Graphics issue?

ok so im having a little problem with sl that i have had for about close too 2month, but not really asked for help on it, be for i start i'll give you what type of System im running, btw its a laptop.

Intel Celeron Procoessor 560
2.13 GHz. 533 MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache

Graphics.

Mobile Intel 965 Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 Express Chipset at 252mb

Ram is at only 1GB DDR2

im also running Vista 32bit.


ok so thats done now to the problem, the pics below will tell what problem im having and i will like to know if i can fix it of what im runing.

problem --> http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k203/SinBoy-666/?action=view&current=Snapshot5_001.png

would like a fix to the problem --> http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k203/SinBoy-666/?action=view&current=Snapshot_0040.png


so yeah i cant see on some stuff in sl the outer skins of things pets cars etc.. avi's are fine for the most part.

I'm thinking you are asking if there is a way to make the sculptie pets more like real pets instead of the roundish blobs shown in the first picture. I'm not sure there is much you can do with the computer you are using. Your CPU is slow. Your graphics is barely supported by LL and lacks any dedicated memory. And for the operating system (Vista) on that computer your RAM is extremely low (Vista requires about 800 megs to just run. SL needs about 300 to 350 megs to run.........you've exceeded your RAM by just launching SL).

What you can try to help is to set your draw distance as low as you can stand and still be able to see things around you. Turn off any music or video streaming you may have enabled. Turn off voice. Reduce your bandwidth to not more than 500 kbps (that will slow you down a little but could possibly give your CPU a chance to process the data more effectively before it gets swamped).

But the real fix is to get a computer that is capable of running SL. You need a CPU with a clock speed of 2 gigs or better. A dedicated graphics card that has the capabilities of OpenGL 2.0 with onboard VRAM of, at least, 256 megs. And if you are using Vista 32 bit then your system RAM really should not be anything less than 2 gigs.............3 is better.

Peggy's right. I hate to make you feel bad about what you've got, but the truth is your computer is simply not designed to run anything nearly as resource intensive as SL. Here are the specific details of its problems, as best as I can explain them:


1. CPU - The Celeron series is Intel's budget line. Celeron processors are meant to run simple things like browsers, word processors, basic business applications, etc., not things that are more complicated, not games, not art programs, and not SL. Specifically, your Celeron 560 is a cut in half version of a three-year-old low end Core 2 Duo. Intel actually made two versions of it, one physically a single core, and the other a dual core with one core disabled. Either way, you've only got one usable core, with just 1MB of cache, and with several important features either absent or disabled.


2. Graphics - The Intel 965 chipset is not really a graphics card. It's what's known as an IGP (integrated graphics processor). Put simply, it's little more than an extra processor, built into your motherboard, jury rigged so the graphics pipeline runs through it. IGP's are renowned for horrible performance. They're simply not designed to handle the needs of graphics-intensive applications like SL, video games, art programs, etc. All they're really meant to do is make sure you can see your SOMETHING on your screen. That "something" will typically be just your OS and very basic programs. Anything you can get an IGP to display beyond that should be considered gravy.

One of the major problems with IGP's is they lack any dedicated video memory of their own. Instead, they borrow memory from system RAM. This type of configuration, known as "shared memory", is a total lose-lose scenario. The first drawback is that system RAM is infinitely slower at handling graphics information than is the dedicated VRAM (video RAM) that real graphics cards use. The second is that since the amount of memory available to the rest of the system is lessened by the IGP having stolen a portion of it, the entire computer is also slowed down. So you've got already slow graphics serving indirectly to slow everything else down as well, which in turn slows the graphics even further. Not good.


3. Memory - You've only got 1GB total. As Peggy pointed out, that's barely enough just to run your OS. Factor in that your IGP is stealing approximately a quarter of it, right off the top, and you're lucky that Vista even runs at all. This means that just about every program that you try to run will be relying very heavily on virtual memory, written and read to and from your hard drive, instead of active physical memory. Because of this, your computer will be EXTREMELY slow, compared to how it would run if it had another gigabyte or two (or more) of RAM at its disposal.


4. OS - Vista 32-bit is not a high performance OS. There's no other way to explain it. To run at speed, Vista needs more resources than 32-bit architecture can throw at it. The 64-bit version is one of the speediest, most stable, and all around most rock-solid operating systems I've ever used. But the 32-bit version just doesn't work very well.


Put all that together, and you've basically got the worst of all possible worlds: An underpowered CPU, a barely existent GPU, not enough memory, and a borderline dysfunctional OS. I wish I could tell you there's a redeeming quality somewhere in there, but there just isn't. Sorry.


From your two screenshots, it looks like what you've been experiencing is sculpt maps are failing to load. The most likely reason for this is problem number two, listed above. You don't have enough RAM.

Given enough time, the maps probably would load eventually, if you sat there waiting long enough. But there's really no telling how long that might take.


My best advice is the same as what Peggy already said: replace that computer with one that's up to the task. Short of that, the single most significant improvement you could make would be to add more RAM. Since it's a laptop, that's probably the only change you could make anyway.

i wanted to thank you both for replying to my prob.

i may have came up with i fix too this im not a 100% sure, i would like your toughts about this computer i saw at bestbuy, keep in mind that im basing this over my laptop,

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10126356&logon=&langid=EN

pls click on the specifications tab for more info, like i said i just wanted too see what you think.

You're probably not going to like my "review". First, take it for what it's worth..........I'm not a laptop person for anything more than lightwieght web browsing, email, maybe instant messenging. Laptops were designed to be portable computers for business people to carry in order to do business on the run or at locations other than their offices..............and, to this day, even the most powerful laptop, is still designed with that concept in mind. They are not suited for gaming............yeah you can get a gaming laptop but you'll spend upwards of $3000 (and for half that price you can get a desktop that will run circles around it). I had to tell you that to be fair.

That computer has two major flaws. First being it has no discrete graphics card. It's intergrated Intel...........not a video adapter that is truly capable of running SL. And the second is it's a 64 bit operating system and it only has 4 gigs of RAM. Both these "problems" can be resolved.........the computer has an available PCI-e X16 slot and two available memory slots. You can double the RAM and get a discrete video card for it..........the only issue that might cause is the question of the power supply being enough for a higher end graphics card. You'd have to check that if you decide to purchase the computer (over worked power supplies can and do cause major problems........and manufacturers seem reluctant to inform you about that little tib bit). That's going to increase the price of the machine...........so it's up to you if it's going to be worth the increase.

Aside from that it should do okay with SL. Not great, but okay. I would suggest a further investment of a cool pad for any laptop...........especailly if you intend to run SL on it. Heat is a major issue in all laptops. You must take extra care to keep them as cool as possible.