I know there is always lag. But since I am on a very fast fiber connection - I should have little to complain about even though I still have lag cause thats just the way it is.
The question I have is what system specs are really needed to run second life in such a way that I wouild not have to worry so much about waiting for things to render, buildings to load and people to appear etc. I know that I cannot afford the bigggets nVidia or ATI card out there but after running it for a long time on a 6600GT - it got so hot that the damn thing died. It was an old card - but the fan kept failing and running SL didn't help it stay cool either. So I am about to buy a new card. Right now maybe just a 7900GS to get me by. But I'd hope it would be just a little faster in SL.
I also have the graphics set to the second setting up from low. It is awful how I see peope in the background jagged and pixelated - so anyway. Putting aside video card and systm requirements. What other software couild be the issue. Oh and I also only had one GIG of memory - I'll need to take that to 2 or maybe evne 4!
My specs are now (until I can afford an SLI system)
P4 3.0
Asus A8 Deluxe
XFI Gamer Sound Blaster Card
1 GIG of Memory 2 x 512k Samsungs
XP PRO
I am sure there are threads out there somplace that might help with some of my questions. But I am sure that there are people out there that really want to enjoy this game but don't have the patience to wait for rendering.
If anyone else has a system similar to mine and doesn't have these issues - let me know what your full system specs are - maybe that would help me.
Thanks!