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Cyan Nicholls

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Join date: 25 Aug 2007

Posts: 3

09-22-2007 18:01

I'm sure you guys get this topic all the time, so let me apologize in advance for most likely going over oft-treaded ground.

I have a pretty good laptop:
AMD Turion64 X2 TL-56 CPU
ATI Radeon x1200 Integrated GPU
2 Gigs of RAM

I'm running Vista Home Premium.

It's weird that I'm having such issues with SecondLife, because I can run Oblivion and Half Life 2 and get decent FPS, but with SecondLife, I'm lucky to break into the double digits; usually it's 5 FPS or less.

Asriazh Frye

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Join date: 30 Sep 2006

Posts: 173

09-22-2007 22:34

Get the latest driver from here:
ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
Not the mobility one, but the regular one and turn it into a mobility driver with this:
http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/

All done and you should better framerates now ^_^

-Asriazh

Cyan Nicholls

Registered User

Join date: 25 Aug 2007

Posts: 3

09-24-2007 10:52

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Michael Bigwig

~VRML Aficionado~

Join date: 5 Dec 2005

Posts: 2,181

09-24-2007 11:01

I get an average of 5-15 fps...all the time. It can't be worse than that.

I won't tell you what's under the hood...it really wouldn't matter. I think SL just eats the hell out of our 1's and 0's.

_____________________

~Michael Bigwig
__________________________________________________Lead Designer, Glowbox Designs

Osgeld Barmy

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Join date: 22 Mar 2005

Posts: 3,336

09-24-2007 19:24

From: Cyan Nicholls

SecondLife

theres your problem right there

SL is not known for its blistering rendering speeds, with your system tho it should be getting more, just not HL2 more , just FYI

also to be helpful update every driver you can, even your printer driver ... probally wont do much there but why not

just on my old machine updating the chipset drivers gained me another 10 fps (for those counting thats now 45 fps on land and ive not broken my 116 fps marker way up in the sky yet)

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Cyan Nicholls Registered User Join date: 25 Aug 2007 Posts: 3	09-22-2007 18:01 I'm sure you guys get this topic all the time, so let me apologize in advance for most likely going over oft-treaded ground. I have a pretty good laptop: AMD Turion64 X2 TL-56 CPU ATI Radeon x1200 Integrated GPU 2 Gigs of RAM I'm running Vista Home Premium. It's weird that I'm having such issues with SecondLife, because I can run Oblivion and Half Life 2 and get decent FPS, but with SecondLife, I'm lucky to break into the double digits; usually it's 5 FPS or less.
Asriazh Frye Smart Cookie Join date: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 173	09-22-2007 22:34 Get the latest driver from here: ati.amd.com/support/driver.html Not the mobility one, but the regular one and turn it into a mobility driver with this: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/ All done and you should better framerates now ^_^ -Asriazh
Cyan Nicholls Registered User Join date: 25 Aug 2007 Posts: 3	09-24-2007 10:52 Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Michael Bigwig ~VRML Aficionado~ Join date: 5 Dec 2005 Posts: 2,181	09-24-2007 11:01 I get an average of 5-15 fps...all the time. It can't be worse than that. I won't tell you what's under the hood...it really wouldn't matter. I think SL just eats the hell out of our 1's and 0's. _____________________ ~Michael Bigwig __________________________________________________Lead Designer, Glowbox Designs
Osgeld Barmy Registered User Join date: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 3,336	09-24-2007 19:24 From: Cyan Nicholls SecondLife theres your problem right there SL is not known for its blistering rendering speeds, with your system tho it should be getting more, just not HL2 more , just FYI also to be helpful update every driver you can, even your printer driver ... probally wont do much there but why not just on my old machine updating the chipset drivers gained me another 10 fps (for those counting thats now 45 fps on land and ive not broken my 116 fps marker way up in the sky yet)