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Ovaltine Constantine

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01-10-2009 16:36

Can someone explain why my lag meter claims that I have "too many images in memory"? I never used to get this as a possible cause for lag when I had 1 GB of RAM, but now that I've upgraded to 4 GB, I get it all the time. Is there any possible explanation for this?

SuezanneC Baskerville

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01-10-2009 16:46

Systems specs might be useful.

Have you made any other changes lately, like getting a new video card?

How much video ram do you have and how much of it is SL set to use?

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Ovaltine Constantine

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01-10-2009 16:53

I have 640 MB of Video RAM. How do I set how much of it SL can use?

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01-10-2009 17:40

I suggest you file this under "the lag meter is useless".

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Ovaltine Constantine

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01-10-2009 17:49

Ok, the lag meter is useless, but the fact remains, for some reason I'm getting more lag now that I have more RAM.

Lyla Tunwarm

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01-10-2009 17:51

May not be your system. SL has been a lot more laggy the last few weeks.

SuezanneC Baskerville

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01-10-2009 17:52

Argent might well be right about the lag meter.

To try my suggestion, it's Preferences, Graphics, Hardware Options, Texture Memory (MB)

My suggestion is a guess, a grasping at straws, a maybe it will work and if it doesn't, well it was easy to try and easy to undo kind of suggestion.

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Dante Tucker

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01-12-2009 07:03

Make sure the setting Suezanne mentioned is set no higher then 640MB and not much less as well.

Becuase you have more ram now SL may be making more use of it to store textures, this is not good. You don't want SL to use memory other then your dedicated video memory as it is slower* and could be the source of your new lag.

*Note that it is not necessarily slower, but that it is far faster for your video card to load textures from it's own ram rather then system ram.

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01-12-2009 08:54

What kind of video card are you using?

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Ovaltine Constantine

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01-12-2009 11:24

Thing is, with the RC viewer I can't set the video memory any higher than 512.

Argent Stonecutter

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01-12-2009 11:38

Try setting it lower.

I get better performance with my video memory set to half my real VRAM.

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Someone explain: "Too many images in memory"
Ovaltine Constantine Registered User Join date: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 179	01-10-2009 16:36 Can someone explain why my lag meter claims that I have "too many images in memory"? I never used to get this as a possible cause for lag when I had 1 GB of RAM, but now that I've upgraded to 4 GB, I get it all the time. Is there any possible explanation for this?
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	01-10-2009 16:46 Systems specs might be useful. Have you made any other changes lately, like getting a new video card? How much video ram do you have and how much of it is SL set to use? _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Ovaltine Constantine Registered User Join date: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 179	01-10-2009 16:53 I have 640 MB of Video RAM. How do I set how much of it SL can use?
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	01-10-2009 17:40 I suggest you file this under "the lag meter is useless". _____________________ Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/ "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore
Ovaltine Constantine Registered User Join date: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 179	01-10-2009 17:49 Ok, the lag meter is useless, but the fact remains, for some reason I'm getting more lag now that I have more RAM.
Lyla Tunwarm Registered User Join date: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 179	01-10-2009 17:51 May not be your system. SL has been a lot more laggy the last few weeks.
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	01-10-2009 17:52 Argent might well be right about the lag meter. To try my suggestion, it's Preferences, Graphics, Hardware Options, Texture Memory (MB) My suggestion is a guess, a grasping at straws, a maybe it will work and if it doesn't, well it was easy to try and easy to undo kind of suggestion. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Dante Tucker Purple Join date: 8 Aug 2006 Posts: 806	01-12-2009 07:03 Make sure the setting Suezanne mentioned is set no higher then 640MB and not much less as well. Becuase you have more ram now SL may be making more use of it to store textures, this is not good. You don't want SL to use memory other then your dedicated video memory as it is slower* and could be the source of your new lag. *Note that it is not necessarily slower, but that it is far faster for your video card to load textures from it's own ram rather then system ram.
Milla Janick Empress Of The Universe Join date: 2 Jan 2008 Posts: 3,075	01-12-2009 08:54 What kind of video card are you using? _____________________ http://www.avatarsunited.com/avatars/milla-janick All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain...
Ovaltine Constantine Registered User Join date: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 179	01-12-2009 11:24 Thing is, with the RC viewer I can't set the video memory any higher than 512.
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	01-12-2009 11:38 Try setting it lower. I get better performance with my video memory set to half my real VRAM. _____________________ Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/ "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore

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