Well, been going through all the threads about running SL on Vista, but haven't spotted anyone mentioning this one yet.
Just got a new machine two days ago, Core2 E6600, 2GB RAM, GF8800GTS, and of course, running Windows Vista. So should be plenty enough kick for SL.
Well, sure enough, it does mostly run just fine, on the 40FPS range i would guess, with 256 meter view distance, UNTIL there's more than about 3-4 avatars anywhere on screen at once. Then the FPS suddenly drops way below 1, and it becomes impossible to do anything, until i look away from the avatars. And suddenly it works wonderfully again. It's almost magical, i tell you... And this happens no matter my settings (short of turning characters off from the client menu), installed drivers, my mood, weather, or the current distance of the Jupiter from the Sun.
So, anyone else having problems like this? And most of all, anybody know any remedy for this?