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I post it to make people realise there is nothing wrong with skys software the problem is with their ancient computer.
Maybe this is a good time to advertise your services to custom build a computer for someone that costs £1M so they can grind NL4 and make it back in no time lol
I play on sky on a range of computers as I have a few pupils who are learning the game. They all multi table to some extent, the problems occur when the computer is not good enough. A low spec computer can run a couple of tables fine but has problems with any more. e.g. any with less than a core 2 duo processor. Most core 2 duo can run 6 no probs. Any more need a high performance set up. But if anybody is that serious to play a load of tables they should be willing to invest in a good pc. The main thing is the processor and is expensive to improve as you might as well start from scratch with a new pc. Ram is not too problematic to a certain extent as its cheap enough. Problems come with limitations of windows as it has physical memory limitations with certain versions. Graphics cards should not be a problem unless you want to run multiple monitors with a good resolution.
Sky needs a higher spec system than most but that because it is browser based. This has been a great decision for Sky as I dont think they would have experienced the growth they have as no download has attracted lots of casual players without casual players there is no poker site.
By the way OmayonyO I offered to do you a perfect poker pc I wasnt even going to charge you anything for my time as I enjoy messing with computers and the fact that you had moaned about not being able to multi table loads of times.
So everyone theres a bit of info for you so make your decision either blame sky for having a browser based site which takes up more computing power OR do somethin yourself about it and invest in a good pc OR wait till download is available which I am sure is going to be full of bugs and not work properly anyway for first couple of months. (not a dig at skys tech guys just its bound to happen unless they purchase a tried and tested poker software.)
take a lot of headache tablets,
having to put up with your ego all day.
If you were willing to set me up a pc for free that is very generous of you and please accept my apologies for my misjudgement of character. Still a bit out of my price range though ;-)
The thing is I only use my pc for poker and surfing the net. If Sky were to say there would never be a download, then it would be worth my while spending £1k on a pc.
tbh, I`m not sure I even want the download version now. Since Sky introduced the tiling function, I am able to 6 table most of the time quite easily and I`m happy with that at the mo.
The only reason I wouldnt want the download is because it is the next step to allow pt/hem etc, which WILL happen eventually imo.
For everyone else in this thread, forgive me if im stating the obvious, but have you tried different browsers?
I think I have tried nearly every browser going but found firefox to be the quickest and have stuck with that.
Well said, Irishrover!
There are plenty ppl here that play with high spec comps and have problems. I had no problem with a decent spec tooter for about a month. Then the probs started. I NEVER multi-table. The fault lies with Sky but obviously they can't figure it out.
Casual players would never be deterred by a download either. Instead Sky think their epilepsy inducing Flash is a USP, but it's more like a Uniquely Depressing Point to me...
A guy from tech support offered me compensation (that was kind) and told me to clear temp files and cookies (talk about lame tech advice ;-)
So did my tooter degrade so much in a month that in played perfect before and now like a nightmare?
I have just come across this thread and as I know didley squat about computers, 99% of this has gone over my head. However, if it is any help to anybody out there, when my Commodore 64 pc is playing up and running slowly, I just plug it into my sinclair C5 and everything seems to go smoother.
I hope this is of some assistance to some people.
I personally use Ubuntu Linux which comes pre-installed with the Firefox web browser. Sky Poker works great and the only times i ever get problems is when my internet connection gets a bit laggy and occasionally when something goes wrong with Sky's server. To be fair, my PC is a £400 super computer with a 12.8Ghz Quad core processor and 8Gb of RAM, so it SHOULD run smoothly on my setup.
Fact is, Flash (when run in a browser) was never really designed to be used for high performance programs such as a poker client. The old Cryptologic network (will hill, littlewoods, betfair, etc, etc) used Flash for their software but it was setup as a downloadable version which is much faster than a browser version.
My only hope is that the new software is NOT Windows only.
SAY NO MORE