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specs Resident 06/13/15 (Sat) 01:32:39 No.12003

Post your specs in in this thread. Tell us what you run SL at (a screenshot of your graphics settings would be nice) and what CPU/GPU you have.

Currently looking to build a PC for SL and a little vidya, and I'm choosing between a 290x and a 970.

Resident 06/13/15 (Sat) 02:27:41 No.12006

>>12003

With a Phenom II x4 and a geforce 750ti I get about 20 fps most places with most settings enabled at 128 draw distance. In crowds I have to drop shadows sometimes though, as they can drop me down to 5 or so.

So if my toaster can do it just about anything can run it at usable frames.

Asami!N/BoiSluTs 06/13/15 (Sat) 06:14:24 No.12019

File: 1434176064990.jpg (1.03 MB, 1280x960, 4:3, New Battlestation.jpg)

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k @ 3.8GHz (4.5GHz on offset started to BSOD every few days)

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 (ACX Cooler edition)

RAM: 12GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 @ 1333MHz (2x 4GB + 2x 2GB)

Storage A: Samsung 840 EVO 256GB (Windows + Programs)

Storage B: WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM (Media + Games)

Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev B3

PSU: Antec Earthwatts EA-650 650W 80+ Bronze

Display: ASUS ML239H 23" 1080p IPS

And for shits and giggles, my periphs:

Keyboard: Rosewill RK-9000 CherryMX Blue

Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core

Webcam: Logitech C270

Speakers: Logitech Z313

Headphones: Superlux HD681 EVO

Microphone: Blue Snowball

Other:

-Wacom Intuos 4 Small

-3DConnexion SpaceNavigator

I run at full ultra (in a maximized window) with 2x the default ultra shadow resolution. 256 draw distance, and 6 non-impostor avatars (Believe it or not this setting actually makes the most difference, because avatars are basically FPS black holes). I keep DoF off unless taking pictures. Depending on the number of avatars I get anywhere from 60 FPS when alone in a well built sim down to like 12 in a crowded area. Avatars are -that- bad.

As for your GPU debate I've heard from a couple of GTX 970 owners that SL runs like total garbage on them. One friend said his HD6870 was faster when it comes to SL. My guess is for some reason SL is writing to the gimped memory buffer all the time instead of using the fast memory first, it's the only thing that makes sense with that specific card, so between those two, I'd suspect AMD's Nodrivers is the lesser problem. Personally I'd save the extra $100 or so and go 980, it's bound to run better than both of them.

It's also worth noting that SL is very CPU bound, so make sure you're getting a strong CPU (I'd go AMD 8350 or better or Intel Core i5 or better). If Intel go for a strong unlocked model, overclocking actually makes a bit of difference in SL.

Resident 06/13/15 (Sat) 08:20:43 No.12023

>>12019

Yeesh - what load is your PSU running under? Must be cutting it close w/ the overclock.

Resident 06/13/15 (Sat) 21:04:30 No.12040

>>12023

Hadn't checked, but I'm sure it's fine. Overclock doesn't use that much power and it's only a 95W processor. You could run this on a 500W easy.

Resident 06/13/15 (Sat) 21:14:29 No.12041

>>12023

For shits and giggles, went ahead and plugged it into powersupplycalculator.net and it came up with the following:

Idle power: 91 W

Load power: 381 W

Recommended power supply: 530 W

Don't worry, I did my homework when parting it out :p

Resident 06/13/15 (Sat) 21:24:14 No.12042

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Also sorry I'm posting so many times in succession but I keep thinking of things to add. Since I'm off the lappy here's a screenshot of my settings. I use a custom windlight.

With DOF getting about 15FPS in this shot cuz avatars. Also forgot to mention I use 4xAA

!gwigz.vuUU 06/13/15 (Sat) 22:29:56 No.12043

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File: 1434234597074-1.png (1.81 MB, 1994x1178, 997:589, ageplay.png)

CPU: Intel i7 4790K @ 4.6GHz (+Corsair AIO WC)

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC

RAM: Corsair "Dominator Platinum" Kit (16GB)

Storage A: Samsung 840 EVO 128GB (Windows)

Storage B: Corsair Force GT 120GB (OS X)

Storage C: Samsung HD204UI 2TB 7200RPM

Motherboard: ASUS Z97I-Plus

PSU: Corsair AX860 80+ Platinum

Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 250D

Display A: Acer CB280HK 28" 4K UHD

Display B: Acer B173 1024:1280 (5:4 @ Portrait)

I run in ultra, mostly defaults but particles are usually dropped down to 1024-ish as those seem to kill framerate. I get an average of about 40fps with shadows on unless there's a lot of people in view (20fps in the screenshot for example), this is at 4K mind.

...and on the topic of 4K, only worth it if you're making a Hackintosh. Even on Windows 10 it's not worth it, get 1440p or deal with lots of issues with 90% of programs not properly rendering (blurred or too small).

Resident 06/13/15 (Sat) 23:01:24 No.12044

>>12043

>LITERAL ageplay

Somehow that is way creepier than the other kind.

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 01:10:59 No.12045

>>12043

>baby stuff without actual baby avis

holy shit based gwigz, yes. Do you have a matching diap as well too?

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 01:45:23 No.12046

>>12043

That looks like there is no penis underneath. There isn't one?! :O

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 03:00:07 No.12051

>>12045

>being an ageplayer

>based

/d/

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 03:40:55 No.12052

>>12043

I really need to know where you got that outfit.

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 03:42:48 No.12053

>>12019

I run a 980 and regularly run two SL clients with FPS varying wildly depending on population, but generally above 70 on the active viewer.

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 05:52:04 No.12061

>>12051

have you been to /d/? There's an AB/DL thread pretty much perpetually running. This shouldn't come as a surprise at all.

>>12053

Yeah 980 is pretty much brute-force tier when it comes to SL

!gwigz.vuUU 06/14/15 (Sun) 07:03:58 No.12070

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>>12053

Yea, with shadows off for me it's the same deal, always above 60fps even at 4K, thing is a beast. I'm tempted to sell it to make the difference up for one of the new 980Ti cards though.

>>12052

Onesie: The Cloak Room

Bib: Baby Bats

Binky: Asami (it was made 5 years ago but it's still the most adorable one!)

Badge: Me & Clix

Cuffs: KDC

Shoes/Socks: Rei's Stuff

>>12045

>>12046

Maybe!

>>12003

I'd say 290x but I'm worried you'll have problems, ATI seems to be the larger attraction to those, especially on Second Life.

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 21:06:12 No.12090

>>12070

OP here

The 290x looks really sweet, but honestly all this thing needs to do is play SL and LoL. It seems like a NVIDIA card is a safer bet but I'm worried about the 970 having issues with SL due to the whole 3.5GB thing. I can't afford a 980 unfortunately.

I just want to play at 1080p with shadows and AO on. I don't jack up the shadow quality or anything like that.

What viewer do you use? I'd love to hear your experience with Black Dragon and your beastly PC.

!gwigz.vuUU 06/14/15 (Sun) 21:21:42 No.12092

>>12090

I might give it a try, but Niran recently quit development again, so it'll eventually break unless they keep giving it maintenance patches. :x

I'm not sure about the 970 having issues, Clix uses one and he doesn't seem to have any sluggish performance issues.

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 22:44:54 No.12097

>>12090

If all you need to do is play SL with shadows and LoL a 960 would be sufficient, it's just not the crazy amazing deal the 970 is. However yeah, from what I've seen the 970 seems to have issues with SL, so I'd recommend staying away from it, as you never know if LL will fix compatibility or not.

Resident 06/14/15 (Sun) 23:06:52 No.12098

>>12097

I run with a 970 and have not encountered any issues with SL. The 960 is super capable and will run anything you throw at it comfortably. The 60s are always the best bang for buck choice.

Resident 06/15/15 (Mon) 00:03:12 No.12103

Tell me not to buy this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233092

Resident 06/15/15 (Mon) 00:35:06 No.12108

>>12103

Don't buy that.

If you want a gaming laptop, there's a company called "Sager" that makes custom gaming laptops for about half of the price of any 'brand', they're sold by places like xoticpc.com. I've purchased one over a year ago to complement my desktop and for the value, performance and customer service (not that I've needed to use it), it's probably the best I've bought.

I paid about $1,300 for a Sager with 12GB DDR3, 250GB Samsung Evo SSD, 1TB 7200rpm HDD; I7-4770 and NVidia GTX 780M; on top of all of the usual bells and whistles. Can run most games at 60fps; doesn't seem to struggle too much when I switch the res to 4K when using my monitor either. It's basically the laptop identical to my desktop specs, except I just upgraded to the GTX 980ti SC on my desktop.

Hooowever, here's the obligatory: "If you want to game and unless you need the mobility, you should just buy a desktop for a third of the price which has better specs, yaddayadda, etc etc".

Resident 06/15/15 (Mon) 00:47:55 No.12115

>>12108

I'm quite familiar with Clevo/Sager, and I checked out the XoticPC website. They have the same P34K (I like the form factor quite a bit) so I'll keep my eye on that.

The other thing I was looking into is the Clevo W230SD. It has a 960M 2G instead of a 965M 4GB,

965M has the same graphics core as the 970M which is appealing as opposed to the 960M which is just an 860M rebrand.

A 13 inch laptop would be qt as fuck and the clevo will be way easier to get parts for.

Resident 06/15/15 (Mon) 11:22:25 No.12143

>>12103

Do you play games or Second Life while you're not at home a lot?

Resident 06/15/15 (Mon) 18:19:00 No.12147

>>12143

Does that matter? What if you do other stuff on a laptop, although I'm not that particular anon I'll probably be getting razer blade and just carrying it with me to the university.

Resident 06/15/15 (Mon) 19:07:34 No.12149

>>12147

Ew, are you serious or just trolling, Razer?

Resident 06/15/15 (Mon) 19:19:03 No.12150

>>12149

Thin laptop, looks great, price isn't that bad. Why would I be kidding?

Resident 06/30/15 (Tue) 00:07:20 No.12438

2x six-core Intel X5650 overclocked to 4.2GHZ

2x GTX 980 Ti 6GB GPUs

10-20 FPS in non-empty sims.

Resident 06/30/15 (Tue) 00:07:46 No.12439

>>12438

Oh forgot to mention my 24GB RAM.

Resident 06/30/15 (Tue) 02:15:21 No.12442

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CPU: AMD ATHLON XP 1.4mhz

Thermal Paste: Mayonnaise

GPU: ASUS EAH4350 Silent AGP

PSU: Dell 200W

RAM: 3GB DDR Edge Tech

MOBO: ASUS A7V333 VIA Apollo KT333

HD1: 60GB Western Digital

Heatsink: Stock

Case: Dell

mid Screen: 15" CRT Compaq

keybored: Logitech Wave

Mouse: Microsoft ball mouse with scroll

Headset: beats by dre

Resident 07/01/15 (Wed) 02:08:11 No.12472

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GTX660

i5 something or other

How well SL runs depends entirely on where I am, how many people are there, and how much dynamic lighting there is.

So it wildly swings from 120fps in completely empty areas to 20fps with a lot of people and dynamic lights.

Resident 07/02/15 (Thu) 21:11:00 No.12511

>>12439

>>12438

>wonder about my performance and keep thinking about upgrading hardware

>now realize hardware doesn't fucking matter at all

>SL is just bottlenecked by shit code, OpenGL, or both

Neat! Thanks!

Asami!N/BoiSluTs 07/03/15 (Fri) 15:36:22 No.12525

>>12511

>bottlenecked by shit code, OpenGL, or both

Neither.

It's bottlenecked by shit creators that can't optimize anything. Even the best hardware will choke on the sort of shit you see in SL, also I'm pretty sure SL still doesn't utilize SLI/Crossfire.

Also OpenGL wouldn't bottleneck anything, It's just as good as, if not better than, Direct3D. People just use the latter because it's ezmode to code for.

Resident 07/03/15 (Fri) 18:15:00 No.12527

>>12525

The current main guy Ebbe even called out the content makers who do a terrible job at optimizing when discussing VR and project sansar one time

http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2015/05/is-there-a-future-for-user-created-content-in-linden-labs-new-world/

"Last year the Lab worked to make the Occulus compatible with Second Life, though, as he pointed out, there are performance issues. The frame rates are too low. Altberg said this would be addressed in the next generation Linden Lab project. Additionally the Lab is working on how to “deal with sub-optimal” content.

“Users don’t necessarily know how to create extremely optimized content like a gaming studio would,” Altberg said."

Resident 07/03/15 (Fri) 23:45:00 No.12529

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Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30 Ghz

8 GB RAM

AMD Radeon HD 6850 with 1 GB memory

I can run everything on Ultra and all pretty well but I often don't because shitty frame rates.

Here's a screen shot, that's not me though.

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 07:41:47 No.12554

>>12527

Finally at least a little bit more info.

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 12:47:22 No.12557

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im surprised you guys arent posting Speccy or other program screenshots.

got a near release 1055t, its showing its age thats for sure with a new video card, thinking of getting a 8350 as well as an SSD, would both make a difference? not looking for leaps and bounds but a noticable for SL.

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 17:29:17 No.12562

>>12525

>>12527

Deflecting.

SL's codebase is shit. If I can get better FPS in Unreal 4 / Valley tech demos ...

Asami!N/BoiSluTs 07/04/15 (Sat) 18:16:38 No.12563

>>12562

>Unreal 4 / Valley tech demos

So shit made by gaming studios that understand optimization? WHAT A SURPRISE!

Nobody's saying that SL is coded perfectly, it's not by a long shot. However given the shit it has to deal with, it works pretty fantastically (mostly by being fast and loose with the math of calculating where shit should be drawn, which is why when you're way up high in the air, you start to see things jitter).

A vast (and I mean VAST) majority of problems come from unoptimized content, especially shit like hair (which I've seen anywhere in the 100,000-750,000 triangle range) and more recently, mesh body parts like feet, hands, and heads (some bodies are pretty bad as well). I'd estimate the average avatar triangle count at around half a million or more, with the average texture count around 15 or so 1024x1024 textures (that's probably a low estimate honestly). To put that in perspective your average current-gen game character running in a more optimized scene is around 50,000 triangles (that's being extremely generous/hero level model for a single player game, MMO character models are closer to the 20k range), NPCs will be closer to around 10-20k (again being generous), with closer to the equivalent of 4 1024x1024 textures (a.k.a. a 2048x2048 texture, and again lower for games with many characters on screen), and this isn't even going into LOD calculations, which cause even more issues.

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 18:33:43 No.12564

>>12563

If only LL had had the foresight to actually put some sort of cost system in place for avatar attachments. As it stands the current system outright incentivizes unoptimized content. It's not just that creators don't know what they're doing, though that makes things even worse.

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 18:34:11 No.12565

>>12563

You know that SL is capped at 512MB VRAM right?

Regardless of resolution and AA?

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 19:26:57 No.12566

>>12565

Ignore the slider, it doesn't mean shit. :)

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 19:29:46 No.12567

>>12566

Sure, that's why SL uses 20% of my 980 Ti and only 400-something VRAM.

Resident 07/04/15 (Sat) 19:38:30 No.12569

>>12567