Wow...someone's zoning/rendering lag got BETTER with 14.6?

I'm astounded.

Zoning into Omni Trade, Newland City, or BS used to take me only a few seconds. Now I sit at the "Changing area...please wait..." screen for a good 10-15 seconds, then zone...and THEN I get rendering lag which reduces my framerate to ZERO POINT ZERO for a good 20-30 seconds. During this time it is utterly impossible to move. I usually take this opportunity to get up and go to the bathroom or get a new drink. Sometimes by the time I get back, I can actually move my character! Awesome! *rolls eyes*

Zoning into crowded places is now an extreme exercise in patience. For me, 14.6 made things far, far worse. Did they "optimize" the code in such a way that it punishes those of us with "older" GeForce 2 cards? (Mine even has 64MB of VRAM.) I never had this kind of problem before 14.6.

Tons of forum chatter from others about this problem...and yet still no acknowledgement from FunCom. Hmm.

- DrVixen