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Haravikk Mistral

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Join date: 8 Oct 2005

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05-15-2008 07:10

Just found two items in the Advanced menu (Ctrl-Alt-D) which actually gave me a nice 10-20fps boost. If you go into the menu and look under the "Rendering" option there are two things you might want to enable:
- Fast Alpha; a slightly different way of processing alpha textures, it causes some alpha textures to look a little darker around the edges (i.e - where it goes from opaque to transparent) but boosts performance a bit. It may require a specific graphics feature.
- Run using multiple threads; only enable this if you've got a multi-processor/core machine. Uses threading a little better to give a small boost.

It'd be nice to get some more information on how well these work for everyone and if there are any issues with any of them.

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Kelli Kawanishi

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Join date: 28 Nov 2007

Posts: 1

Wow

05-20-2008 21:33

The first one gave me a tiny bump up, but the second one almost doubled my fps. I went from 25 to 40.
Oh, I have a 20" iMac I just got today and the latest standard SL client.
Thanks!!!

JL Zinner

Inferno Ice Owner

Join date: 15 Nov 2006

Posts: 210

I second that wow!

05-21-2008 08:55

Don't know which one did it, but much improved my frame rate!!

Yea can play sl on my desktop again.

I used this on the RC client.

JL

Imnotgoing Sideways

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Join date: 17 Nov 2007

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05-21-2008 12:16

I don't have that alpha setting, but I've been using multi-thread since the Windlight FL. It looks like the RC is multithreading better than before. I noticed a big boost over 1.19.1 with the current RCs, especially RC6 which has been the ultimate in stability and speed. (^_^)

I sure do miss Show Look At though. I used to use it when sneaking around just to be sure I was truly being sneaky. (^_^)y

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Two advanced features to try if you're low on performance
Haravikk Mistral Registered User Join date: 8 Oct 2005 Posts: 2,482	05-15-2008 07:10 Just found two items in the Advanced menu (Ctrl-Alt-D) which actually gave me a nice 10-20fps boost. If you go into the menu and look under the "Rendering" option there are two things you might want to enable: - Fast Alpha; a slightly different way of processing alpha textures, it causes some alpha textures to look a little darker around the edges (i.e - where it goes from opaque to transparent) but boosts performance a bit. It may require a specific graphics feature. - Run using multiple threads; only enable this if you've got a multi-processor/core machine. Uses threading a little better to give a small boost. It'd be nice to get some more information on how well these work for everyone and if there are any issues with any of them. _____________________ Computer (Mac Pro): 2 x Quad Core 3.2ghz Xeon 10gb DDR2 800mhz FB-DIMMS 4 x 750gb, 32mb cache hard-drives (RAID-0/striped) NVidia GeForce 8800GT (512mb)
Kelli Kawanishi Registered User Join date: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 1	Wow 05-20-2008 21:33 The first one gave me a tiny bump up, but the second one almost doubled my fps. I went from 25 to 40. Oh, I have a 20" iMac I just got today and the latest standard SL client. Thanks!!!
JL Zinner Inferno Ice Owner Join date: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 210	I second that wow! 05-21-2008 08:55 Don't know which one did it, but much improved my frame rate!! Yea can play sl on my desktop again. I used this on the RC client. JL
Imnotgoing Sideways Can't outlaw cute! =^-^= Join date: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 4,694	05-21-2008 12:16 I don't have that alpha setting, but I've been using multi-thread since the Windlight FL. It looks like the RC is multithreading better than before. I noticed a big boost over 1.19.1 with the current RCs, especially RC6 which has been the ultimate in stability and speed. (^_^) I sure do miss Show Look At though. I used to use it when sneaking around just to be sure I was truly being sneaky. (^_^)y _____________________ Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94

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