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bartab
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new EQ expansion

Post by bartab » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:19 am

- Multi-core CPU Support: If you have a Multi-core CPU you no longer have to manually set their processor affinity! EverQuest will automatically assign itself to an available core. If you run multiple copies of the client, each new copy running will assign itself to the next available core. Those interested in customizing which core or cores EverQuest clients run on, check the forums.
any idea of best usage practice of that new feature for WinEQ boxers when yuo usually (like me) have one client with full graphical options / max resolution and 4 clients with low graphical settings / min resolution ?

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Post by Lax » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:29 am

The default (on) is the recommended value. To my knowledge, EQ isn't optimized for multiple cores, so you probably won't gain much if anything from disabling the feature. More importantly, it's possible that the framerate limiting features of EQPlayNice, potentially the client's limiter feature as well, will malfunction without the feature on -- it could result in lower than desired framerates.

But, your mileage will vary, so in the end, you can just test it on and test it off, and see if you notice a difference. If one seems to perform better, then that's your answer. :)

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Post by Lax » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:40 am

Ok I'm told that's from the EQ patch notes, I was originally thinking you were talking about the WinEQ feature that rotates cores for EQ sessions.

That makes the answer as follows:
1. The feature they just added to EQ has been available and in use by WinEQ for a very long time.
2. The feature they just added to EQ could potentially assign a different core than WinEQ is assigning. There may be a WinEQ update to fix that.
3. When using WinEQ after said update, the WinEQ feature will override the EQ feature when enabled. When disabled (with or without any WinEQ update), the EQ feature will perform as intended.

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Post by eolewis » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:32 pm

(I think this kinda fits with the original question so posting here instead of a new thread)

Is there a way (and is there a benefit if there is) to having one account with full graphics on CPU-1 and 4 other accounts on CPU-2 on minimal graphics?

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Post by fearless » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:57 pm

If you use WinEQ, I believe you can force cpu affinity based on the profile. I would like Lax to confirm that.

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