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Ken Virgo

Fighting GURU

Join date: 19 Jun 2004

Posts: 62

10-22-2005 19:49

Ok I know Im beating a dead horse but i want to play SL. I have death lag and cant do anythign most of the time now. Here are mysettings

2.2Ghz proccessor
1024MB RAM
40 GB Hard Drive
NVidia FX 5500 128MB Card
DSL - 3.0MB < I think or something like that>

anything else I am missing? Can someone plesae help ?

Thili Playfair

Registered User

Join date: 18 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,417

10-23-2005 07:49

Biggest impact on SL would be these

Preference/Graphic :
Local lightning OFF (dont use it , it will kill you in heavy populated sims)
Preference/Ad.graphic Draw Distance : try 96-196 , depending how crowded

<.< expect between 8-20 fps normally, empty sims higher, stare at ground or ocean weee loads.. to bad nothing there

Youre not alone btw, i feel like im back on my old comp latly, SL is utterly slow latly.

Ron Overdrive

Registered User

Join date: 10 Jul 2005

Posts: 1,002

10-23-2005 14:36

Yeah same. I've tried everything to squeeze out some etra fps on my end but came up with maybe a 1 - 3 fps gain at best. I've tried searching for some D3D wrappers to see if getting SL to run in D3D would improve anything, but all I get is 8-bit alpha channel errors. LL should really focus on improving client side rendering improvements because I've seen people with far better setups only have like no more than 5 frames on me and they have some really hardcore setups. Only PCI-X cards in SLI mode seem to really show signifigant frame rate increases. God knows how disappointed I was when I upgraded from my GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB AGP card to a GeForceFX 5500 256MB AGP and saw no difference in framerates. Sure it looked nicer with my high performance settings using RivaTuner, but the framerates stayed the same.

The biggest difference that I've seen in SL was when I used PCI Latancy Tool and lowered my default latancy from 258 to 64, definitely alot smoother (less jittery when rotating the camera) though still no increase in frame rates.

Thili Playfair

Registered User

Join date: 18 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,417

10-23-2005 16:17

upgrading vid card for SL only helps you minimal <.< SL is all about cpu,ram, vid card is a nice + but you dont really need a nv7800 or a x800 (something something) ati card for it,

Zapoteth Zaius

Is back

Join date: 14 Feb 2004

Posts: 5,634

10-23-2005 16:45

I'd wait to see if 1.7 helps you out at all before major PC changes..

Give it a couple days to settle, my lag is tons better in preview..

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Malachi Petunia

Gentle Miscreant

Join date: 21 Sep 2003

Posts: 3,414

10-23-2005 16:54

a) there is no such thing as lag, as it has been declared against the rules
b) linden lab says blame your ISP for maximum effectiveness

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Ron Overdrive

Registered User

Join date: 10 Jul 2005

Posts: 1,002

10-23-2005 17:11

From: Thili Playfair

upgrading vid card for SL only helps you minimal <.< SL is all about cpu,ram, vid card is a nice + but you dont really need a nv7800 or a x800 (something something) ati card for it,

AMD Anthlon XP 2600+ (1.9Ghz)
1gigabyte DDR266 ram
eVGA GeForceFX 5500 256MB AGP

frame rates.. average 20fps. Honestly there's no where near as much content on the 1.7 preview as there is on the main grid. I doubt I'll see any increases in my frame rate since it seems all lag reduction is being performed server side only.

Ron Overdrive

Registered User

Join date: 10 Jul 2005

Posts: 1,002

10-23-2005 17:15

From: Malachi Petunia

a) there is no such thing as lag, as it has been declared against the rules
b) linden lab says blame your ISP for maximum effectiveness

Except those are dealing with bandwith issues, we're talking about Frame Rates.. totally different beast.

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Ken Virgo Fighting GURU Join date: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 62	10-22-2005 19:49 Ok I know Im beating a dead horse but i want to play SL. I have death lag and cant do anythign most of the time now. Here are mysettings 2.2Ghz proccessor 1024MB RAM 40 GB Hard Drive NVidia FX 5500 128MB Card DSL - 3.0MB < I think or something like that> anything else I am missing? Can someone plesae help ?
Thili Playfair Registered User Join date: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,417	10-23-2005 07:49 Biggest impact on SL would be these Preference/Graphic : Local lightning OFF (dont use it , it will kill you in heavy populated sims) Preference/Ad.graphic Draw Distance : try 96-196 , depending how crowded <.< expect between 8-20 fps normally, empty sims higher, stare at ground or ocean weee loads.. to bad nothing there Youre not alone btw, i feel like im back on my old comp latly, SL is utterly slow latly.
Ron Overdrive Registered User Join date: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 1,002	10-23-2005 14:36 Yeah same. I've tried everything to squeeze out some etra fps on my end but came up with maybe a 1 - 3 fps gain at best. I've tried searching for some D3D wrappers to see if getting SL to run in D3D would improve anything, but all I get is 8-bit alpha channel errors. LL should really focus on improving client side rendering improvements because I've seen people with far better setups only have like no more than 5 frames on me and they have some really hardcore setups. Only PCI-X cards in SLI mode seem to really show signifigant frame rate increases. God knows how disappointed I was when I upgraded from my GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB AGP card to a GeForceFX 5500 256MB AGP and saw no difference in framerates. Sure it looked nicer with my high performance settings using RivaTuner, but the framerates stayed the same. The biggest difference that I've seen in SL was when I used PCI Latancy Tool and lowered my default latancy from 258 to 64, definitely alot smoother (less jittery when rotating the camera) though still no increase in frame rates.
Thili Playfair Registered User Join date: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,417	10-23-2005 16:17 upgrading vid card for SL only helps you minimal <.< SL is all about cpu,ram, vid card is a nice + but you dont really need a nv7800 or a x800 (something something) ati card for it,
Zapoteth Zaius Is back Join date: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 5,634	10-23-2005 16:45 I'd wait to see if 1.7 helps you out at all before major PC changes.. Give it a couple days to settle, my lag is tons better in preview.. _____________________ I have the right to remain silent. Anything I say will be misquoted and used against me. --------------- Zapoteth Designs, Temotu (100,50) ---------------
Malachi Petunia Gentle Miscreant Join date: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 3,414	10-23-2005 16:54 a) there is no such thing as lag, as it has been declared against the rules b) linden lab says blame your ISP for maximum effectiveness _____________________
Ron Overdrive Registered User Join date: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 1,002	10-23-2005 17:11 From: Thili Playfair upgrading vid card for SL only helps you minimal <.< SL is all about cpu,ram, vid card is a nice + but you dont really need a nv7800 or a x800 (something something) ati card for it, AMD Anthlon XP 2600+ (1.9Ghz) 1gigabyte DDR266 ram eVGA GeForceFX 5500 256MB AGP frame rates.. average 20fps. Honestly there's no where near as much content on the 1.7 preview as there is on the main grid. I doubt I'll see any increases in my frame rate since it seems all lag reduction is being performed server side only.
Ron Overdrive Registered User Join date: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 1,002	10-23-2005 17:15 From: Malachi Petunia a) there is no such thing as lag, as it has been declared against the rules b) linden lab says blame your ISP for maximum effectiveness Except those are dealing with bandwith issues, we're talking about Frame Rates.. totally different beast.