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1 hour ago, AmeliaJ08 said:

So 9th generation Intel CPU's used the LGA-1151 socket which unfortunately means 9th generation is as new as you can go, after that they moved to a different socket.

Not to say this is necessarily a bad thing but it limits your choices to 9th gen Intel CPUs. If you are willing to look on the used market (good idea, CPUs are a pretty great used purchase) you will find the i7-9700 and i9-9900, some will be 9700K/9900K variants which just means they were multiplier unlocked for overclocking but if that doesn't matter to you don't pay more for a 'K' CPU. Both are 8 core CPUs and very fast, the 9900 has a slightly higher 5GHz single core boost clock vs 4.7GHz for the 9700.

Multi-core performance isn't too critical for Second Life but yeah both will have improved single core performance and they can be found cheap used. These are fast, hot CPUs though so budget in for an improved cooler and also make sure the larger cooler can actually fit in the case - $40-60 should do it, example of a good one here: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-U12S-Performance-Cooler-redux-1700/dp/B08WPDD6GD

Another SSD would be a good idea as well, does your motherboard support M.2 NVME drives? it quite possibly does, these are much faster than SATA SSD's and 1TB can be had reasonably cheaply. Second Life loves its cache to be on a fast drive and an M.2 NVME drive is the fastest available.

You're probably bumping into the limits of the GTX1080 though, I have one of these as well and it's a great performer still most of the time in SL but it is a 2017 card and busy clubs will bring just about anything down to 30fps or less. The only solution to this is brute force and you might want to consider a new graphics card at some point, the 3080, 4070 and 4080 are the best ways to brute force high frame rates out of SL and would match pretty well with a high end 9700 or 9900 CPU.

Also for what it's worth I've found the 1080 really prefers the PBR viewers, might just be me though. I've noticed much better performance from mine using Firestorm PBR alpha though.

 

 

so here is a link to a description of my motherboard 

PRIME H310M-A R2.0 (asus.com)

i'm not too sure if it supports a lot 

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Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHz   3.60 GHz (has 4 cores)
Installed RAM    32GB
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
GPU    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Disk    512GB PCS 2.5" SSD

psu : 750w

Hi! Wondering if anyone has recommendations for what I should update next or if I really need anything updated, second life runs pretty good but gets a bit laggy when there’s other Avis around or even just in busy events etc.  I just got my graphics card and more ram. I heard it’s good to get 1 or 2T of ssd and also a good cpu with lots of cores/ better single core performance. So yeah if anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated thanks ! 

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I’m kind of tempted to get a build like this that strawberry Singh has, her performance looks amazing in her videos https://strawberrysingh.com/about/berrys-system-specifications/

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13 hours ago, gwynchisholm said:

GPU next, followed by a platform upgrade. 

Okay! What about SSD does that matter as I only have 512GB of SSD

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So if I wanted to upgrade something next what would be best? I’m excited for my extra ram to come so I can test it out ☺️

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was thinking maybe to get this and take out the 8gb 

Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 Desktop Memory - Black | Ebuyer.com

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So this is my RAM type I have 2 slots for ram inside , would I need a certain 32 GB

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Intel® Core™ i3-9100F Processor

 

Thats my processor 

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Right so I think i'm gonna start with getting more RAM 32GB probs but i'm not sure which one to buy??

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I am just a bit clueless when it comes to PC parts 😅

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1 hour ago, Jenna Huntsman said:

That part list is a really odd mix of components, and absolutely would be a low end machine even for the time the video was made.

Given the conflicting information as to what people on this thread are recommending, it might be worth considering how much you can spare to spend on upgrades - that is a major factor in what should be recommended to you.

I mean I'm happy to spend as much as I need to get all the parts that would make sl run smoothly in busy areas or have a high draw distance etc.  

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4 hours ago, Jenna Huntsman said:

Before investing in new hardware, try the new PBR viewer - it has a bunch of performance improvements which may help you get up to speed:

https://releasenotes.secondlife.com/viewer/7.0.0.581126.html

That said, your CPU is pretty anaemic for anything outside of productivity work now, so I'd prioritize upgrading that if you are investing in new hardware.

Ah okay! That's what I was thinking of doing at the start, I watched this video by this SL user and they made a list of stuff for good performance but the video is 2 years old now..

Part List - Intel Core i3-9100F, GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower - PCPartPicker    -   I was thinking of getting the intel CPU they recommend in the list

 

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1 hour ago, Gabriele Graves said:

I have no idea about the technical aspects vs marketing but it has been running for nearly 5 years so far without hiccup.

Samsung 980 1TB M.2 SSD NVMe PCIe 3.0 Solid State Drive - MZ-V8V1T0BW (awd-it.co.uk)

Would this one work?

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7 hours ago, Gabriele Graves said:

Installing a second SSD just for the SL cache helped my performance a lot.

Do you have any recommendations on which ssd to buy? thanks

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Firestorm 6.6.14 (69596) Aug  1 2023 13:18:08 (64bit / SSE2) (Firestorm-Releasex64) with Havok support
Release Notes

You are at 182.0, 88.4, 67.9 in Relleri located at simhost-081551bdd48a1ac75.agni
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Relleri/182/88/68
(global coordinates 287,414.0, 275,032.0, 67.9)
Second Life Server 2023-07-31.581251
Release Notes

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHz (3600 MHz)
Memory: 8135 MB (Used: 1106 MB)
Concurrency: 4
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (Build 19045.3324)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
Graphics Card Memory: 4096 MB

Windows Graphics Driver Version: 31.0.15.3640
OpenGL Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 536.40

RestrainedLove API: (disabled)
libcurl Version: libcurl/7.54.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1l zlib/1.2.11.zlib-ng nghttp2/1.40.0
J2C Decoder Version: KDU v8.2
Audio Driver Version: FMOD Studio 2.02.15
Dullahan: 1.12.4.202209142021
  CEF: 91.1.21+g9dd45fe+chromium-91.0.4472.114
  Chromium: 91.0.4472.114
LibVLC Version: 3.0.16
Voice Server Version: Vivox 4.10.0000.32327.5fc3fe7c.571099

Settings mode: Firestorm
Viewer Skin: Firestorm (Grey)
Window size: 1920x1017 px
Font Used: Deja Vu (96 dpi)
Font Size Adjustment: 0 pt
UI Scaling: 1
Draw distance: 64 m
Bandwidth: 500 kbit/s
LOD factor: 4
Render quality: Medium (3/7)
Advanced Lighting Model: No
Texture memory: Dynamic (512 MB min / 10% Cache / 10% VRAM)
Disk cache: Max size 2048.0 MB (6.7% used)
Built with MSVC version 1935
Packets Lost: 0/10,302 (0.0%)
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8 minutes ago, MoiraKathleen said:

It's helpful to also see the information from the viewer ("Help" menu -> <viewer name>, click the "copy to clipboard" button and then paste that info here).  This allows people here to see the graphic settings the viewer is using and reporting on, and there may be some suggested adjustments that you might be able to make to reduce lag a bit.

Okay thanks I'll try doing that now 

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I've been on SL for quite a long time now but I have never really had a non-laggy experience, the PC I have now is probably the best I've had but it still lags quite a bit and takes forever to load stuff. So I was wondering if anyone who is more tech savvy than me has any recommendations for things to buy for an upgrade? Below is my computer specs if there's anything else I should add please let me know.. 

Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHz   3.60 GHz (has 4 cores)
Installed RAM    8.00 GB (3.6 available)
Device ID    B3328B48-9621-47B7-9FC6-0B23952FFA50
Product ID    00325-81908-88372-AAOEM
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
GPU    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

Disk    512GB PCS 2.5" SSD

 

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9 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

Right click on your screen area (not in the viewer, just the regular windows screen area) and select Display Settings.  In the window that opens, scroll down on the right side until you see 'Advanced display settings' - click on that.  On the next screen, click on 'Display adapter properties'.  That should pop up a new small window and in the lower half you should see "Dedicated Video Memory".   What is that value?  You can possibly increase your 'Texture Memory' setting (in Preferences/Graphics/Hardware Settings) depending on what your GPU has. 

Here is the Firestorm page that talks about that setting -- scroll down to the Hardware Settings section:  https://wiki.firestormviewer.org/preferences_graphics_tab

 

Dedicated Video Memory : 4096MB

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I usually use either firestorm or alchemy 

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Thanks for the tips! Also wondering if there is anything I could do/purchase to make it even faster? 

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18 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

In the viewer, click Help and then About.  Copy the info and paste it here.  Then we might be able to point out some settings that could be tweaked for a better SL experience.

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHz (3600 MHz)
Memory: 8135 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (Build 19044.2130)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2

Windows Graphics Driver Version: 30.0.15.1215
OpenGL Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 512.15

Window size: 1920x1017
Font Size Adjustment: 96pt
UI Scaling: 1
Draw distance: 96m
Bandwidth: 3000kbit/s
LOD factor: 1.375
Render quality: 3
Advanced Lighting Model: Enabled
Texture memory: 512MB
Disk cache: Max size 819.0 MB (99.9% used)

J2C Decoder Version: KDU v7.10.4
Audio Driver Version: FMOD Studio 2.02.06
Dullahan: 1.12.4.202209142021
  CEF: 91.1.21+g9dd45fe+chromium-91.0.4472.114
  Chromium: 91.0.4472.114
LibVLC Version: 3.0.16
Voice Server Version: Vivox 4.10.0000.32327.5fc3fe7c.571099

Packets Lost: 19/98,578 (0.0%)
November 07 2022 09:30:02

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Was wondering if anyone could help me figure out a way to run SL smoothly. I usually have no problem in places with not a lot of people/stuff. Like in a skybox I get good fps but whenever i go to a busy event or a club my SL lags like crazy even with max complexity at lowest and lowest draw distance. My specs : 

Motherboard:   PRIME H310M-A R2.0   Version:    Rev X.0x
Operating System:    Windows 10 Home
Processor:    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHz   3.60 GHz
Installed RAM:   8.00 GB
System type:    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Graphics:    NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650

Storage : Local Disk C; 305GB

New Volume D; 740GB
 

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