Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews - Page 2

Vishruth · 06-15-05, 10:41 PM

The pricegrabber ad is still slowing things down for me. When I load any page on the forums, the page loads up to the point of the pricegrabber ad and then the ad slowly displays the first column and then the second column and so on... and when the ad's finished loading up, the rest of the page loads almost instantaneously.

Isn't it possible to put the pricegrabber widget in the bottom instead of putting it on the top of every page?

SH64 · 06-16-05, 12:00 AM

Yeah i'm still getting slow loading times

.. add this to my slow-a$$ dial-up connection & you get the whole picture.

Vishruth · 06-16-05, 01:25 AM

You're on dial-up too!?? I thought was the last one on Earth to have one of those!

*ahem* ...not really.

I do have a 128kbps ISDN connection though (I can only use it at nights).

Gator · 06-16-05, 11:16 AM

I'm having the same problem as well, this new Pricegrabber thing is bad news, it has completely slowed down the forum loading times

anzak · 06-16-05, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gator

I'm having the same problem as well, this new Pricegrabber thing is bad news, it has completely slowed down the forum loading times

Same here. Each page takes a few seconds longer to load as it grabs the prices.

Pafet · 07-12-05, 09:38 AM

I know this topic is kinda old, but it still happens to me. Looks like every price in that list updated individually from the pricegrabber server and it takes time...
On IE it waits for all of'em to update before showing the rest of the page. Firefox loads them one after the other. Only after all of them are loaded, it loads the page. Maybe it's because my DNS server sucks, maybe because i'm not from the US (takes time to connect to pricegrabber for me) I don't know. But for whatever reason it's still takes too much time

P.S. on the fornt page, I need to wait for the AMD+Intel prices, then it loads the news, and then it finishes with the nVidia cards prices, so it's definetly between me and pricegrabber server

**MUYA** · 07-12-05, 10:06 AM

After tweaking FIrefox with firetune...everything is fine for me

Clay · 07-12-05, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MUYA

After tweaking FIrefox with firetune...everything is fine for me

I'll second that. I haven't run Firetune in a while and have had the slow loading Pricegrabber ads...I just ran Firetune again (got latest version) and now nV News' Pricegrabber ads load instantly.

Pafet · 07-12-05, 04:04 PM

What was the settings you used with firetune?
what computer/connection speed?

Clay · 07-12-05, 04:09 PM

I used fast computer/fast connection. I realize that not everyone fits into that category but it is what worked for me.

Kamel · 07-14-05, 11:14 PM

didn't help me, i've got it set to fast comp fast connection, and my comp is a 250x9.5 mobile barton, and i've got a 7mbit connection

Son Goku · 07-15-05, 01:34 AM

It's not so much a server loading it slow per se, but rather that there's a delay where nothing will finish loading until after it has finished it's thing.

There's probably some annoying "feature" it makes use of in Mozilla and Firefox to pull the test a line at a time, display it in human readable form, and then left move/align the text...

If it could be put to the end of the page load sequence, rather then the beginning, people could browse while it's doing it's thing. Not sure if the forum scripts could be modified to make the frame (if it's using one) that contains it, load last rather then first...

In the interum IE doesn't see this problem. I guess Firefox has a means around it, though for peeps using Mozilla, there is no Firetune. Someone mentioned an edit one could make to Mozilla's mini-registry (probably what Firefox is doing, as it included a tool for this) to get rid of that... I'm not sure about manually editing the Mozilla registry (so as to turn this feature off), or which line/entry it would be...

06-15-05, 10:41 PM	#13
Vishruth Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: India Posts: 121	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews The pricegrabber ad is still slowing things down for me. When I load any page on the forums, the page loads up to the point of the pricegrabber ad and then the ad slowly displays the first column and then the second column and so on... and when the ad's finished loading up, the rest of the page loads almost instantaneously. Isn't it possible to put the pricegrabber widget in the bottom instead of putting it on the top of every page? __________________ http://freeshell.in/~vish/ \|Dell Inspiron 8600 Laptop - Pentium-M 1.8 GHz CPU 2M L2 cache (Dothan), 400 MHz FSBUS, Intel 855PM chipset, 512MB RAM (DDR333/256x2), 60GB Hitachi PATA HDD (5400 RPM), Nvidia GeForceFX Go 5200 GPU (64MB DDR/AGP 4x), 15.4" WUXGA Display\| \|Desktop Machine - AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ CPU, ASUS A8N SLI Premium MB, 2x1GB RAM (Corsair XMS Twinx2048 3200C2PT), 200GB Seagate PATA HDD (7200 RPM), BFG 7800GTX OC GPU, ViewSonic VX1932wm 19" LCD, Antec P160 case\|

06-16-05, 12:00 AM	#14
SH64 MAXIMUM TECH Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 12,202	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews Yeah i'm still getting slow loading times .. add this to my slow-a$$ dial-up connection & you get the whole picture. __________________ - "My name is RAM and my tank is full" http://warhawk64nv.mybrute.com/ <-- pupils go thaarrr! Or, http://silenthunter64.mybrute.com

06-16-05, 01:25 AM	#15
Vishruth Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: India Posts: 121	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews You're on dial-up too!?? I thought was the last one on Earth to have one of those! ahem ...not really. I do have a 128kbps ISDN connection though (I can only use it at nights). __________________ http://freeshell.in/~vish/ \|Dell Inspiron 8600 Laptop - Pentium-M 1.8 GHz CPU 2M L2 cache (Dothan), 400 MHz FSBUS, Intel 855PM chipset, 512MB RAM (DDR333/256x2), 60GB Hitachi PATA HDD (5400 RPM), Nvidia GeForceFX Go 5200 GPU (64MB DDR/AGP 4x), 15.4" WUXGA Display\| \|Desktop Machine - AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ CPU, ASUS A8N SLI Premium MB, 2x1GB RAM (Corsair XMS Twinx2048 3200C2PT), 200GB Seagate PATA HDD (7200 RPM), BFG 7800GTX OC GPU, ViewSonic VX1932wm 19" LCD, Antec P160 case\|

06-16-05, 11:16 AM	#16
Gator Unreal Tournament Gamer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 2,279	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews I'm having the same problem as well, this new Pricegrabber thing is bad news, it has completely slowed down the forum loading times __________________ Athlon64 3200 Clawhammer / Asus K8N-E Deluxe / 1GB Crucial DDR400 / Geforce 6600GT 128MB AGP / Windows XP Pro

07-12-05, 09:38 AM	#18
Pafet GeForce 7900GT Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 430	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews I know this topic is kinda old, but it still happens to me. Looks like every price in that list updated individually from the pricegrabber server and it takes time... On IE it waits for all of'em to update before showing the rest of the page. Firefox loads them one after the other. Only after all of them are loaded, it loads the page. Maybe it's because my DNS server sucks, maybe because i'm not from the US (takes time to connect to pricegrabber for me) I don't know. But for whatever reason it's still takes too much time P.S. on the fornt page, I need to wait for the AMD+Intel prices, then it loads the news, and then it finishes with the nVidia cards prices, so it's definetly between me and pricegrabber server

07-12-05, 10:06 AM	#19
MUYA Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 6,774	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews After tweaking FIrefox with firetune...everything is fine for me __________________ I5-2500k@4.7GHz - MSI Z77A-GD65 - 4GB X2 A-DATA DDR3 1600 - Corsair H100 - Antec Quatro 850W Gigabyte Windforce X3 GTX 680 OC - Dell 24" IPS Intel 320 300 GB SSD - 1 TB Hitachi HDD - 2x 250 GB WD HDD Corsair K90 - Corsair Venegance 2000 Headset - Razer Naga Epic Corsair 600T Case

07-12-05, 04:04 PM	#21
Pafet GeForce 7900GT Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 430	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews What was the settings you used with firetune? what computer/connection speed?

07-12-05, 04:09 PM	#22
Clay Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,992	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews I used fast computer/fast connection. I realize that not everyone fits into that category but it is what worked for me. __________________ SLI GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB @ 550/1700 \| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI \| A64 X2 4400+ Toledo \| CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) TwinX PC 3500 \| Silverstone ST65ZF 650W\| 93.71\| XP SP2 and a Dell 2405FPW I personally believe that us americans are unable to do so because osama. People out there in our nation don't have that, And I believe that our education like such as south africa and such as the Iraq. everywhere "such as". And I believe our education should help the US should help the south africa and the iraq and the asian countries so we can build up our future. -- Miss Teen South Carolina

07-14-05, 11:14 PM	#23
Kamel Hardware Mass Murderer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,035	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews didn't help me, i've got it set to fast comp fast connection, and my comp is a 250x9.5 mobile barton, and i've got a 7mbit connection __________________ hardware murdered so far: geforce 5900u, deceised: sat on it. geforce 6600gt deceised: improperly mounted heatsink. 3 asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboards, deceised: unsure. mobile amd xp2600 processor, deceised: chipped core due to compusa heatsink. dfi lanparty ultra b, deceised: unsure, third memory bank went out. samsung cd burner 48x40x48, deceised: unsure, will only read pressed cd's very slowly. samsung TH552C dvd burner (dual layer), deceised: same as other samsung . 10gb seagate 5200rpm drive, deceised: tried fixing a pin that was pushed into the drive by inserting an ide cable upside down. 40gb maxtor drive, deceised: maxtor manufacturer. 80gb western digital, deceised: unnatural causes. swan xt10, deceised: brutal pre-meditated murder, even video taped (it wasn't y2k compliant). logitech mx510, deceised: death by electricution. ati remote wonder, deceised: death by electricution.

07-15-05, 01:34 AM	#24
Son Goku Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 439 East District, Mount Paozu Posts: 1,714	Re: Pricegrabber widget.. slow loading nvnews It's not so much a server loading it slow per se, but rather that there's a delay where nothing will finish loading until after it has finished it's thing. There's probably some annoying "feature" it makes use of in Mozilla and Firefox to pull the test a line at a time, display it in human readable form, and then left move/align the text... If it could be put to the end of the page load sequence, rather then the beginning, people could browse while it's doing it's thing. Not sure if the forum scripts could be modified to make the frame (if it's using one) that contains it, load last rather then first... In the interum IE doesn't see this problem. I guess Firefox has a means around it, though for peeps using Mozilla, there is no Firetune. Someone mentioned an edit one could make to Mozilla's mini-registry (probably what Firefox is doing, as it included a tool for this) to get rid of that... I'm not sure about manually editing the Mozilla registry (so as to turn this feature off), or which line/entry it would be...

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