Second Life Forums Archive - sudden drops in fps at times

Liffento Eldritch

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Join date: 27 Jan 2005

Posts: 14

02-11-2009 11:43

Hello. I noticed that when avp.exe *32 shows 50 on the cpu, second life suddenly slows down to a crawl until avp.exe shows 0. I know avp.exe belongs to Kaspersky and I don't want to disable it while using second life as that leaves me open to risks over the internet. Anybody know how to keep avp.exe from slowing down second life when it does its tasks? It isn't good when you suddenly drop from 50fps to 4fps for a minute or so.

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Imnotgoing Sideways

Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=

Join date: 17 Nov 2007

Posts: 4,694

02-11-2009 12:28

I've been seeing it since the 1.21.xx client. It's what drove me to look for alternative clients until the latest 1.22RC. While the RC hasn't directly fixed the FPS drop, the faster loading textures that came as a result of it have lessened the pain. (^_^)

See my adventures in FPS loss in the link below, and vote for it if it's what you're seeing as well. (^_^)y

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-9650

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Liffento Eldritch

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Join date: 27 Jan 2005

Posts: 14

02-11-2009 12:46

Nah, seems to only happen when Kaspersky is doing something. Ever since I enabled fast alpha, the fps has increased a bit but that still doesn't stop the sudden drop of fps when Kaspersky does a task in the background. I will check out the release candidate viewer to see how it is. for now, I will post my spec:

Win XP Pro 64-bit SP2
Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition overclocked to 3.01Ghz.
6GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM
GeForce 9600 GSO with 768MB DDR3
3M DSL connection

It doesn't seem to do it when I am using Windows 7 beta on another drive with the beta of Kaspersky for Win 7 in it.

Updated: Tried the release candidate and it is doing the same thing. Every once in awhile avp.exe *32 would show 50 on cpu usage and second life gets bogged down until it goes back down to 0. Still trying to figure out what it is doing that is making it do that.

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Win XP Professional SP2
Athlon 64 3000+
1GB of DDR RAM
NVidia Geforce 6600 PCI Express x16 with 512M DDR2
ForceWare Version 84.21

Ivana Pawlowski

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Join date: 4 Dec 2006

Posts: 26

02-12-2009 09:53

From: Liffento Eldritch

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition overclocked to 3.01Ghz.

Here's a trick, go to the task manager and set the processor affinity of Secondlife for one of your processor cores and then set the affinity for yyou antivirus to the other.

Alisha Matova

Too Old; Do Not Want!

Join date: 8 Mar 2007

Posts: 583

02-12-2009 10:28

From: Ivana Pawlowski

Here's a trick, go to the task manager and set the processor affinity of Secondlife for one of your processor cores and then set the affinity for yyou antivirus to the other.

Oh that's a good idea!

Also, see if there's a way to stop your antivirus from repeatedly scanning your SL cache folder. Might be called "realtime scanning" or something or other..

Dylan Rickenbacker

Animator

Join date: 11 Oct 2006

Posts: 365

02-13-2009 01:03

From: Ivana Pawlowski

Here's a trick, go to the task manager and set the processor affinity of Secondlife for one of your processor cores and then set the affinity for yyou antivirus to the other.

Oh, that's interesting. Do the processes remember that setting, or do you have to do that over and over again?

Imnotgoing Sideways

Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=

Join date: 17 Nov 2007

Posts: 4,694

02-13-2009 05:19

You have to set it after each and every time you launch the client app. On my own system, I haven't seen any gain from using it (Dual AMD FX-74). (^_^)y

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Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94

Liffento Eldritch

Registered User

Join date: 27 Jan 2005

Posts: 14

02-13-2009 10:11

I tried setting the affinity but it appears to be making no difference. I am also going to the Kaspersky forum talking to them about it and trying their suggestions which is not working. The only way to stop the sudden slow downs so far for me is to disable kaspersky which would then leave you open to attacks. I'm still posting about it on the Kaspersky forum.

The link to that part of the forum is http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=104387&st=0&gopid=889047&#entry889047

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Win XP Professional SP2
Athlon 64 3000+
1GB of DDR RAM
NVidia Geforce 6600 PCI Express x16 with 512M DDR2
ForceWare Version 84.21

Sindy Tsure

Will script for shoes

Join date: 18 Sep 2006

Posts: 4,103

02-13-2009 10:15

Is there a Kaspersky log of what it's doing? Does it do this "use a whole core" thing if SL isn't running?

sudden drops in fps at times
Liffento Eldritch Registered User Join date: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 14	02-11-2009 11:43 Hello. I noticed that when avp.exe *32 shows 50 on the cpu, second life suddenly slows down to a crawl until avp.exe shows 0. I know avp.exe belongs to Kaspersky and I don't want to disable it while using second life as that leaves me open to risks over the internet. Anybody know how to keep avp.exe from slowing down second life when it does its tasks? It isn't good when you suddenly drop from 50fps to 4fps for a minute or so. _____________________ Win XP Professional SP2 Athlon 64 3000+ 1GB of DDR RAM NVidia Geforce 6600 PCI Express x16 with 512M DDR2 ForceWare Version 84.21
Imnotgoing Sideways Can't outlaw cute! =^-^= Join date: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 4,694	02-11-2009 12:28 I've been seeing it since the 1.21.xx client. It's what drove me to look for alternative clients until the latest 1.22RC. While the RC hasn't directly fixed the FPS drop, the faster loading textures that came as a result of it have lessened the pain. (^_^) See my adventures in FPS loss in the link below, and vote for it if it's what you're seeing as well. (^_^)y https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-9650 _____________________ Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94
Liffento Eldritch Registered User Join date: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 14	02-11-2009 12:46 Nah, seems to only happen when Kaspersky is doing something. Ever since I enabled fast alpha, the fps has increased a bit but that still doesn't stop the sudden drop of fps when Kaspersky does a task in the background. I will check out the release candidate viewer to see how it is. for now, I will post my spec: Win XP Pro 64-bit SP2 Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition overclocked to 3.01Ghz. 6GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM GeForce 9600 GSO with 768MB DDR3 3M DSL connection It doesn't seem to do it when I am using Windows 7 beta on another drive with the beta of Kaspersky for Win 7 in it. Updated: Tried the release candidate and it is doing the same thing. Every once in awhile avp.exe *32 would show 50 on cpu usage and second life gets bogged down until it goes back down to 0. Still trying to figure out what it is doing that is making it do that. _____________________ Win XP Professional SP2 Athlon 64 3000+ 1GB of DDR RAM NVidia Geforce 6600 PCI Express x16 with 512M DDR2 ForceWare Version 84.21
Ivana Pawlowski Registered User Join date: 4 Dec 2006 Posts: 26	02-12-2009 09:53 From: Liffento Eldritch Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition overclocked to 3.01Ghz. Here's a trick, go to the task manager and set the processor affinity of Secondlife for one of your processor cores and then set the affinity for yyou antivirus to the other.
Alisha Matova Too Old; Do Not Want! Join date: 8 Mar 2007 Posts: 583	02-12-2009 10:28 From: Ivana Pawlowski Here's a trick, go to the task manager and set the processor affinity of Secondlife for one of your processor cores and then set the affinity for yyou antivirus to the other. Oh that's a good idea! Also, see if there's a way to stop your antivirus from repeatedly scanning your SL cache folder. Might be called "realtime scanning" or something or other..
Dylan Rickenbacker Animator Join date: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 365	02-13-2009 01:03 From: Ivana Pawlowski Here's a trick, go to the task manager and set the processor affinity of Secondlife for one of your processor cores and then set the affinity for yyou antivirus to the other. Oh, that's interesting. Do the processes remember that setting, or do you have to do that over and over again?
Imnotgoing Sideways Can't outlaw cute! =^-^= Join date: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 4,694	02-13-2009 05:19 You have to set it after each and every time you launch the client app. On my own system, I haven't seen any gain from using it (Dual AMD FX-74). (^_^)y _____________________ Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94
Liffento Eldritch Registered User Join date: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 14	02-13-2009 10:11 I tried setting the affinity but it appears to be making no difference. I am also going to the Kaspersky forum talking to them about it and trying their suggestions which is not working. The only way to stop the sudden slow downs so far for me is to disable kaspersky which would then leave you open to attacks. I'm still posting about it on the Kaspersky forum. The link to that part of the forum is http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=104387&st=0&gopid=889047&#entry889047 _____________________ Win XP Professional SP2 Athlon 64 3000+ 1GB of DDR RAM NVidia Geforce 6600 PCI Express x16 with 512M DDR2 ForceWare Version 84.21
Sindy Tsure Will script for shoes Join date: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 4,103	02-13-2009 10:15 Is there a Kaspersky log of what it's doing? Does it do this "use a whole core" thing if SL isn't running?

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