EQ Completely freezing my compFollow

First thing I would recommend is checking all your drivers... make sure you have the latest and most up to date. Also, check the windows updates for any criticals... usually doesn't matter, bu every little bit helps. Clear temp file and run disk cleanup... run disk defrag...

Above and beyond those things, you may end up having to go through and make sure there arn't any more options to turn off... it's borderline too much for those specs.

Also, try lookign through the tech board on the offical forums... lot of good help there.

i see you have a Radeon card. These cards tend to need a little more juice, especially when they are running high end applications. I would suggest going into bios and finding your AGP settings and turn the voltage up to 1.6v. you may find this helps with stability (assuming its not a software or ram issue). best of luck.

Your Issue is just a RAM issue. Even with totally gimped settings this game runs like it wants to use around 600MB of RAM So if you dont have a enough RAM to support that. The comp is having to access your Hard Drive more inturn Slowing you down. and Sometimes freezing you up.

I was crashing quite a bit when I had just got it. Tried a lot of things before finding out it was a heat issue. I brought in a 8" fan and left my case open with the fan blowing on it and I haven't had an issue since. So, check your video card after the crash - is it really hot to the touch? If so, mega-fan.

The mega-fan rules. I did that with my PS2 a couple of years ago when the fan broke down. It worked wonders. Are your fans actually running? Mine weren't a couple of years ago, and I had to get a completely new Motherboard to solve the problem. Considering you may be cheap like me, but unlike me, your computer may not be under warranty, the mega-fan is a great alternative. Make sure your case is full-open while you do it, too. I think my next project is going to be a mini-fridge computer. With beer in it. Awesome.

Also, RAM is cheap, and you need more of it. The more RAM, the better. You can never have too much. Not just in EQ2, but in everything. I just got an additional DDR 512 MB for about 60 bucks at best buy (mail-in rebate), and not only does EQ run smoothly, but everything is much faster now, from internet stuff to word processing, to movies. Get more.

EDIT: The RAM is probably still on sale for the rest of the week, so if you need it, decide quick.

Edited, Thu Nov 18 16:54:12 2004 by khorbin