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7 tables ok, 8 tables computer spazes and becomes unplayable
Hi, this is my second post relating to this, can someone confirm that it will probably be my system that cant handle 8+ tables on sky. It seems pritty obvious that it is because the lag sets in at 7 tables and at 8 they become unplayable. Its probablies skys client that eats all the comp. resorces.
Note: I 24 table no problem on stars with HEM and Ninja and can run most graphical games OK on system but im guessing its skys software thats CPU/memory hungry
Anyone know of a work around to get more tables running on my PC short of buying a new one/upgradding?
Thanks.
System
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Windows 7 32bit
2.40Ghz Celeron
1.5GB RAM
Decent standalone graphics card
Under windows task manager when 7 tabling
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CPU: 50+
Memory: 530000K
Comments
More RAM certainly wouldn't hurt, you should be running 2Gb at least with windows 7.
my system has a warning for how much ram is being used at one time and it will tell me if a certain program running is using alot and it has noted that sky poker does use alot..
When Betfair left Crypto and went it alone their new site was exactly the same. Fortunately they sorted it out. Shame Sky can't (EDIT - WON'T) do the same (I know 3 people with the same problem who now refuse to play on the site).
Anyway is RAM really the issue or is it more lack of CPU grunt? I haven't analysed how much these clients use, but Flash is horribly CPU intensive. Using lots of RAM isn't a problem, but insufficient RAM will cause paging which will hit performance.
Eh ya what? lol
That is definitely Sky at fault there. You have a Core 2 Quad which is some pretty serious beef for a laptop, I just checked some reviews on the laptop and it can handle Crysis at 15 frames per second so the video card has some meat as well. And although you have 4GB RAM installed, the laptop will only recognise anything less than 4GB because Windows 32-bit can't read the full 4GB and laptop motherboards rarely have the equipment to handle that as a consequence.
So I wouldn't go out buying more RAM because the laptop won't recognise it. 4GB+ is more for Desktop PCs with Windows 64-bit editions. I would suggest uninstalling and reinstalling Sky Poker to see if it removes an offending Registry entry and then being a fresh install the new Registry entry will not consume so much CPU time.
If that doesn't work you might want to consider leaving Sky Poker because if it is always causing the CPU to work at 90%-100% then it can reduce the life of the laptop through heat fatigue. There is no point playing the cards on a site or app if you could lose your stack because of the freezing. If you do leave Sky Poker, remember to tell them their software is cr ap, they might take it on board and do something about it in the future.
I assume you bought the laptop in 2009? Try giving it a clean up as well... just back up everything you want to keep onto a USB or DVD, then reinstall windows fresh. Select the option to keep nothing so it is like having a new laptop. That'll remove so much junk that accumulates to slow a computer down and you decide then what was essential to use and only install those.
PS. If you have McAfee or Norton etc... cancel your subscription by contacting them, and then go and download Microsoft Security Essentials. It is Anti0-virus, Anti-Malware, Anti-Spyware and it is free of charge. It works very well with both Windows Defender and Windows Firewall. They score well in independent tests and the work quicker than the commercial rivals because lets be honest, nobody knows the inner workings of Windows better than Microsoft.
Essentially, if the Poker app still plays up after uninstalling/reinstalling or even rebuilding the Windows operating system then there is nothing that will help apart from an program update from Sky which may not come for while. I haven't played online in a long time, but I use to go on Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and William Hill. They were very good at the time, but PokerStars wasn't signed up for any "Rake Back" deals like Full Tilt and William Hill were... they just had the most muppets who played when drunk so was easy money lol...
Edit: Looking at league tables I am in the top 10/15 rakers on this entire site, however, after playing elsewhere for the last week, like 3 people (other high rakers) I already mentioned, I won't be playing here anymore either DUE TO THE SITE BEING UNPLAYABLE WHEN MULTI-ING NUMEROUS TABLES BECAUSE OF THE CPU USAGE THIS SITE USES - BOTH THE DOWNLOADABLE VERSION AND PLAYING ON THE POKER WEBSITE CLIENT 'LIVE' ONLINE.
Answer 1- Because your computer mysteriously downgraded itself during the night while you were asleep.
Answer 2- Because sky's sofware and servers need sorting.
People moaned for the download client ages ago to improve this very problem imo it never did.
I have always been able to play more tables on the browser version to be honest.
The site used to grind to a halt if more than 4k people were playing at any 1 time during the freeroll frenzies they had a year or so ago.Is this problem fully rectified or is the slowdown related to this issue, seen as though the traffic seems alot higher nowadays?
Someone from sky needs to come out and tell it's customers they have an issue and it will be resolved within a certain timescale.
The funniest thing is, it is in their best interests to resolve the matter. So many people are at breaking point as to staying or leaving as it is certain grinders only source of income and more tables equals more rakeback.
If sky sort it more people play more tables equaling more rake and more turnover for sky.
Do they not like money, lol?
P.S. A huge thanks to 'scouse red' for all your help trying to sort this
The most cpu usage i've experienced on here is around 30%.
It took Betfair over a year to sort it out. Would you really think it would take them that long?
Do you really think so many people with the same problem is just coincidence?
I really appreciate all your help mate but there's lots of people with the same problem. The software lags on BOTH my laptops, I also tried it at work today - guess what lol, yep - lag when starting to multitable.
Fact is Sky takes more computer resources than most sites. Doesnt mean there is anything wrong with sky software its just way it is. There are plenty of people out there who 8 + table. My computer is 3 years old and can run 18 tables (never tried more) on browser no probs and download runs even better than browser.
So as I have said loads of time to people you got two options 1) improve your pc and/or internet connection or
2) do nothing and wait for sky to totally redesign their software.
Some people will not like what I have said above but that is the truth. I was once in the same position 3 years ago as you lot I decided to take option 1 and bought a new setup.