This site is running so slow that I am typing faster than the letters can appear on the screen. It is so bad I cant read the forums, the screens take too long to come up. No problems with any other sites. Did teh server get downgraded? This started weeks ago, I have just about given up on trying to look at the board.

 

What are the specs on your computer?

 

I'm having the same problem... i got cable 8000 down 512 up Pentium 4 HT 2.8 GHz 80gb harddrive Asus Motherboard.. Very fast

 

It's not your internet connection or speed.

How much memory do you have? I'm using a 2.8 P4 as well, with only 512MB RAM, and I don't experience that issue with these system specifications.

 

Amazingly its not doing it to me "Right" now but it was this afternoon and occasionally when i'm surfing this site. I check around this site quite often for new updates and threads and things... I have 512 DDR

 

I have 1 gig memory.AMD processor overclocked to 2+ GHZ...just rebooted the computer and it seems to be working better now, but I have to wonder why if my memory is somehow getting taxed why every other site I go to works fine? I mean I could type a sentence and literally sit there 30 seconds until the words would appear on the screen..never had that problem with this site before, why all of the sudden now?

 

Check your CPU utilization when it occurs.

 

We are in the process of making some minor adjustments to the site. There is not much we can do without applying changes directly to the site and to see how the changes react to the amount of traffic this site gets.

If there is hangups with the system we tend to notice them right away and make the changes neccessary to fix the problem to the best of our knowledge.

 

No problems here.

 

i've noticed it taking awhile to load alot of threads and sub forums. I've got the same internet 8mb down 512kb up with a 3.2ghz amd processor with 1.5gb ddr400. So I know it's not on my end I was guessing my isp or the boards. But seems like all other sites load up fine. It is alot better today than it has been the past few days.

 

and here I thought it was only me. I love browsing this board for info, but a man can get ulsers when a site is this slow. I dont know how I did it back then with dialup...

 

Still happening..CPU usage just about maxes out while trying to surf this site...doesnt happen anywhere else. Has to be something here, never used to do this before the takeover.

 

Are you using IE 6?

 

Aol..I have IE, not sure what version, but dont use it.

 

I know this is not a "fix", but if you try FireFox, I think the issue will disappear. I'm not a FireFox fan boy, but if you want something that will work *right now* to better alleviate the issue, you might try FireFox.

 

thanks but I dont want to switch browsers for just one sight. I just dont come to the site now unless I have to. I assume this is happening to all AOL users if it is a browser issue, so site traffic must be down.

 

I'll let Jason address the traffic issue, if he wants, but I somehow doubt that is the case. I have not heard from many users with this issue. It does seem to be more commonly tied to old machines that are running IE.

 

i deleted my response above.,

deleted due to the fact no one really seems to know why its happening and so therefore everyone has their own opinion/belief of why it is happening and wont accept any other explanation from anyone

sigh,.,.


such is one of the troubles with mankind



good luck

fyi- its sure funny how other sites are loading up fine as usual/always- no pages loading lag experienced,

well except for myspace.com of course, lol

good luck......,.,.,

 

The explanation you provided has nothing to do with the original poster's question, which is where typed text in the text input field does not appear on the screen for a length of time - you watch the text "catch up" after you've typed your text. This problems appears to be prone on older machines running IE. It is because something is causing their CPU to nearly max out, causing their browser to perform sluggish. This has nothing to do with bandwidth.

However, yesterday, we did have some server load issues that caused intermittent periods of general slowness while accessing the forums. However, it is a different issue than what the original poster's issue is.

 

i dont see how it has nothing to do with it

he said its slow

bandwidth speed and everything has plenty to do with page loadin speeds

i supposed we just misunderstand each other

hum

ill just delete my reply up there and save all the trouble

sigh...


but anyways what things do you think could be causing this one:


the site has been real laggy lately for sure. seems ot be getting worse, but at least it only lasts for a small amount of time, but its often

especially in the evenings and nights,

good luck

 

He stated the following:

When I asked about his CPU usage, as I suspected it was being "hammered", he then stated:

I have also experienced this issue on an older machine running IE, where the cpu is at 100%, and when switching to FireFox, this particular issue was then gone.

This particular case with text not appearing while typing does not appear to be due to any common "internet" issues involving bandwidth speed or latency.

There has been some intermittent periods of time in the past couple days where we've had some higher than normal server load, which causes some longer than normal delays. That might be what others are referring too, but that is not related to this particular issue.

 

i have this problem only when i use either of my laptops,th eoldest one being a p1 133/32mb ram used to load the site fine and was able to type in the reply box without it lagging and the txt having to catch up.
even with my p2 333mhz/128mb laptop i have the same issue just not as bad.quess its a good exscuse to stay off the boards while im at work though lmao

 

Yeah, the older machines running IE seem to be more prone to experiencing this issue. For now, I would suggest installing FireFox. I realize that it's not the correct fix for this issue, but it does appear to work better than IE for this particular issue where typing text takes a while for it to appear, and any copy/paste highlight commands are also slow.

Another reason why I don't see this as a "bandwidth" issue, is because the issue is still present well after the page has fully loaded and is "done".

 

The administrators need to upgrade thier service. More bandwith is needed to run this HIGH TRAFFIC SERVER. Everyone is right, this is running slow. Keep in mind Admins, that most of the users here are running PENTIUM 3 computers...

 

i've got a fast cpu and running firefox and still have the problem.

the old site wasnt a google ***** either, so that's the differenc ei believe there is alot more traffic than there was before and the server needs upgraded to handle it.

 

You do not have access to TGO to make such claims or have such knowledge. Please explain how text being typed on a screen results with a delay before appearing is because of "bandwidth". That was the original problem in this thread that I've been addressing.

Since you are the ones making this claim, you should be able to back it up, so I will be happy to hear how TGO not having a "high traffic server" (so you say), is what pegs *some* user's CPU usage on their machines, while others are not impacted.

You are also dismissing that there are numerous users on here that are *not* experiencing this issue.

As I mentioned before, there has been a few intermittent times when there has been higher than normal server load (temporary spikes), but that and this issue don't appear related.

By the way, not disputing the "fact" itself, but exactly how do you know as a fact as to what *most* people *here* are running for machines? You don't have a hard fact. You are making a best guess.

 

a simple solution would be to remove atleast half of the crappy plug ins that this board is filled with....




it might not help, but it would **** me off less.