimize the impact.
There is a performance penalty when a process moves around between CPU cores. Its generally minor and the OS tries to be intelligent about scheduling to minimize the impact.
Well, I didn't expand on my advice either. By CPU affinity strategy I meant that ISBoxer will automatically start each instance of EQ on it's own core (or pair of hyperthreaded cores).Rapitiss wrote:This advise is slightly misleading. No matter what your affinity is set to each instance of EQ will still only use a single core at a time.
There is a performance penalty when a process moves around between CPU cores. Its generally minor and the OS tries to be intelligent about scheduling to minimize the impact.
EQ is not multithreaded and does not have a way to make use of multiple cores. I don't know why Tats gains performance by spreading EQ out amongst several cores.
When boxing I lag severely when I dont do this and im talking about only getting 20-30 fps.. when I do this I am able to stay around 80-100 with all my boxes up *4 or 5* and all settings maxed..
thats why I suggested it
thats why I suggested it
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- Added the ability for EQ to set its affinity to all cores when starting up. This can be done by modifying the eqclient.ini value for the instance to -1. For example, to set your second instance of EQ to run on all cores add "CPUAffinity1=-1" to the [Defaults] section of eqclient.ini. Note: if this causes problems for you, please report the issue in /bug and change the CPUAffinity value back to the value it was before you changed it.
was in todays patch, had to go in and set all my cores to -1 and it loads up just fine every time now.
was in todays patch, had to go in and set all my cores to -1 and it loads up just fine every time now.
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Easier to deal with the tiny bits of lag
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you just go into the eqclient.ini and set each core to -1 and each instance of eq you start up will use all cores now.. no need to keep doing it..
I gained a huge performance increase by doing it, dunno why as Rap said before, i shouldnt. But searching the interwebs I found I was not the only one who saw big increases in performance while doing this.
I gained a huge performance increase by doing it, dunno why as Rap said before, i shouldnt. But searching the interwebs I found I was not the only one who saw big increases in performance while doing this.
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Faster wear and tear?
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