Sculpted prim problems

everytime some1 or myself uses a sculpted prim it only shows as a sphere. now my friends say its my graphics card but they worked on the older SLs so i wanna know whats wrong and how to fix it. i do not have java or quicktime installed but i do have flash...what good that does....anyways im on windows vista basic with the latest drivers and yes...i have highspeed internet. if anyone is having the same problem or knows how to fix it FOR SURE...then please do help. SL name "ultraviolet skytower" if u got anything relating to the problem please feel free to message me. ty

I have had this problem in some sims, when the sculpt map doesn't load. It probably is a graphic card memory issue as I have an older nVidia 7300 LE which has 512MB memory. It usually happens in a sim where there are a lot of textures and sculpties used. If I click on the spheres (maybe in Edit mode?) the sculpt maps will load.

A few things you might try under Preferences:
- select clear cache then logout and back on
- try changing the cache size
- try increasing the bandwidth SL is allowed to use
- try changing the graphic settings (I find I can run on High but it helps to decrease the draw distance to less than 100m if sim is slow; if it's really bad then I go down to Medium or even Low settings.)

sculptmap textures WILL load, it just can take very long sometimes.
also your cache may be rather full or fragmented to make it slower. clear cache.