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Benn Uggla
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Join date: 7 Jun 2007
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06-19-2007 11:09
Hi!
 I recently purchased a brand new graphics card, the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB, my old graphics card wouldn't run Vista, that's how know I needed to upgrade. Second Life would run on full graphics on Windows XP, with my new graphics card installed, without any problems at all. Now I've installed Vista, when I go into Second Life, I get extreme graphics lag, even when all the settings are on low. Updated all the drivers for my card, hmm - what's the problem please? |
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Deunan Pink
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Join date: 2 Oct 2006
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06-19-2007 11:16
Do you have the latest ATI Catalyst download installed?
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Ashlynn Dawn
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06-19-2007 11:41
Be sure to read through the Vista stickied thread at the top of the forum here, I found it helpful when I gave in and let hubby install Vista on my machines.
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Benn Uggla
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06-19-2007 11:45
Do you have the latest ATI Catalyst download installed? Think so, if not can you please provide a link? |
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Deunan Pink
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06-19-2007 11:48
Think so, if not can you please provide a link? Think here: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html Good luck. It can work. x |
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Benn Uggla
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06-19-2007 11:53
Just rea-installed again, still the same
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Nimue Jewell
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06-19-2007 11:59
I needed 2 Gig of RAM to run SL w/ Vista. I started with 1 and it just wasn't enough to handle the graphics. With 2 it runs great. Good Luck!
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Ashlynn Dawn
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06-19-2007 12:06
I was having major lag skittish cant even move without getting frustrating and logging out issues until I went in and killed anything that didnt need to be running on my machine while in SL. Even have a lil program to 'kill all' in dos so I dont have to do it one at a time. Ima lazy computer geek, I admit it.
 Make sure to run any spywear scans, shut down anything you dont need running, etc, and that might also help. I know it may not have been an issue before, but I didnt have the issue before I had Vista either. I cant wait for a real Vista friendly release. _____________________
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Benn Uggla
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Join date: 7 Jun 2007
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06-19-2007 12:09
I needed 2 Gig of RAM to run SL w/ Vista. I started with 1 and it just wasn't enough to handle the graphics. With 2 it runs great. Good Luck! I have 2GB of ram in this computer. |
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Benn Uggla
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Join date: 7 Jun 2007
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06-19-2007 12:10
I was having major lag skittish cant even move without getting frustrating and logging out issues until I went in and killed anything that didnt need to be running on my machine while in SL. Even have a lil program to 'kill all' in dos so I dont have to do it one at a time. Ima lazy computer geek, I admit it. Make sure to run any spywear scans, shut down anything you dont need running, etc, and that might also help. I know it may not have been an issue before, but I didnt have the issue before I had Vista either. I cant wait for a real Vista friendly release. Thanks for lot, nothing is running what shouldn't. I'm going to install Windows XP back again this or next week, don't really like Vista too. Thanks! |
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Deunan Pink
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Join date: 2 Oct 2006
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06-19-2007 12:23
Thanks for lot, nothing is running what shouldn't. I'm going to install Windows XP back again this or next week, don't really like Vista too. Thanks! You could try installing XP in a virtual machine dual-boot perhaps on a partitioned drive. That may help perhaps if it is not a gfx card issue. http://lifehacker.com/software/top/windows-vista-beta-how-to-dual-boot-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-179906.php |
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Benn Uggla
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Join date: 7 Jun 2007
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06-21-2007 09:50
Thank you for your support.
Installed XP again just now and everything is working fine. |