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marmin
01-04-2005, 01:21 AM
I hate to be blunt, but this site is -extremely- ssslooww.
For that matter, I have webspace that is not used at all-
Would there be any need for another Pascal (game dev) forum?
I have the space and the means to do it.
Just asking.. Because, I love Pascal and will do anything to make it more popular (except making adult movies ... er.. yep, even adult movies.).

Best regards,

Marmin.

Traveler
01-04-2005, 08:09 AM
I hate to be blunt, but this site is -extremely- ssslooww.

Were going slightly off topic here, but if more people have this experience please do speak up. I personally don't have any problems.

WILL
01-04-2005, 08:40 AM
Well now that your post has it's own thread as it should have. Yes, this server can be quite slow. A bit too slow for my liking to be honest, but it doesn't mean it's going to stay like this. Soon enough it'll get better. It's omething we are working on.

And to join you in your bluntness, a new set of forums is not what this community that was built up over the course of 3 years as DGDev and 5 years as Delphi Gamer needs, nevermind those that originate from the Turbo site or any other ones that are still active out there.

If you would like to contribute to the community, I'd suggest helping out either here or what other sites currently exist. Though I doubt you'll find a more active site than this one.

{MSX}
01-04-2005, 08:54 AM
Well i personally find the site speed to be ok, like any other site.
Maybe the slowness depend on your location in the world ?

Harry Hunt
05-04-2005, 09:14 AM
I'm not surprised that this site is slow. If you save a single forum page to disk it's almost 200 K in size (of which about 100 K is graphics). You might want to try and reduce that as this will also be good for your traffic bill.

Traveler
05-04-2005, 10:54 AM
If you save a single forum page to disk it's almost 200 K in size (of which about 100 K is graphics).

True, but images are cached and should not be taken from the server with every page request (unless of course the browser demands it, through alternative settings).

Harry Hunt
05-04-2005, 11:31 AM
Sure they're cached, but the size of your cache is limited and so the page will have to be re-downloaded every now and then. Also, when you visit the page with a 56 K modem, you'll have to wait almost a minute for the page to load which imho is too long. I know you can't do anything about the 98K of HTML, but the 100K of images are waaay too much.

marmin
05-04-2005, 03:13 PM
The strange thing is that typing a post (such as this) goes extremely slow. And my CPU is going at Max!..

tux
05-04-2005, 03:42 PM
hmm, dont have speach to text things do you? i used to have that and it made typing in boxes like this one hellish

WILL
05-04-2005, 05:45 PM
Well I'm quite sure your CPU will not be maxed out by this site's scripting. :) I'd look at what's resident in memory and find out your systems 'usual' resource limits. That much will be able to tell you how many applications, services and other things you may run without having such problems.

It could also be the sign of a virus, spyware or some kind of worm. But in short keep your system in proper order by organizing, securing and not over abusing it(playing with systems files, etc).

"Thats right, the new PGD site is 3 laws safe!" ;) -Me spoofing off of 'I, Robot'

savage
05-04-2005, 06:01 PM
"Thats right, the new PGD site is 3 laws safe!" ;) -Me spoofing off of 'I, Robot'

Still haven't seen it yet.

Incubii
05-04-2005, 10:26 PM
lol i use this website ona 28.8kb dialup connection :)

marmin
06-04-2005, 03:07 AM
No, it's only this site. I think it's because of that scrolling text. Actually, things seem to be better now.
8)

Specis
01-05-2005, 06:57 PM
I know this is a slightly aged topic now,

But this site has been going so slow for me the last few days that its actually timing out.

savage
01-05-2005, 07:29 PM
Hi All, we are hoping to switch to a new server very very soon. Please bear with us.

savage
12-05-2005, 10:29 AM
Seems faster on this server.

tux
12-05-2005, 01:18 PM
Seems faster on this server.


only a little bit :wink: i no longer have to go get something to eat while waiting for pages to load :D

Robert Kosek
12-05-2005, 01:36 PM
Heh. How long have they had the domain? I was using the old netstar location! :o

Nice work. No longer take a nap while viewing! :D

tux
12-05-2005, 01:46 PM
i think its been registered for a month but went live today

Specis
12-05-2005, 06:06 PM
Much faster, but now i have no reason to go make a coffee while i wait on the site loading :P

JSoftware
13-05-2005, 06:11 AM
augh.. the pain..

4 minuttes to load on a 4 mbit line! :shock:

i hope these are only temporary problems :cry:

savage
13-05-2005, 07:04 AM
4 minutes!! you are joking right? On this new server, I've never seen it take that long.

tux
13-05-2005, 10:10 AM
server probably went down for a few mins. this is a shared hosting enviroment (but with a 99% uptime)

JSoftware
13-05-2005, 02:49 PM
later this day the server didn't respond at all. but now everything is in best order! the site is indeed very fast :D

WILL
14-05-2005, 02:40 AM
Hmm... interesting. :?

Well I'm glad that everyone is finding it much faster. ;)

Robert Kosek
14-05-2005, 03:40 AM
The site loads faster than it takes to read the messages! Nice speed. :D

I had been wondering when you'd get the domain... ;)

tux
14-05-2005, 09:40 AM
(incase your wondering how i know. this site is on the same network as mine)

(unofficial) response from the hosting company ::


After looking into it, there are some Network Latency issues going on over at The Planet.


problems with the datacenter network, not the hosting company. should be back to normal in a few hours

jzombi
15-05-2005, 07:14 PM
It is very slow, just like it was...
with my 56k modem :)