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SuezanneC Baskerville

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03-10-2008 19:27

Seems to me that running multiple accounts on one machine at the same time using Release Candidate 1.19.1 is much slower and less stable than on current and previous regular viewers.

Anyone else seeing that?

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Jax Jevon

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03-10-2008 19:33

Gee SuezanneC . you ask a lot of questions in the past few weeks .. You up for a prize ?? lol ...

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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03-10-2008 19:34

Actually my output has reduced a great deal.

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Jax Jevon

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03-10-2008 19:39

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

Actually my output has reduced a great deal.

I was questioning input to RA lol

Endeavour = 3Hrs 49mins

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Jax Jevon

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03-10-2008 19:42

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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Qie Niangao

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03-10-2008 19:43

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

Seems to me that running multiple accounts on one machine at the same time using Release Candidate 1.19.1 is much slower and less stable than on current and previous regular viewers.

Anyone else seeing that?

This is on Linux, so YMMV, but I started seeing a lot of stability problems with running multiple viewers with the preceding WindLight First Look. The problem was usually in getting them logged in: when adding a new client, there was a good chance that one already running would die--and this hadn't been the case before. It's not completely repeatable, though, and I haven't yet bothered to investigate further. (I haven't seen any change in performance impact, though--but: Linux, so not much help.)

Jax Jevon

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03-10-2008 19:49

In honesty I started sening a diffrence when I logged off with a "small" window ..

When logging in fullscreen .. I found no probs ... seems viewer did'nt like to log in "in windowed" mode.

as above YYMV ..

Endeavour 3Hr 39Mins

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Hugsy Penguin

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03-10-2008 20:37

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

Seems to me that running multiple accounts on one machine at the same time using Release Candidate 1.19.1 is much slower and less stable than on current and previous regular viewers.

Anyone else seeing that?

I can't say that I do this enough to provide good experience. Plus a couple months ago I upgraded video card and memory so the computer runs better overall. However, I can give some data.

OS: WinXP SP2
CPU: Dual Core 3.20GHz
Mem: 2GB

One client:

CPU: ~25%
PF Usage: ~500MB
Mem Avail: ~1.1GB

Two clients:

CPU: ~55%
PF Usage: ~1.2GB
Mem Avail: ~650MB

Three clients:

CPU: 100%
PF Usage: ~1.35GB
Mem Avail: ~500MB

Running two clients seemed fine, however, I was not in any kind of laggy area nor really doing anything other than moving around. Attempting to login third client was actually unsuccessful. It was very sluggish (lag simply trying to type in username/password). Then it hung on "Connecting to region...". During this time, the other two clients showed a little performance degredation but were definately usable. When I tried to close the third client, my computer crashed. Numbers above are approximate from what I can remember. Number for 3 clients are what they were when I tried to exit.

--Hugsy

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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03-10-2008 20:42

From: Jax Jevon

I was questioning input to RA lol

Endeavour = 3Hrs 49mins

I understand. By "my output" I meant the frequency with which I output a post to RA. It has has dropped considerably over the last year.

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Qie Niangao

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03-10-2008 21:13

Oh, Hugsy: data! Well, that gave me number-envy, so had to measure, too.

OS: Linux 2.6.22 (Gentoo)
CPU: Pentium D @ 2.66GHz
RAM: 2GB

#Clients...........FPS..............%idle CPU...........free RAM

.......1...............27...................48%...............1,227 MB

.......2...............20...................14%..................859 MB

.......3...............12....................6%...................425 MB

Actually, everything seemed pretty usable on all 3 clients, but then I have high tolerance for low frame rates.

Hugsy Penguin

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03-10-2008 21:30

You have me beat on FPS. With one client I tend to hover around 10 depending on how complex the scene is (I'm rather tolerant when it coms to FPS). But I know that's because I have my graphics settings set too high (maxed out). I sometimes have to back them down in certain areas.

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Novis Dyrssen

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03-11-2008 01:02

A friend told me the same, Suezanne. Can't vouch for it because I'm still running on an older client, but he could run six on the same machine before, now he's struggling with keeping two alive.

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Running Multiple Accounts Using RC 1.19.1
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	03-10-2008 19:27 Seems to me that running multiple accounts on one machine at the same time using Release Candidate 1.19.1 is much slower and less stable than on current and previous regular viewers. Anyone else seeing that? _____________________ - 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 -
Jax Jevon There ya go ! Join date: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 308	03-10-2008 19:33 Gee SuezanneC . you ask a lot of questions in the past few weeks .. You up for a prize ?? lol ... Cheap plug .. Endeavour ..T-3hrs55mins _____________________
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	03-10-2008 19:34 Actually my output has reduced a great deal. _____________________ - 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 -
Jax Jevon There ya go ! Join date: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 308	03-10-2008 19:39 From: SuezanneC Baskerville Actually my output has reduced a great deal. I was questioning input to RA lol Endeavour = 3Hrs 49mins _____________________
Jax Jevon There ya go ! Join date: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 308	03-10-2008 19:42 http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html _____________________
Qie Niangao Coin-operated Join date: 24 May 2006 Posts: 7,138	03-10-2008 19:43 From: SuezanneC Baskerville Seems to me that running multiple accounts on one machine at the same time using Release Candidate 1.19.1 is much slower and less stable than on current and previous regular viewers. Anyone else seeing that? This is on Linux, so YMMV, but I started seeing a lot of stability problems with running multiple viewers with the preceding WindLight First Look. The problem was usually in getting them logged in: when adding a new client, there was a good chance that one already running would die--and this hadn't been the case before. It's not completely repeatable, though, and I haven't yet bothered to investigate further. (I haven't seen any change in performance impact, though--but: Linux, so not much help.)
Jax Jevon There ya go ! Join date: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 308	03-10-2008 19:49 In honesty I started sening a diffrence when I logged off with a "small" window .. When logging in fullscreen .. I found no probs ... seems viewer did'nt like to log in "in windowed" mode. as above YYMV .. Endeavour 3Hr 39Mins _____________________
Hugsy Penguin Sky Junkie Join date: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 851	03-10-2008 20:37 From: SuezanneC Baskerville Seems to me that running multiple accounts on one machine at the same time using Release Candidate 1.19.1 is much slower and less stable than on current and previous regular viewers. Anyone else seeing that? I can't say that I do this enough to provide good experience. Plus a couple months ago I upgraded video card and memory so the computer runs better overall. However, I can give some data. OS: WinXP SP2 CPU: Dual Core 3.20GHz Mem: 2GB One client: CPU: ~25% PF Usage: ~500MB Mem Avail: ~1.1GB Two clients: CPU: ~55% PF Usage: ~1.2GB Mem Avail: ~650MB Three clients: CPU: 100% PF Usage: ~1.35GB Mem Avail: ~500MB Running two clients seemed fine, however, I was not in any kind of laggy area nor really doing anything other than moving around. Attempting to login third client was actually unsuccessful. It was very sluggish (lag simply trying to type in username/password). Then it hung on "Connecting to region...". During this time, the other two clients showed a little performance degredation but were definately usable. When I tried to close the third client, my computer crashed. Numbers above are approximate from what I can remember. Number for 3 clients are what they were when I tried to exit. --Hugsy _____________________ -- Hugsy Penguin
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	03-10-2008 20:42 From: Jax Jevon I was questioning input to RA lol Endeavour = 3Hrs 49mins I understand. By "my output" I meant the frequency with which I output a post to RA. It has has dropped considerably over the last year. _____________________ - 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 -
Qie Niangao Coin-operated Join date: 24 May 2006 Posts: 7,138	03-10-2008 21:13 Oh, Hugsy: data! Well, that gave me number-envy, so had to measure, too. OS: Linux 2.6.22 (Gentoo) CPU: Pentium D @ 2.66GHz RAM: 2GB #Clients...........FPS..............%idle CPU...........free RAM .......1...............27...................48%...............1,227 MB .......2...............20...................14%..................859 MB .......3...............12....................6%...................425 MB Actually, everything seemed pretty usable on all 3 clients, but then I have high tolerance for low frame rates.
Hugsy Penguin Sky Junkie Join date: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 851	03-10-2008 21:30 You have me beat on FPS. With one client I tend to hover around 10 depending on how complex the scene is (I'm rather tolerant when it coms to FPS). But I know that's because I have my graphics settings set too high (maxed out). I sometimes have to back them down in certain areas. --Hugsy _____________________ -- Hugsy Penguin
Novis Dyrssen Girl Geek Join date: 6 May 2007 Posts: 1,452	03-11-2008 01:02 A friend told me the same, Suezanne. Can't vouch for it because I'm still running on an older client, but he could run six on the same machine before, now he's struggling with keeping two alive. _____________________ ~~ immortal words of Rob Thomas ~~ Hey-yeah, welcome to the Real World Nobody told you it was gonna be hard

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