Client crashes

[TransPleasure]

Hello,

Im asking for opinions from people who have computer hardware knowledge.

2 days ago I bought new parts for my computer like:

Processor: Intel i3 3.1ghz

Mainboard: MSI H61M-P22

RAM: 4gb

Graphic card: On processor

 

I dont have any trouble being in world but sometimes when I zoom on an avatar, my client crashes.

My client is the latest Phoenix version and I use high quality through the preferences window.

Is my computer still incapable or crashes just happen with that viewer?

Thank you.

[Estelle Pienaar]

Hi, there are a lot of possibilities and a lot is guessing and trying.

I had a similar problem and it came from 2 (!) resources:

- I had to switch off the Windows Aero and set the "Personalised Screen" to "basic".

- My PC was quite far away from the wireless router and sometimes there was a bad connection. Then Second Life would crash easily. I bought a new wireless antena which generally gives me a good connection and solved those problems.

Don't know if these tweaks help you, but give it a try.

 

 

 

 

[TransPleasure]

I always use minimal windows, I dont like gadjets, effects etc etc.

Also I connect my computer to the router with wire. Its not wireless.

Thank you for your response

[Theresa Tennyson]

By "Graphics card: On processor" I assume you're using integrated Intel graphics. That won't work well for any serious 3D application like SL, especially with graphics on "High."  I also noticed your motherboard has features to try to tweak graphics performance. That may be counterproductive with SL because it uses OpenGL as a graphics language and I imagine any hardware tweaks would be trying to improve DIrectX performance because it's more common.

[TransPleasure]

So you saying I have to live with it and wait till my next upgrade? Or just buy a graphics card?

[Theresa Tennyson]

Even an inexpensive graphics card would help alot. I use a Nvidia 430 that I got last summer for around $100 and I'm pretty happy with it. Nvidia works better for SL than ATI/AMD right now. Meanwhile, try reducing your graphics settings. I'm not sure what shaders Intel graphics supports but you should DEFINATELY turn "Atmospheric Shaders" off if it's on.

[TransPleasure]

I just did that.

Lets see how its going. Thank you