Not sure if general PC issues are alright to post, but I don't see anything that advises against it, so apologies if this type of questions isn't welcome here! I've been running 2 groups for a while, and recently started a 3rd group. I play with settings turned down on all but my tank, including stick figures and globaltxt file mods. My pc runs perfectly fine with 12 chars, but as soon as I start to boot up the 3rd group, my pc basically slows down so much it becomes unresponsive. I've got a pretty nice build (I'm no tech expert for sure), so shouldn't have any issues. I've used open hardware monitor for issues like this in the past (RAM), but I don't see anything alarming. Someone else mind taking a look at it to see if you have any suggestions? Or potentially anything else you might recommend I check?

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+- ASUS M5A88-V EVO (/mainboard)
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| +- ITE IT8721F (/lpc/it8721f)
| | +- Voltage #1 : 2.904 2.904 2.916 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/0)
| | +- Voltage #2 : 2.868 2.868 2.88 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/1)
| | +- Voltage #3 : 1.368 1.368 1.38 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/2)
| | +- Voltage #4 : 1.656 1.656 1.668 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/3)
| | +- Voltage #5 : 1.632 1.632 1.632 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/4)
| | +- Voltage #6 : 2.652 2.64 2.664 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/5)
| | +- Voltage #7 : 0.024 0.024 0.024 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/6)
| | +- Standby +3.3V : 2.088 2.088 2.088 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/7)
| | +- VBat : 3.384 3.384 3.384 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/8)
| | +- Temperature #1 : 55 54 55 (/lpc/it8721f/temperature/0)
| | +- Temperature #2 : 31 31 31 (/lpc/it8721f/temperature/1)
| | +- Fan #1 : 2678.57 2636.72 2689.24 (/lpc/it8721f/fan/0)
| | +- Fan #2 : 1275.99 1268.8 1283.27 (/lpc/it8721f/fan/1)
| | +- Fan Control #1 : (/lpc/it8721f/control/0)
| | +- Fan Control #2 : (/lpc/it8721f/control/1)
| | +- Fan Control #3 : (/lpc/it8721f/control/2)
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+- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor (/amdcpu/0)
| +- Bus Speed : 200.901 200.901 200.904 (/amdcpu/0/clock/0)
| +- CPU Core #1 : 3214.42 3214.42 3214.46 (/amdcpu/0/clock/1)
| +- CPU Core #2 : 3214.42 3214.42 3214.46 (/amdcpu/0/clock/2)
| +- CPU Core #3 : 3214.42 3214.42 3214.46 (/amdcpu/0/clock/3)
| +- CPU Core #4 : 3214.42 3214.42 3214.46 (/amdcpu/0/clock/4)
| +- Core #1 - #4 : 58.875 57.625 61.25 (/amdcpu/0/temperature/0)
| +- CPU Total : 46.3636 30.7692 80.3572 (/amdcpu/0/load/0)
| +- CPU Core #1 : 45.4545 8.97436 100 (/amdcpu/0/load/1)
| +- CPU Core #2 : 49.0909 15.3846 88.0952 (/amdcpu/0/load/2)
| +- CPU Core #3 : 38.1818 12.3711 96.4286 (/amdcpu/0/load/3)
| +- CPU Core #4 : 52.7273 10.2564 89.2308 (/amdcpu/0/load/4)
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+- Generic Memory (/ram)
| +- Memory : 48.5051 43.5345 48.508 (/ram/load/0)
| +- Used Memory : 7.76039 6.96515 7.76085 (/ram/data/0)
| +- Available Memory : 8.23875 8.23828 9.03399 (/ram/data/1)
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+- AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series (/atigpu/0)
| +- GPU Core : 1.1 0.825 1.1 (/atigpu/0/voltage/0)
| +- GPU Core : 800 300 800 (/atigpu/0/clock/0)
| +- GPU Memory : 1125 150 1125 (/atigpu/0/clock/1)
| +- GPU Core : 43 42 44 (/atigpu/0/temperature/0)
| +- GPU Core : 21 12 33 (/atigpu/0/load/0)
| +- GPU Fan : 39 39 39 (/atigpu/0/control/0)
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+- Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 (/hdd/0)
| +- Temperature : 29 29 29 (/hdd/0/temperature/0)
| +- Used Space : 25.7226 25.7226 25.7226 (/hdd/0/load/0)
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+- Generic Hard Disk (/hdd/1)
| +- Used Space : 93.7419 93.7419 93.7419 (/hdd/1/load/0)
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+- Generic Hard Disk (/hdd/2)

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Parameters

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+- ASUS M5A88-V EVO (/mainboard)
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| +- ITE IT8721F (/lpc/it8721f)
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| | +- Voltage #1 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/0)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
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| | +- Voltage #2 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/1)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
| | |
| | +- Voltage #3 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/2)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
| | |
| | +- Voltage #4 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/3)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
| | |
| | +- Voltage #5 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/4)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
| | |
| | +- Voltage #6 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/5)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
| | |
| | +- Voltage #7 (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/6)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
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| | +- Standby +3.3V (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/7)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 10 : 10
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 10 : 10
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
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| | +- VBat (/lpc/it8721f/voltage/8)
| | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 10 : 10
| | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 10 : 10
| | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0
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| | +- Temperature #1 (/lpc/it8721f/temperature/0)
| | | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0
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| | +- Temperature #2 (/lpc/it8721f/temperature/1)
| | | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0
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+- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor (/amdcpu/0)
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| +- Core #1 - #4 (/amdcpu/0/temperature/0)
| | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0
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+- Generic Memory (/ram)
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+- AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series (/atigpu/0)
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+- Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 (/hdd/0)
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| +- Temperature (/hdd/0/temperature/0)
| | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0
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+- Generic Hard Disk (/hdd/1)
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+- Generic Hard Disk (/hdd/2)

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Mainboard

SMBIOS Version: 2.5

BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: 1502

System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Name: System Product Name
System Version: System Version

Mainboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Mainboard Name: M5A88-V EVO
Mainboard Version: Rev X.0x

Processor Manufacturer: AMD
Processor Version: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
Processor Core Count: 4
Processor Core Enabled: 4
Processor Thread Count: 4
Processor External Clock: 200 Mhz

Memory Device [0] Manufacturer: Manufacturer0
Memory Device [0] Part Number: PartNum0
Memory Device [0] Device Locator: DIMM0
Memory Device [0] Bank Locator: BANK0
Memory Device [0] Speed: 1333 MHz

Memory Device [1] Manufacturer: Manufacturer1
Memory Device [1] Part Number: PartNum1
Memory Device [1] Device Locator: DIMM1
Memory Device [1] Bank Locator: BANK1
Memory Device [1] Speed: 0 MHz

Memory Device [2] Manufacturer: Manufacturer2
Memory Device [2] Part Number: PartNum2
Memory Device [2] Device Locator: DIMM2
Memory Device [2] Bank Locator: BANK2
Memory Device [2] Speed: 1333 MHz

Memory Device [3] Manufacturer: Manufacturer3
Memory Device [3] Part Number: PartNum3
Memory Device [3] Device Locator: DIMM3
Memory Device [3] Bank Locator: BANK3
Memory Device [3] Speed: 1333 MHz
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LPC IT87XX

Chip ID: 0x8721
Chip Version: 0x3
Base Address: 0x0290
GPIO Address: 0x0300

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CPUID

Processor 0

Processor Vendor: AMD
Processor Brand: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
Family: 0x10
Model: 0x4
Stepping: 0x3

CPUID Return Values

CPU Thread: 0
APIC ID: 0
Processor ID: 0
Core ID: 0
Thread ID: 0


CPU Thread: 1
APIC ID: 1
Processor ID: 0
Core ID: 1
Thread ID: 0

CPU Thread: 2
APIC ID: 2
Processor ID: 0
Core ID: 2
Thread ID: 0


CPU Thread: 3
APIC ID: 3
Processor ID: 0
Core ID: 3
Thread ID: 0


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AMD CPU

Name: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor
Number of Cores: 4
Threads per Core: 1
Timer Frequency: 3.139082 MHz
Time Stamp Counter: Invariant
Estimated Time Stamp Counter Frequency: 3214.46 MHz
Estimated Time Stamp Counter Frequency Error: 0.04096 Mhz
Time Stamp Counter Frequency: 3214.42 MHz

MSR Core #1

MSR EDX EAX
C0010000 00000000 00000000
C0010004 00001BC5 DCFFB152
C0010015 00000000 01000011
C0010064 800001D1 48001810
C0010071 00800000 48001810

MSR Core #2

MSR EDX EAX
C0010000 00000000 00000000
C0010004 00000F22 33412817
C0010015 00000000 01000011
C0010064 800001D1 48001810
C0010071 00800000 48001810

MSR Core #3

MSR EDX EAX
C0010000 00000000 00000000
C0010004 0000841C 14D34BBA
C0010015 00000000 01000011
C0010064 800001D1 48001810
C0010071 00800000 48001810

MSR Core #4

MSR EDX EAX
C0010000 00000000 00000000
C0010004 00007620 E131736F
C0010015 00000000 01000011
C0010064 800001D1 48001810
C0010071 00800000 48001810

Miscellaneous Control Address: 0xC3
Time Stamp Counter Multiplier: 16

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AMD Display Library

Status: OK

Number of adapters: 4

AdapterIndex: 0
isActive: 1
AdapterName: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
UDID: PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_683F&SUBSYS_200B1787&REV_00_4&6E074CE&0&0010A
Present: 1
VendorID: 0x1002
BusNumber: 1
DeviceNumber: 0
FunctionNumber: 0
AdapterID: 0x22B5340

AdapterIndex: 1
isActive: 0
AdapterName: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
UDID: PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_683F&SUBSYS_200B1787&REV_00_4&6E074CE&0&0010&02A
Present: 1
VendorID: 0x1002
BusNumber: 1
DeviceNumber: 0
FunctionNumber: 0
AdapterID: 0x22B5340

AdapterIndex: 2
isActive: 0
AdapterName: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
UDID: PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_683F&SUBSYS_200B1787&REV_00_4&6E074CE&0&0010&03A
Present: 1
VendorID: 0x1002
BusNumber: 1
DeviceNumber: 0
FunctionNumber: 0
AdapterID: 0x22B5340

AdapterIndex: 3
isActive: 0
AdapterName: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
UDID: PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_683F&SUBSYS_200B1787&REV_00_4&6E074CE&0&0010&04A
Present: 1
VendorID: 0x1002
BusNumber: 1
DeviceNumber: 0
FunctionNumber: 0
AdapterID: 0x22B5340

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GenericHarddisk

Drive name: Hitachi HDS721010CLA330
Firmware version: JP4OA3MA

ID Description Raw Value Worst Value Thres Physical
01 Read Error Rate 000000000000 100 100 16 -
02 Throughput Performance 5D0000000000 136 136 54 -
03 Spin-Up Time 7200BB000200 252 252 24 -
04 Start/Stop Count 0D0100000000 100 100 0 269
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 000000000000 100 100 5 -
07 Seek Error Rate 000000000000 100 100 67 -
08 Seek Time Performance 1D0000000000 142 142 20 -
09 Power-On Hours (POH) BC3900000000 98 98 0 14780
0A Spin Retry Count 000000000000 100 100 60 -
0C Power Cycle Count 0A0100000000 100 100 0 266
C0 Emergency Retract Cycle Count 160100000000 100 100 0 -
C1 Load Cycle Count 160100000000 100 100 0 -
C2 Temperature 1D000B002500 206 206 0 29
C4 Reallocation Event Count 000000000000 100 100 0 -
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 000000000000 100 100 0 -
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 000000000000 100 100 0 -
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 000000000000 200 200 0 -

Logical drive name: C:\
Format: NTFS
Total size: 1000097181696
Total free space: 742846066688

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GenericHarddisk

Drive name: Generic Hard Disk
Firmware version: Unknown

Logical drive name: F:\
Format: NTFS
Total size: 8159444992
Total free space: 510623744

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GenericHarddisk

Drive name: Generic Hard Disk
Firmware version: Unknown

Welcome. This type of question is welcome here. However, the "Errors" forum is intended for MQ2 specific errors: crashes, bugs, etc. In short, errors related to the various products/versions/flavors of MQ2 and plugins available for download from MQEmulator.net. We don't have a specific forum for general EQ troubleshooting so the "General" forum is probably the best spot (and will be read by the most people).

Let's start with hardware issues...

Bank 1 of your RAM shows it's running at 0 MHz. Maybe a bad stick of ram? A memtest will tell you if so.

AMD's website says the 7700 series has 1gb of video RAM. That may be too low. A program called GPU-Z will tell you how much video ram you are actually using. Take note of the amount of video RAM used for 12 characters and for 18 characters.

What is your CPU utilization for 12 characters? 18? See Windows Task Manager -> Performance Tab.

What is your RAM utilization for 12 characters? 18? See Windows Task Manager -> Performance Tab.