…e occupancy count was 54. The viewer statistics (Ctrl-Shift-1) show region performance. Time Dilation is an indicator of how well the region is or isn’t handling the region’s script load. With 60+ avatars in region Time Dilation was staying in the range of 1.00 to 0.90 most of the time, which I think is rather impressive. Another indicator of region performance is Physics FPS (PFPS). The max value is 45. With the 60+ avatars in the region the PFPS… Continue reading
…I doubt any such versions are running on the main grid. But, most of the previous versions were likely to have debug code, so be careful comparing past performance with current performance. Scroll down to see Lorca Linden’s comment…. Continue reading
…ments. So, when shopping in a mall things tend to be a bit slow rendering. Performance Details – If you’re into a more precise techie take on performance this section is for you. If you’re a longer time reader you know I don’t get into highly precise tech but try to keep things understandable for the novice tech at the expense of accuracy. Measuring performance in a meaningful way is a pain and tedious, things I tend to try and avoid. Plus the set… Continue reading
…er, an interesting facet of that research is ALM (Advanced Lighting Model) performance. Class 5 video cards (the good ones) got better performance with ALM enabled. Class 4 cards saw a small degradation in performance with ALM enabled. Class 3 cards saw a 35% to 45% degradation in performance. Oz didn’t tells us bout class 1 & 2 cards. They are studying the stats to figure out what gave the better performance. Oz Linden will see if he can eventual… Continue reading
…on, the numbers are gigantic. The only other factor that affects inventory performance and the viewer is Calling Cards. They are less of a burden on the viewer now than they were in 2008 when I joined. The Calling Cards require updates as avatars log in and out of SL. Some people use them. I suspect most of us ignore them. Cleaning them out can help performance and inventory load time. But, the improvement is minor. Like stop watch stuff. I don’t… Continue reading
…o, the Lindens went into the logs and dug out the pre-Pathfinding roll out performance and the post-roll out performance to compare them. The data follows: [15:42] Lorca Linden: here is what we found : PRIVATE ISLANDS Before pathfinding, Saturday, June 23, 2012: 44.43 average sim_fps After pathfinding, Saturday, September 22, 2012: Dynamic pathfinding NOT enabled: 44.41 average sim_fps Dynamic pathfinding enabled, NO pathfinding objects: 44.29 ave… Continue reading
…y are interesting. Nala concluded memory speed had a significant impact on performance. Buying FASTER memory did the most for performance. She concluded Hyper-Threading had no measurable impact. My experience is that Hyper-Threading does have a perceptible impact on rez time. I would agree that it has little impact on FPS. I am assuming she is talking about changing the Hyper-Threading in the viewer rather than forcing the viewer into a single cor… Continue reading
…to say. Comparison in Percents Also Inara sees a consistent 50% ± loss of performance when using Deferred Render. I see about a 25% loss of performance when enabling Deferred Render. Inara also sees a 34% loss when enabling Ambient Occlusion. I see no loss in FPS when I enable it. With shadows she sees about 13% loss and I see about a 20% loss. While Inara looses about 21% with Ambient and Shadows I only lose about 8%. Her over all loss is from H… Continue reading