Suggested system requirements for 2boxing

[Chalingo]

Hey guys, I am running a 1.6ghz, 1gig ram comp on Windows Vista. I am not sure what my video drivers are but they seem to work fine just playing the game normally. I have not yet tried 2boxing because just running the 1 client at a time seems to heat my comp up some aweful, even with EQplaynice running at the same time. I sometimes experience freezing and computer crashes, this seems to occur when the computer is really hot. I am worried that by running the second client for 2boxing would overheat and melt my computer, any suggestions?

Is there any way to help my computer not heat up so much while running EQ?

Thanks!!

 

[Hukks]

Make sure you update your drivers and if you good and sounds like your computer is old take the fan off the processor and blow it out with compressed air. Sounds to me your fan isnt cooling your processor fast enough and that compressed air works wonders on an older machine... also do all the other fans too like your power unit, and vid card.

Vista eats up alot of your memory as well and I would suggest either upgraded to more ram or going to XP if you going to dual box. 1 gig of ram is barely enough these days to run vista or 7 and 1.6 is bottom barrel.

My work computer is 6 years old and runs 2 clients fine and here are the specs for it,,,

Time of this report: 4/5/2010, 14:08:25
Machine name: HP11793200153
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Compaq dx2200 MT
BIOS: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 894MB RAM
Page File: 303MB used, 1864MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode


as you can see it is very old ... but runs 2 clients fine with low settings

 

[Hukks]

When you blow off the CPU fan after unscrewing the 4 small screws make sure you turn it upside down. Real simple to do as well and probably the reason your computer sounds like a jet engine once it heats up. If you dont know what a CPU fan is it is the big looking fan on your mother board. Make sure you are grounded or not dancing around on rugs for static before touching it or anything. Do it on the kitchen table where it is probably tile or none rug. With that compressed air also clean out everything like I mentioned before... Before inhaling the rest as it gives a good, cheap high for 5 seconds...