SECOND LIFE | How to upgrade your performance | Graphics, CPU, FPS, Lag

In this Second Life video, I'll provide recommendations for upgrading your PC to make Second Life faster (Graphics, CPU, FPS, lag). I'll also show tips for adjusting the graphics settings in the Firestorm viewer. Suitable both for beginners and long-term residents!

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[InWorldFilms]

Another way to reduce lag in a heavy populated area is to remove name tags above heads.... found on quick prefs 👍🏻😊

[SimilakChild]

He covered everything except one main factor. Firestorm Viewer doesn't make use of 64 bit AVX instructions. Alchemy Viewer and Black Dragon does, this is why those viewers have so much better performance, all of the geometry in SL uses mostly CPU instead of GPU, and AVX plays a big factor on how fast everything is drawn to the screen. You could lower your Max non impostor avatars to 2 ~ 3 and disable particles to increase your FPS or you can wait until "Alchemy Viewer NEXT" is released.. I have no idea when that will be, but I know it will outshine Firestorm by miles.

[fado]

Click advanced graphics settings

Turn off anti-aliasing
Turn off Ambient Occlusion
Turn off Anisotropic Filtering
Turn off Depth of Field
Turn Draw Distance down
Turn shadows to None
Turn Water Reflections to None; Transparent

I do all this and it still looks pretty enough for me.

[joliewonder]

OMG where have you been all these years need you ! ty so much 💜

[pixelpunishersound]

Bought a new laptop over the summer with Second Life in mind and it handles SL beautifully. You've presented some very good tips to know to make my new supped up computer run even smoother when needed. Thank you.

[ryantailor]

Nice tutorial Boston, you have a wonderful warm voice. My ears are amazed :D

[peonyplum]

Thank you for this video. I'm about to build a new PC and SL performance is one of the more important considerations for me.

[laptopsync]

Another VIP tip for improving fps / loading times is reduce your LOD. Looks like he runs at 2k but a lot of people run this at 4k because they don't know what it does. But You can run it as low as 1k. I typically run it between 1250 and 1750. makes a massive difference.

[danikraycheva]

Wow, that was a great video. Thank you ..I was struggling with my laptop so guess what ..after I saw your video I took the plunge and got a new gaming PC -can't wait to be delivered... I am not a gamer by any means ... But thanks for your videos and please keep them coming

[endorwitch]

i got a gaming laptop and we have the same amd processor and I noticed that the visuals look so much more detailed and smooth. i actually fried a few non-gaming laptops over the years I've played sl on lol.

[MTXSHOvVSHO]

Good Video and under 10 minutes (amazing)
1:35 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT $600 Graphics Card
2:20 AMD Ryzen 7 3700x 8-core 3.6GHz $310 CPU
2:30 16 GB RAM
2:40 Solid State Drive
I really have trouble pushing past spending more than $100 for a Video Card all the while knowing it would likely give a huge bang for the Buck and make SL a lot better!

[petersleuth]

Great video! Can we have more videos like that, especially about Firestorm settings on older hardware?

[shevanjayawardena]

Thanks to your video I fixed my lag problems in second life viewer to perfection ❤

[kowannamasuku]

Amazing quality, very informative thank you!

[pexist]

Also for anyone if you want to have less lag and get a higher fps. Turn off the "transparent water" option in the graphic settings. This will help but at the cost of your sl being a tiny bit pixelated when a bit zoomed out from things around you. The option has to do with dynamic lighting even if you don't have "advanced lighting" on. It's used for sl water reflections which has to do with shading. Hope this helps you all out. :)

[danijelastojanovic]

I had lag on Sl ..I just fixed it...Thnx Your advice is always help me <3 :)

[ladyevaam]

Seen your video for the first time and enjoyed it very good info !!

[cateheartsong]

Oh my goodness! So jealous of your FPS! I am happy when I get to 30 fps!

[anacondafilmsecondlife]

thank you very much!! it will help my new filmmakers!)

[moghobbystuff]

After 15 years, just about given up on SL as the lag is a killer. upgrading over the years has never seemed to make a difference.. (always done the tweaks but why would you want SL in Low graphic settings?) using an iMac now and I'm guessing that actually the minimum requirements for an actual useable experience still exceed my kit!