Video lag issues with GeForce GTX 960

Just got a new computer and was excited to play EQ on the new system, but I'm suffering horrible video lag, making EQ pretty much unplayable.

System specs:
Intec Core i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
16 GB Ram
Windows 10, 64-bit, x64 based processor

Partial DX Diag results posted below (can't find a way to add an attachment to this post and the whole thing was too long to be posted).

I originally had default display settings in EQ, but have been playing with them to try to improve performance, but nothing seems to work.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/14/2016, 19:36:57
Machine name: **removed**

Machine Id: **removed**

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 14393) (14393.rs1_release.161110-2025)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP
System Model: 870-119
BIOS: F.15
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16338MB RAM
Page File: 6806MB used, 12475MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.14393.0000 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 960
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1401&SUBSYS_2B4D103C&REV_A1
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 10185 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2016 MB
Shared Memory: 8168 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: S32F351
Monitor Id: SAM0D24
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HDMI
Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvhdci.inf_amd64_f6635f9e64d11744\nvd3dumx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvhdci.inf_amd64_f6635f9e64d11744\nvwgf2umx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvhdci.inf_amd64_f6635f9e64d11744\nvwgf2umx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvhdci.inf_amd64_f6635f9e64d11744\nvwgf2umx.dll
Driver File Version: 21.21.0013.7633 (English)
Driver Version: 21.21.13.7633
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
Driver Model: WDDM 2.1
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
Power P-states: Not Supported
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2016-12-10 7:00:00 PM, 17586992 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5741-11CF-5D6E-400B1BC2D835}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x1401
SubSys ID: 0x2B4D103C
Revision ID: 0x00A1

I have experienced this.
Type /log off is your lag goes away then its related to your anti virus scanning your log file.
You can fix this if your using windows defender by adding the entire eq folder as a DO NOT SCAN item.

If your video lag does not go away it is related to a few issues.
Since you have an HP, you have a critical flaw in the pc
The past week, I have seen 3 HP's brick with the windows 10 1607 update.




FIX IT now by goinghere
http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers.../model/13556371#Z7_3054ICK0K8UDA0AQC11TA930O2

Thanks for trying to help out.

I went to that link, but I'm not sure what to do once I'm there. Are you suggesting that I revert to older versions of my current drivers?

No. Install all the most current bios and drivers.

Ahh, ok. That's one of the first thing I did - made sure I had the latest video drivers - but I'll check again.

I run a GTX 960 and encountered this problem on two systems. In August or October they changed the version of DX9 EQ is running. If you copied over your eqclient.ini from another machine you could still be trying to access the wrong DX9 file. Try moving eqclient.ini to another folder (forces the game to patch in a fresh one) and download this:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35

for the correct version of Dx9. Although in my case, just moving the eqclient.ini file was enough to fix the problem for me. Then you can go back into the fresh ini and add in all your settings manually.

Oooo.. I did copy all my userfiles over, I'll try that. Thanks!

So it Means, you do not have problems with lag running eq + gtx 960 ?

I mean, I am going to buy a new computer, which likely going to use window 10, and some sort of GeForce!

Otherwise, I have to go to some kind of shop, to see if they by miracle have some window 8.1 still.

Hey I wanted to post a solution that I have found to work from extensive research on this problem that persists with the newer video cards. I currently have a GTX Titan and it always bothered me that when I bought the latest and greatest video card that EQ would run less than ideal and would have all this lag all over the place. So I have been researching about this issue and finally came across a solution that not only explained the issue but solved the issue as well. Everquest is such an old game and what is happening is that it actually doesn't take much resources to run it because of the way it's coded so the video cards of which I have Nvidia interprets that the game doesn't use much resources and therefore the video card control panel scales down the video card to not run optimally and that's why you see EQ lagging. The solution is this you go to the 3D settings and you cane either make a profile for EQ or for global settings and scroll down to power management and change it from adaptive to maximum performance. I hope this helps you guys out but the people I have revealed this too are so thrilled that their EQ runs so smoothly. I have no issues anymore with my 1st generation GTX Titan and EQ runs so well it's so amazing!!

Add to the above post about Nvidia Power Management Mode about changing it from Adaptive to Prefer Max performance. Also check your system's Power Options and change it from Power savings/balanced to High Performance.

Both settings ensures that each part of your system is not running at a lowered speed.