Hi
In the last days I noticed a dropdown of the FPS down to 3 FPS after I am online some minutes in SL. I do not know what causes that.
My computer:
CPU: AMD (Unknown model) (2310 MHz)
Memory: 2047 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
Windows Graphics Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9038
OpenGL Version: 3.1.0
It's not the worst computer to run SL on. And so I had seldom problems. Normaly my FPS been around 30-40 or sometime, on empty places after full rez, even up to 60 FPS.
Now when I log into SL I get 30-40 still until I am online for some time, 3-5 minutes, then the FPS drops to 8, 5 or even 3 and I can hardly move nor type (every letter I type in delays).
It happens occasionally that my FPS go back to 40 again in a period of 5 minutes or so after that they go down again.
That happens if I have firefox running or not. Even after fresh reboot... it does not matter how many processes I have running in background. I even tried to use the taskmanager to kill some processes but that does not help at all.
My FPS rates been always good when the sim was not too full. Seldom they went below 15 FPS when the sim was crowed.
Thats what I already tried to solve the problem:
Uninstalling SL and any other viewers completely.
Downloading and installing latest version.
Removing it again and downloading 1.22 version.
Removing that and trying 1.21 version.
Downloading and installing latest Nvidia driver for my system.
Nothing of that changed the situation.
I have also to mention, that only SL is having problems. When I have SL on and firefox I can even watch videos with normal speed without noticing bad FPS in the video. I can use other programs, everything runs quite fluit, only SL has these problems.
Does anyone have an idea before I try to wipe drive C and reinstalling Windows completely? I really do not want to do that if not needed...
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Elysia Pau
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08-02-2009 13:15
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Elysia Pau
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08-09-2009 12:31
Anyone?
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Milla Janick
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08-09-2009 12:46
I'd suggest downloading a utility like Nvidia System Tools or EVGA Precision to monitor your graphics card's temperature and fan speed. Make sure the fan on the card is actually working and the card isn't overheating.
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Osgeld Barmy
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08-09-2009 15:54
aye, heat yank the side of your case off, take it outside and hit everything with compressed air
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Peggy Paperdoll
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08-09-2009 17:36
aye, heat yank the side of your case off, take it outside and hit everything with compressed air What? No Hotsy pressure washer? LOL Seriously, a good cleaning of the inside of your computer case about once a month solves a lot of problems.......well potential problems since if things run within their rated tempt range those "problems" never occur.  My belief anyway. |
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Alisha Matova
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08-09-2009 17:39
Mmmm, notes compressed air.
This could replace my less than gracefull "huff and puff" method. =P |
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Osgeld Barmy
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08-10-2009 20:35
I do the huff and puff too, just be careful to not spit on your board
also horse hair "acid brushes" or flux brushes are handy, as they are non static and cheap .. you can usually pick up a 3 pack of them at your local hardware store for a few bucks in the welding section, they are a staple when working with electronics, but handy for getting those chunks o dust out of your computer |