Second Life isn't a flight simulator and hasn't been designed with it in mind. No matter how good your computer or your connection, there will be times where you are frustrated by lag, especially when Sim crossing. So it is best to change your settings to give you better performance. I won't tell you where to find all the settings, because they vary slightly depending on your browser, so you will have to hunt for them.
1. The first thing to do is try to close as many programs as you can to free up your system, this is especially important on older machines that may struggle. If you have an older XP machine, you may wish to delete old files and defrag your hard drive(s) and do the basic maintenance you should do anyway.
2. Next use a web service to check your connection speed. You multiply this speed by 1024 to give you the speed in KBs. So if you have a 2MB connection, your speed would be 2048KB. You then go into the setting of your browser and turn up your bandwidth. Mine was set by to default to 500KB, but the highest they recommend going is 1500KB.
3. Next you look for your Memory Cache. Change this setting to half of your Ram. So if you have 2GB of Ram, you set it to 1GB.
4. You may also wish to turn off any sound logging settings and disable chat logs. I'm informed that turning off sound logging can make a big difference (thanks Gwen).
To be continued...
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