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glebreck · 22nd April 2008, 11:21 AM

Second Life is a video card hog.

You can go into your preferences and turn everything down. But remember the better video card and processor you have the better it looks. Also keep in mind that everything from SL is streaming. Sometimes quality is dependant on the scripts, number of people, quality of textures for the region you are in. Also a full blown region runs on one processor which supports something like 1600 prim. If the region is at or close to the prim limit this has a hugh impact on proformance.

There are lots of variables, but over all a machine with at least a 2 gig processor, 2 gig of ram, and a high end video card with a cable (not DSL) connection everything runs well. I have noticed it runs much better on Intel machines, but I have not ever run it on a Mac.

22nd April 2008, 11:21 AM	#2
glebreck Junior Member Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 21	Re: Second Life Second Life is a video card hog. You can go into your preferences and turn everything down. But remember the better video card and processor you have the better it looks. Also keep in mind that everything from SL is streaming. Sometimes quality is dependant on the scripts, number of people, quality of textures for the region you are in. Also a full blown region runs on one processor which supports something like 1600 prim. If the region is at or close to the prim limit this has a hugh impact on proformance. There are lots of variables, but over all a machine with at least a 2 gig processor, 2 gig of ram, and a high end video card with a cable (not DSL) connection everything runs well. I have noticed it runs much better on Intel machines, but I have not ever run it on a Mac.