My computer's video card and processor are perfectly capable of getting around 20 fps in Second Life (SL) but nevertheless the program does not reach this level of fluidity unless I run the game in full-screen mode (which bizarrely doesn't behave as if it's set to a resolution higher than 800x600 even when I set the resolution in the Properties menu) and if there are no other players nearby. When even one single other player is nearby, Second Life can grind down to 6 fps at best. This would seem to imply the latency issues are related to a person-to-person connection, yet even when ports are forwarded this lag continues.
OS: Windows XP
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 processor 3500+ 2.19 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM.
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series
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Current setup shouldn't face these latency issues |
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Maiya Pinion
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01-05-2010 02:25
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Boy Lane
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01-05-2010 04:46
It's your graphics card and ATI's broken OpenGL implementation. Disable VBO in graphic settings and try to downgrade your driver to Catalyst 7.11.
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Milla Janick
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01-05-2010 05:35
What are your draw distance and graphics detail set to?
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Maiya Pinion
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01-05-2010 15:48
What are your draw distance and graphics detail set to? 88 and Low. |
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Milla Janick
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01-05-2010 16:18
Try using one of Boy Lane's viewers (Rainbow Viewer or Cool Viewer). In my experience, they're significantly faster than other viewers on PCs with ATI graphics adapters.
http://my.opera.com/boylane You could also try to video driver Boy suggested. Another thing you can do is under the Advanced menu in SL (next to the Help menu, CTRL-ALT-D brings it up if you don't see it) go to the Rendering section and check "Run Multuple Threads". It should help a little, even on an older single core CPU. _____________________
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01-05-2010 17:18
full-screen mode (which bizarrely doesn't behave as if it's set to a resolution higher than 800x600 even when I set the resolution in the Properties menu) Can you provide a screenshot showing the details of your graphics settings, or list them all? What version video driver are you using? _____________________
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