EVE Online and Multiboxing: Performance Tips for a Smoother Experience

If you’re running multiple EVE Online clients (multiboxing) and want to optimize performance, here are some handy tips to help your setup run more smoothly and efficiently.

1. Run EVE Online with DirectX 11 and Use the EVE-O-Preview Client

First, make sure to launch EVE Online using DirectX 11 for better compatibility and performance. Additionally, consider using the EVE-O-Preview client, which is optimized for multiboxing and can help reduce resource usage.

2. Enable “Minimize Inactive EVE Clients”

Within the EVE-O-Preview settings, enable the option “Minimize inactive EVE clients”. This setting helps lower CPU and GPU usage for the clients you’re not actively using, which is essential when running multiple toons simultaneously.

3. Tweak Your Core_Public File for Extra Performance

You can further improve performance by editing the core_public__ file located in your EVE profile directory:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\CCP\EVE\c_ccp_eve_online_tq_tranquility\{profile name}

Open the core_public__ file with a text editor and look for the following settings:

• textureQuality:
  Lower this value to -300 or even -500 to reduce texture quality significantly, which makes the game run in “extra potato mode.” This is great for minimizing GPU load.
• presentinterval:
  Change this value to 2 to control and cap the FPS, helping stabilize performance and reduce unnecessary CPU/GPU usage.

4. Use NVIDIA Control Panel for Additional Optimization

If you’re using an NVIDIA GPU, you can adjust settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel for each EVE client to squeeze out more performance. For example, setting the power management mode to “Prefer maximum performance” and tweaking vertical sync settings can help balance performance and stability.

If you encounter an “Access Denied” error when trying to change settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel, try this:

• Navigate to the folder: C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation
• Look for the folder named Drs.
• Delete the Drs folder.
• Then, create a new folder with the exact name Drs in the same location.
• If the folder isn’t there at all, simply create a new folder named Drs.

This often resolves permission issues and lets you modify NVIDIA settings freely.

5. Monitor Your CPU Usage

With these tweaks, you can expect each EVE client (or toon) to run at around 5-8% CPU usage on a system like an AMD Ryzen 5 5500. This allows you to comfortably run multiple clients without your system becoming overloaded.

Do you have any tweak recommendations? if so do add them to the comment section below.