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What part of the whole picture is missing with 1.2.3.5?  What does mesh do?

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Oh, forgot -  resolution = 1680 x 1050.

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Open GL VBOs turned off.  Thanks for that.  Antialiasing was alread off.

The improvement in performance with 1.23 was so great, even before preferences adjustments, that I think I'll stick with that for now.  Bird in the hand.  Next thing is to see if an Nvidia card can be switched in.

What are "physics" changes?

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Thanks very much, both!  I've gone back to 1.23 and turned off voice chat and streaming media.  Much better.

Next step is Micro Center for a new graphics card.  (Am a certifiable klutz - trying to replace the card myself would be a big mistake.)

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Well, of course, it just barely works.  Hadn't realized I was in that bad shape.  Not a terribly old system.  HP laptop - can you change grafics cards in these things?  Change to what?

Thanks for the tips.

If I win the lottery, what specs should I be sure not to not have?  Any way to future-proof it?  Would be nice not to have to buy a new system every three years.

Tnx again.

 

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I've been away for maybe a year.  Back then, speed was fine.  Same system:

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7500  @ 2.20GHz (2194.5 MHz)
Memory: 3071 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Windows Graphics Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1107
OpenGL Version: 3.3.11318 Compatibility Profile Context

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1
J2C Decoder Version: KDU v6.4.1
Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.750000
Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded)
Voice Server Version: Vivox 3.2.0002.10426

Built with MSVC version 1600
Packets Lost: 0/1,776 (0.0%)

 

ATI and Microsoft updates done.

I know this isn't the first mention here of the big lag problem some are having.  Not a lot I can change.  Very grateful for any tips.  Hate to just drop away.

Tnx!