I am wondering if there is a way to have each profile of WinEQ2 run on a specific graphics card? I have an SLI setup that I dont run in SLI mode 95% of the time since doing so reduces me to one monitor instead of using the two I have. So its been my big question to find out if there is a way to utilize both cards at the same time in this manner. Its a hard pill to swallow when you realize you went the SLI route when it seriously inhibits the way you want your computer to function.
Not sure if I am being clear enough on what it is I want to do. I want to use each card to run seperate instances of EQ which I am hoping will increase the FPS on each instance rather than having to share video processing power. I have a dual core system with 2gb ram also.
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Not that I'm aware of. I have a SLI mobo but I only use one video card, rather than using SLI mode, so I'm not quite an expert on little things that you can do with SLI.
You should post sysinfo.txt (Get System Info if you right click on the game window's title bar, or found in the WinEQ 2 folder), so I can see how the video cards are being reported. If it's reporting it as 2 adapters, you can probably use the secondary display option in a WinEQ 2 profile to pick the secondary one.
You should post sysinfo.txt (Get System Info if you right click on the game window's title bar, or found in the WinEQ 2 folder), so I can see how the video cards are being reported. If it's reporting it as 2 adapters, you can probably use the secondary display option in a WinEQ 2 profile to pick the secondary one.
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Im at work atm but Ill try to post that when I get home. I do use the primary/secondary thing to place the windows on each monitor but I may be thinking of something other than what you are talking about. I stopped using WinEQ2 a few months back but it has once again shown me its usefulness and I am once again a loyal customer 
Ok. The question is if both monitors are attached to the same video card or not. If they are, then we're probably just selecting between the two adapters on the same video card, rather than the 3rd and 4th adapters which may or may not be available on the second video card. The system info list should clear that upjakevsnake wrote:Im at work atm but Ill try to post that when I get home. I do use the primary/secondary thing to place the windows on each monitor but I may be thinking of something other than what you are talking about. I stopped using WinEQ2 a few months back but it has once again shown me its usefulness and I am once again a loyal customer
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Here is my system info. I currently have both monitors connected to just the primary video card since I believe this is a restriction of SLI.
WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp.050928-1517
System Physical RAM: 333/2046MB
Page File: 1818/3428MB
Virtual Memory: 1251/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ @ 2400MHz
CPU 2: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ @ 2400MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAY3/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 5: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1280,1024) (1280x1024) PRIMARY
Monitor 2: \\.\DISPLAY3 (1280,0,2560,1024) (1280x1024)
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.13
Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mss32.dll
Module 4: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 5: C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 6: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
Module 7: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 8: C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 9: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 14: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\DSETUP.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 20: C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 22: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 26: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 29: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 37: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 39: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3dx9_27.dll
Module 41: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 42: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 44: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 45: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\MQ2Main.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 48: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 51: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 52: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2labels.dll
Module 53: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2itemdisplay.dll
Module 54: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2custombinds.dll
Module 55: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2hud.dll
Module 56: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2fps.dll
Module 57: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2map.dll
Module 58: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2bzsrch.dll
Module 59: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2chatwnd.dll
Module 60: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2eqbugfix.dll
Module 61: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 62: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 63: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 64: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 65: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssmp3.asi
Module 66: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssvoice.asi
Module 67: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssa3d.m3d
Module 68: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssds3d.m3d
Module 69: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssdx7.m3d
Module 70: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\msseax.m3d
Module 71: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssrsx.m3d
Module 72: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 73: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\msssoft.m3d
Module 74: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssdsp.flt
Module 75: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 76: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 77: C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 78: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.DLL
Module 79: C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
Module 80: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 81: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2moveutils.dll
Module 82: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2melee.dll
Direct3D9:
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Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX /nv4_disp.dll/6/14/10/8198
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 314MB
Direct3D8:
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Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
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EverQuest:
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Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Primary
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
MipMapping: ON (+4 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Sky: COMPLEX (+10 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 494MB (BASE+211MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: HardwareTnL=TRUE
Additional setting: VertexShaders=1
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=1
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=1
EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Mar 13 2006 17:31:55
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/1
WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp.050928-1517
System Physical RAM: 333/2046MB
Page File: 1818/3428MB
Virtual Memory: 1251/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ @ 2400MHz
CPU 2: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ @ 2400MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAY2/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAY3/NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Video 4: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 5: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1280,1024) (1280x1024) PRIMARY
Monitor 2: \\.\DISPLAY3 (1280,0,2560,1024) (1280x1024)
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.13
Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mss32.dll
Module 4: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 5: C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 6: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
Module 7: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 8: C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 9: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 14: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\DSETUP.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 20: C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 22: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 26: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 29: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 37: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 39: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 40: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3dx9_27.dll
Module 41: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 42: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 44: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 45: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\MQ2Main.dll
Module 46: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 48: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 51: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 52: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2labels.dll
Module 53: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2itemdisplay.dll
Module 54: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2custombinds.dll
Module 55: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2hud.dll
Module 56: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2fps.dll
Module 57: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2map.dll
Module 58: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2bzsrch.dll
Module 59: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2chatwnd.dll
Module 60: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2eqbugfix.dll
Module 61: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 62: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 63: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 64: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 65: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssmp3.asi
Module 66: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssvoice.asi
Module 67: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssa3d.m3d
Module 68: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssds3d.m3d
Module 69: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssdx7.m3d
Module 70: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\msseax.m3d
Module 71: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssrsx.m3d
Module 72: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 73: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\msssoft.m3d
Module 74: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mssdsp.flt
Module 75: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 76: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 77: C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 78: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.DLL
Module 79: C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
Module 80: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 81: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2moveutils.dll
Module 82: I:\MQ2\TheZ v3[1].20\mq2melee.dll
Direct3D9:
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Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX /nv4_disp.dll/6/14/10/8198
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 314MB
Direct3D8:
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Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
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EverQuest:
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Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: I:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Primary
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
MipMapping: ON (+4 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Sky: COMPLEX (+10 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 494MB (BASE+211MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: HardwareTnL=TRUE
Additional setting: VertexShaders=1
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=1
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=1
EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Mar 13 2006 17:31:55
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/1
If that is indeed a restriction, then there is no way to do it.jakevsnake wrote:Here is my system info. I currently have both monitors connected to just the primary video card since I believe this is a restriction of SLI.
On the other hand, Windows is showing 3 video adapters, and it may be possible to hook a monitor up to the other card.
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Lax, I did notice something since i started using WinEQ2 again. Sometimes the sky and the ground in EQ1 would get overlayed on top of each other making the ground impossible to see. When I had both monitors hooked to one card it only affected the primary display, but now that I setup each monitor to be on separate cards it is happening on both monitors. I just noticed this after my default WindowsXP screensaver was up and I clicked back into windows and refreshed my EQ instances. Not sure if this makes sense to you or not or if anyone else is having this issue. Closing EQ and restarting it fixes it.
Weird. The unfortunate thing about that is that WinEQ 2 doesnt change anything about EQ's rendering, so that has to be a bug in EQ, Direct3D, or your video drivers. I'd probably point the finger at EQ. Try changing various video/graphics options in EQ and see if anything changes it. Perhaps disabling complex sky might helpjakevsnake wrote:Lax, I did notice something since i started using WinEQ2 again. Sometimes the sky and the ground in EQ1 would get overlayed on top of each other making the ground impossible to see. When I had both monitors hooked to one card it only affected the primary display, but now that I setup each monitor to be on separate cards it is happening on both monitors. I just noticed this after my default WindowsXP screensaver was up and I clicked back into windows and refreshed my EQ instances. Not sure if this makes sense to you or not or if anyone else is having this issue. Closing EQ and restarting it fixes it.
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