Texture memory problem

[valerie Inshan]

Hi there techies Helpers! I cannot set my Texture memory higher than 192. Is it due to my system? Thanks in advance for your replies ans suggestions. :smileyhappy:

Second Life 3.5.3 (276452) May 23 2013 17:24:50 (Second Life Release)
Release Notes

You are at 130591.0, 346411.0, 22.7 in Spectrum located at sim10114.agni.lindenlab.com (216.82.48.180:13019)
Second Life Server 13.05.20.276191
Release Notes

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500S CPU @ 2.70GHz (2700 MHz)
Memory: 4096 MB
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.3 Darwin 12.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 6770M OpenGL Engine

OpenGL Version: 2.1 ATI-1.6.37

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1
J2C Decoder Version: KDU v7.0
Audio Driver Version: FMOD Ex 4.44.12
Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded)
Voice Server Version: Not Connected
Built with GCC version 40201
Packets Lost: 11/11829 (0.1%)

EDIT: On another iMac, latest one released in December 2012 (specifications below, different graphics card), i am stuck at 256... :smileysurprised:

Second Life 3.5.3 (276452) May 23 2013 17:24:50 (Second Life Release)
Release Notes

You are at 130586.0, 346394.0, 22.2 in Spectrum located at sim10114.agni.lindenlab.com (216.82.48.180:13019)
Second Life Server 13.05.20.276191
Release Notes

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3335S CPU @ 2.70GHz (2700 MHz)
Memory: 8192 MB
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.3 Darwin 12.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M OpenGL Engine

OpenGL Version: 2.1 NVIDIA-8.10.44 304.10.65f03

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1
J2C Decoder Version: KDU v7.0
Audio Driver Version: FMOD Ex 4.44.12
Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded)
Voice Server Version: Vivox 3.2.0002.10426

Built with GCC version 40201
Packets Lost: 24/25475 (0.1%)

[KarenMichelle Lane]

Hmmmmmmmm,

This is a nice notebook youhave

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6770M.43955.0.html

The GC memory  isn;t shared....so you should be able to sett that to at lease 80% of the onboard memory - Weird...

[valerie Inshan]

Weird indeed Karen... This iMac quad core baby is humming happy tunes for everything in SL but this. Despite being a Mac user since 25 years, I'm scratching my head on this one and I have absolutely no idea how to solve it.

[Nyll Bergbahn]

Hi Val!

It could be some weird Mac thing but check Debug Settings > RenderTextureMemoryMultiple and see what it's set at. If less that 1.0, reset to 1.0 and press Enter. If at 1.0 and you're only getting 192MB and 256MB, increase the multiplier to say 4.0 and see if that changes what is allowed.

[Nyll Bergbahn]

Forgot to say Val you can check what texture memory is available and being used from the Texture Console. From the Develop Menu, select Consoles > Texture Console (or CTRL+SHIFT+3). The start of the first line where it says GL Tot shows the current texture memory being used and the available texture memory which if you're getting the max will be 768MB (SL is capped at 512MB + 50% for other operations). For example, I logged in and it shows GL Tot 191/768 MB so using 191MB of 768MB available.

[valerie Inshan]

Nyll hun YOU ROCK!!! The value was less than 1.0. Setting it to 1.0 did fix the problem: Texture Memory is now 512! YAY! Thanks and hugs!!!

[Nyll Bergbahn]

You're most welcome Val and glad it's fixed now for you. Hugs