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Hey guys, anybody do this? Two-box using a KVM switch to switch between the
PCs/instances of EQ?
I just got a new PC I have not setup yet and I am giving my old one two my
daughter and putting hers on the floor next to mine, hooking it into the
network via ethernet and using it for whatever (have not really decided yet)
via a KVM switch. This extra PC is a HP Pavilion with a Celeron 2.2, 512 MB
RAM and onboard Intel video. I know it runs EQ ok although certainly nothing
like my new PC will.
If I try 2 boxing with this setup using a KVM switch, I'll run EQ without
Luclin models at all on the slower PC to ensure decent performance I think,
although I suppose I could try it both ways and see how it does.
I haven't used a KVM switch before but I think it is pretty much
instantaneous switching so I am thinking that flipping back and forth to
control characters might be doable.
My first foray into doing this would be to use my 65 cleric to buff and heal
a new character of mine while they solo and xp. I have an 11 Druid that I
might try this out with as well as a baby Ogre warrior and some others.
So, I was just wondering if anybody else here does this and how well I might
expect it to work. I've got to do all the fooling around to setup the new
PC, move mine to my daughter's room, her's to floor next to my new one and
do all the settings, data transfer and reinstalls associated with that so
there goes this whole afternoon I'm sure.
Hey guys, anybody do this? Two-box using a KVM switch to switch between the
PCs/instances of EQ?
I just got a new PC I have not setup yet and I am giving my old one two my
daughter and putting hers on the floor next to mine, hooking it into the
network via ethernet and using it for whatever (have not really decided yet)
via a KVM switch. This extra PC is a HP Pavilion with a Celeron 2.2, 512 MB
RAM and onboard Intel video. I know it runs EQ ok although certainly nothing
like my new PC will.
If I try 2 boxing with this setup using a KVM switch, I'll run EQ without
Luclin models at all on the slower PC to ensure decent performance I think,
although I suppose I could try it both ways and see how it does.
I haven't used a KVM switch before but I think it is pretty much
instantaneous switching so I am thinking that flipping back and forth to
control characters might be doable.
My first foray into doing this would be to use my 65 cleric to buff and heal
a new character of mine while they solo and xp. I have an 11 Druid that I
might try this out with as well as a baby Ogre warrior and some others.
So, I was just wondering if anybody else here does this and how well I might
expect it to work. I've got to do all the fooling around to setup the new
PC, move mine to my daughter's room, her's to floor next to my new one and
do all the settings, data transfer and reinstalls associated with that so
there goes this whole afternoon I'm sure.