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Walker · 03-11-2008, 07:26 AM

OK, bare in mind I've hardly logged in since Nov/Dec 2007... but I'm certain my system ran Windlight a lot better than this.

My desktop is a couple years old now, but it's still faster than the average SL users IMO and I don't see that many complaints. The most important specs:

Intel Pentium 4 HT 650/3.8 GHz (2MB L2 cache/800 MHz FSB)
XFX GeForce 7950GT/512MB/570MHz (PCI-Express)
2048MB DDR2 RAM.

Not only does this now struggle to run Windlight on 'High' (which has a stupidly low draw distance, compared to the 256m I have become accustomed to since 2006), but it grinds to such a crawl within about five minutes that I just end up shouting at my monitor before logging out.

Perhaps there is a memory leak, but it strikes me as ridiculously slow before much of it has even leaked.

Is there a problem with the RC client, or is this an NVidia driver issue? I notice the NVidia driver software has changed, and lots of people reporting problems. Is there a preferred NVidia driver?

I'm using a fresh install of Windows XP here with all the latest (chipset, gpu, etc.) drivers installed, and barely any background tasks running.

03-11-2008, 07:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Walker Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10,322 Doom Rider Champion!	Current SL RC client issues? OK, bare in mind I've hardly logged in since Nov/Dec 2007... but I'm certain my system ran Windlight a lot better than this. My desktop is a couple years old now, but it's still faster than the average SL users IMO and I don't see that many complaints. The most important specs: Intel Pentium 4 HT 650/3.8 GHz (2MB L2 cache/800 MHz FSB) XFX GeForce 7950GT/512MB/570MHz (PCI-Express) 2048MB DDR2 RAM. Not only does this now struggle to run Windlight on 'High' (which has a stupidly low draw distance, compared to the 256m I have become accustomed to since 2006), but it grinds to such a crawl within about five minutes that I just end up shouting at my monitor before logging out. Perhaps there is a memory leak, but it strikes me as ridiculously slow before much of it has even leaked. Is there a problem with the RC client, or is this an NVidia driver issue? I notice the NVidia driver software has changed, and lots of people reporting problems. Is there a preferred NVidia driver? I'm using a fresh install of Windows XP here with all the latest (chipset, gpu, etc.) drivers installed, and barely any background tasks running.