Lysari@Antonia Bayle wrote:
I seem to be having an increase in errors when loading the textures for the game. I.E. I will be logging in and all of a sudden the background becomes lovely pictures of icons instead of the pretty picture it is supposed to be. And as this is apparently NOT the only game this is happening to me on (*glares at her machine*), I can only conclude that it is something hardware related.
I don't know if it is my RAM that is becoming no good or my video card. Does EQ2 store the textures for the game on the video RAM or the system RAM. I know something is dying, I just don't know which yet.
Both actually. Most textures are loaded as "MANAGED" textures by DirectX. This means that they are loaded into your system RAM and then propogated to video RAM when needed. If your device becomes lost, like when you minimize the window, DirectX will automatically restore the textures in video RAM by using the copies in system RAM.
Heat can be the culprit in many cases. If you don't have a way to measure the temperature on your video card, make sure the fans are still working or try running with your case off. If cooling your system doesn't fix the problem you could have a faulty video card or system RAM.
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