I am looking for a list of things to do to reduce lag in eve. Examples: Scrolling out, turning off missile effects. I know there has to be a few things out there!
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IMHO, ATI x5870 is a very stable, solid Video card, this is what I use.
Regardless, I turn down VIDEO card settings to minimum, all except mipmap detail and catalyst AI. It helps the card run at lower temperatures and a lot less noise.
In game, I use my max resolution 1920x1200 and no other 'extra' settings. No bloom, no HDR, no cache. No missile effects, no turret effects, no camera shake etc...
Having a sound card is essential, if you do not enable 'audio' in eve, you still have the voice comms, audio processing puts a lot of stress on you system if you do not have a 'dedicated' card. They say that PCIexpress cards such as ASUS Xonar are decent. I have my Sounblaster X-fi PCI card (not too bad). The 'top' choice for audio quality may be an 'external' audio card, such as firewire or other sorta expensive cards.
When playing cut everything down to minimum, chat channels, chat logging, eve audio service, assets, people in watch list, market windows etc...
To win an FPS you need to cut down graphics to bare minimum, it gives assertive advantage. In MMO you need to cut down on all objects and connections you have. It doesn't add more skill, but makes the gameplay experience more smooth, especially over those with max-settings-on.
Also inform the GMs about fleet fight and do not use SHITTY Vent/Teamspeak server. If you get hacked and booted, you may create massive latency when 200+ people rejoin.
Darn, I came up with this question to make a new tag, and have been trying to get rep all day to make it. Touche' CanHasGank.