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my system runs on intel p4 3.0 ghz with 1 gig RAM and video card is radeon x600 256mb plug n play.
after an hour or so of running 2 clients, i start to have problems. one of the clients will crash at least once every 30 mins. when running 3 clients, at least 1 client will crash every 10-15 mins.
if i add 1 or 2 more gigs of ram, will that help avoid the problem or do i also have to upgrade my video card? if i need a better video card, what/which would u recommend?
my isp is cox cable runnin at 36 mbps.
help plz
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I think my laptop (the one I try to use dual client on) doesnt have enough RAM for dual logging. When I switch between clients after logging in the second I get a blue screen and have to restart my computer. I have a gig of ram yet it still crashes, I dont know if this is the same problem that you have.
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I do believe that AC is a huge graphics hog, and so is Decal... With my radeon 9800se and 1 gig of ram I can only run 2 clients at once if I have decal turned OFF.
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Im running 3clients with Drakiers and decal also. I do however only run 1 client active and only log in other ones during muling. P4 2,8ghz 1 gig of ram Radeon 9800 Pro. In Windows joblist/running processes Acclient uses: 57k-58k-59k.Dual:11k and decal 5,4k , but thats not logged ingame.
Also found out that i can only run it in low quality when 2 accounts is logged in otherwise i get a BSOD at times.Says its in Ati3duag.dll. Dunno if you can use it to anything.
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The post ToD version of the client does require more graphics power and you MUST remember that Decal is still in Alpha status. Which means it that Decal may work (or not), it may be stable (or it may not be stable). The version that works with Tank if you read here and the Decal Forums is currently Alpha 3, and that has code for the HUD that reaches mostly works/ for most people level and little beyond because the need to rewrite it to interact and work smoothly and efficently with DX9 related bits of ToD. HUD stands for 'Heads Up Display', which is a fancy way of saying 'What appears in those little windows' decal creates, I.E. the graphics (just a FYI for those who were unaware).
As I seem to have mangled in another post, I expect to see at least *2* more Decal alpahs at a minium, but the is *ABSULUTE PURE SPECULATION* on my part. I don't code and have no connection with the Decal Dev's.
Edit for a wrongly timed tab/enter combo.
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I've run four clients with Decal and full hardware settings on this PC. But, I couldn't do anything else other than run those clients. 
As others have said, I think it's proportional to how fast your processor is, how much RAM you have, and how good your video card is. If you can, minimize all but the active client. I've found that they use a lot less memory that way, but certain plugins may not work correctly if you do so.
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Looks like a video card issue to me. I have a 3ghz P4 with 1 gig of ram and a nVidia Geforce FX 5900 Ultra w/256 megs of ram.
I can run decal on two clients with all the eye candy turned all the way up without issues. I usually have 3-5 IE windows open at the same time to boot. I keep both clients in windowed mode as well (not sure if this makes a difference).
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same as -mk- but i turn everything on low, i crash less that way, about once every 12 hours
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nice post
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thanks for the input guys. i now get blue screen whenever i try to run 3 clients with graphics turned all the way down.
im gettin 2 sticks of 512 and will replace my video card with a much better one. hopefully this will fix it.
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You realize a lot of issues are currently CAUSED by Decal right? Because Decal is in Alpha and all... I wouldn't exactly recommend going out and replacing your computer just so you can play with the Decal Alpha... Chances are, when we get Decal done and working, it won't have nearly as many of these issues that it currently has, and it REALLY isn't worth buying new hardware right now when it is very likely that once Decal is fixed, your computer will be fine.
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I can currently quad log (yes, 4) on my computer with a radeon 9800se. It's an AMD XP 64 3000+ with a 1.5 GB of RAM.
How? I don't run El/Life Tank. The way Decal draws UIs right now is horribly intensive on your graphics card.
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I just run Decal in the first AC instance and the rest without it and I have few problems that way.
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I run a AMD Athlon 3200+ with 2GB memory and a 512MB NVidia Quatro video card (for cad work). When I'm running Decal with Tank, I can log in three diff charecters (while muling), and the third runs out of graphics memory, and everything is white. This is why 99% of the tme, I run one of my other pc's to mule.
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i just upgraded from 1gig to 2 gigs, bought 2 sticks of 512 from newegg.com
i didnt bother to upgrade the not so good video card.
im running 3 clients right now all with decal and lifetank running on all 3 while hunting, also have 2 IE windows open, IRC, and yahoo messenger while doing cam2cam and listening to an online radio station with winamp.
been running 3 AC clients with lifetank for 3-4 hours now and i still havent crashed or encountered any problems. i just hope it stays like this.
memory usage for 1st client is at 123,000k 2nd at 147,000k and 3rd at 122,000k. im gonna try running 4 clients tomorrow and see how my luck goes.
btw, all clients are running at lowest graphics and 800x600 res.
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im running a nivida 128 meg ..(2) 256m sticks. 4.2 gig intel 4 quad stepper run 3 toons muling(all are in the game with decal)and tracking.still i am able to have a web page up from ac maps ;D
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I just run Decal in the first AC instance and the rest without it and I have few problems that way.
^How do you get it to run in just the first instance?
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Turn it off after logging in.
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Doh! It would be that simple wouldn't it?
Thanks Drakier 
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for me decal and drakier dual client got some memory leak problem .
saying that from far , but it s how i feel with using them .
still great code ( was not making any critic here )
i just think that obviously this is normal in alpha / beta software .
btw drak , even when i dual log with your dual logguer client without using decal i feel there some memory leak .
could be wrong .
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The ACClient.exe itself is a memory leak. ACDualClient doesn't exactly leak memory.. It CAN use large amounts because of the overhead of the .NET Framework, but it doesn't leak memory.
a Memory Leak is when memory keeps getting higher and higher over time. ACDualClient usually gets lower and lower over time. In fact, the longer I run it, the more stable the memory resources become.
The same cannot be said for the ACClient. If you run it long enough, eventually you'll crash and run out of memory. Especially if you look at a lot of tradebots or items. It leaks those resources.
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