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Please help. SL is incredibly laggy.

Xavier Vance
Registered User
Join date: 27 Jun 2008
Posts: 2
06-27-2008 13:53
When I log into Second Life, the world loads fairly slowly. There is immense lag that makes it impossible for me to play. I have lowered all graphic settings and others things, but they have made no difference.

I did an analysis for system requirements on "Can You RUN It?" for Second Life, and i passed on both minimal and recommended requirements. Here is the recommended.




CPU
Recommended: Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
PASS
CPU Speed
Recommended: 1.5 GHz (XP), 2-GHz (Vista) 32-bit (x86) or better
You Have: 2.99 GHz Performance Rated at 4.49 GHz
PASS
System RAM
Recommended: 1 GB
You Have: 2.0 GB
PASS
Operating System
Recommended: Windows XP or Vista
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Build Service Pack 22600)
PASS
Video Card
Recommended: With Windows XP [NVIDIA GeForce 6600 + / ATI Radeon X800+ ] With Vista [NVIDIA GeForce 7600+ / ATI Radeon 1600+ ]
You Have: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (GeForce 6800)
PASS
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 256 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 3.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 3.0

I can't possibly figure out what the problem is, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Osgeld Barmy
Registered User
Join date: 22 Mar 2005
Posts: 3,336
06-27-2008 14:44
what speed is your internet connection?

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Xavier Vance
Registered User
Join date: 27 Jun 2008
Posts: 2
06-27-2008 15:02
Download Speed: 369 kbps (46.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 316 kbps (39.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

This is coming from High Speed DSL.
Peggy Paperdoll
A Brat
Join date: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 4,383
06-27-2008 17:14
That download is pretty slow. Call your ISP and find out why.
TundraFire Nightfire
Permafrostbilly
Join date: 5 Apr 2008
Posts: 532
I Have a Slow Internet Connection, Too.
06-27-2008 20:14
I have a slower DSL speed, and it seems that if I get on SL during peak periods, everything loads a lot slower. Places with too many avatars slow me down. You also might have a lot more prims as attachments on your avatar than you realize. Some flexi hair can have over a hundred prims. If I'm in an area with a lot of textures, I have lag problems. If you have streaming audio, that can cause lag.

One thing I do is to set my graphics on low when I get online, and then switch to higher later after everything has downloaded. I try to keep my avatar with the least amount of prims as I can. Flexi skirts and hair, especially the hair, really slow me down. Scripted object, like jewelery with bling, slow me down a lot. I had a beautiful silver bracelet and earrings that sparkled, but I had to ditch them for that reason.

You may have something worn as an attachment that you're not even aware of that is slowing you down. Look in your inventory, type "worn" to see if there are any mystery objects.

With DSL, I have heard that during peak periods, the speed slows down but they don't tell you. I've suspected that on occasion, but it is also mentioned on the SL website--and a Linden would never lie ;)
Osgeld Barmy
Registered User
Join date: 22 Mar 2005
Posts: 3,336
06-27-2008 20:15
yea thats like 200kbs under HALF of my speeds, and im on a drag ass wireless connection

my wireless connection is like 6x slower than my old dsl connection and on that it would still go fairly slow at times

any given area in SL is a lake of information, you dont see it all untill that lake is dry, and your using a coffee stir as a pipe to suck it tru