Site speed

[Gxgolfer]

Please Respond

On a scale of 1 to 10. Please state how fast the site is to you. This is for IE users only. As a test only, can you also tell me your speed in Firefox.


Also, if you are experiencing slowness, please list machine speed, operating system, browser, and type of Internet connection (ie. cable, dsl, etc.)

Thanks in advance.

[bunter101]

Gx,

 

Considering the size of the site, it's pretty impressive.

 

The only time i've seen it slow up is if there are large amounts of photos. which is expected on any forum.

 

Much kudos.

 

Using Firefox here and use IE at work(ssshhhhh!!)

[BEND OF THE RIVER GC]

I dont have IE on my mac, but the firefox is a 10.

 

rich

[Gxgolfer]

Rating is 1 to 10. 10 is top and 1 is slow. Someone responded with a 3. If its that bad, please give some info.

[TM golf guy]

IE = garbage.

 

Every site runs slower on IE, not just this one. Firefox is easily faster.

[Pinehurst1999]

IE = garbage.

 

Every site runs slower on IE, not just this one. Firefox is easily faster.

 

Firefox is slow for me.

 

Considering the size I am very happy with the IE speed.

[buckyweet]

Every once in a while, I do get a "Page not found" error

[WL_Eric]

Both browsers seem the same speed to me and the page load timer at the bottom shows under 1 second for each.

 

Is there a thread on the forums that has information on the server or server cluster this site runs on along with bandwidth usage etc.? Very curious.

[Gxgolfer]

We run multiple servers and the bandwidth useage is around 8-10 Mb sustained.

[Tee1Up]

The error returned was:

 

You did not choose a poll choice to vote against. Please go back and ensure you click on one of the radio buttons next to the choice you wish to vote for

 

 

Keep getting the above error when I try to vote for Firefox.

 

Jeffrey

[Gxgolfer]

The error returned was:

 

You did not choose a poll choice to vote against. Please go back and ensure you click on one of the radio buttons next to the choice you wish to vote for

 

 

Keep getting the above error when I try to vote for Firefox.

 

Jeffrey

 

You need to select a choice for IE and FF.

[trivers]

I have a dual core 1.87 per core, with 3 gigs of ram running windows vista, using only firefox. My internet is 10 mps cable. I thought it was only me that this site took for ever to load for, the home page takes the longest.

[Gxgolfer]

I have a dual core 1.87 per core, with 3 gigs of ram running windows vista, using only firefox. My internet is 10 mps cable. I thought it was only me that this site took for ever to load for, the home page takes the longest.

 

What is your service provider and what are you ping times and traceroute results? What do you define as long? There has to be a configuration issue with the local machines as this is definetly not a global thing.

[bjackson]

At first I used EI, but I've gotten used to Firefox from school and such. About 2 years ago I downloaded Firefox and have not looked back. It is SO much faster, not to mention I have to force quit Firefox much less EI.

[tburchell]

Every once in a while, I do get a "Page not found" error

 

I get similar, a timeout, both machines are Linux/FF, at work (big corporate office, sustained 3 MB/sec transfers), and home (1.5 mb/sec DSL). I see it timeout, hit refresh immediately, and it comes through fine. The request acts like it never gets there, and it happens mid-forum browsing usually.

[bekgolf]

I can't vote either. There is no choice for me as far as which poll to select. I tried to vote 5 for IE. I'm on comcast cable and just tested at 5+ Mbs with speakeasy. I would say my connection is usually 4+ when tested.

 

The reason I would vote 5 is because sometimes this site is only a little slow and sometimes it is super slow and it's only this site, not everything I'm trying to look at on the web. I always figured it was because I'm not a paying member. WRX gets really slow at work when I'm a guest on this site.

 

Thanks for asking about the speed. I'm assuming the site has gotten some negative feedback. Is this correct?

[Gxgolfer]

Are you selecting a choice for IE and Firefox? You must select one for each.

 

I wouldn't classify it as negative feedback. The issue seems to be PC related as its not a universal problem. Speed is relative but, from some of these responses, there is some local configuration issue that is slowing the experience down for the users. And I'm not sure if its an anti-virus or browser setting. The server metrics and page displays are not indicating any issue with a configuration of the site.

[trivers]

I have Charter Communications. I can click on the bookmark get up grab a soda from the fridge just in time to see it start to load. With 10 MPS this and the local nes site are the only ones I have issues with.

[ironcheflam]

I use IE mostly at work and FF rarely since it runs alot slower. The site is alot slower than it is at home, I'm pretty sure its just my network, but I use IE at home more often and it is pretty fast.

[Gxgolfer]

I have Charter Communications. I can click on the bookmark get up grab a soda from the fridge just in time to see it start to load. With 10 MPS this and the local nes site are the only ones I have issues with.

 

Have you tried IE? Can you do a tracert and ping? Do you have some anti-virus enabled for web surfing like norton?

[6t4gt0]

Pentium 4 2.66 GHz 1.5GB Ram running 2003 server (Opera)

Speed is slow on all my machines, XP box (FF), Ubuntu (FF) - 2 different networks.

Tracerts & pings blocked at firewall, connect via Lan, tested on 3 different networks .

When I voted I got the lovely hourglass, and again when I scrolled down.

I am on the net constantly and off the top of my head can't think of any other sites I frequent that I have this issue with.

[Gxgolfer]

Pentium 4 2.66 GHz 1.5GB Ram running 2003 server (Opera)

Speed is slow on all my machines, XP box (FF), Ubuntu (FF) - 2 different networks.

Tracerts & pings blocked at firewall, connect via Lan, tested on 3 different networks .

When I voted I got the lovely hourglass, and again when I scrolled down.

I am on the net constantly and off the top of my head can't think of any other sites I frequent that I have this issue with.

 

Which version of Firefox and do you have any extensions loaded. Have you tried IE? How long does it take to load a page? What is your connection speed? Which Anti-virus do you use?

[6t4gt0]

2.0.0.11 minimal # of extensions (5)

IE don't use it.

This time it loaded fairly quickly (cached) but it was about 20 seconds of the hourglass when I voted.

100 Mbps lan with 10Mbps link to provider

McAfee AV Enterprise 8.0.0

[Gxgolfer]

2.0.0.11 minimal # of extensions (5)

IE don't use it.

This time it loaded fairly quickly (cached) but it was about 20 seconds of the hourglass when I voted.

100 Mbps lan with 10Mbps link to provider

McAfee AV Enterprise 8.0.0

 

Are you using any personal firewall software? Can you tell me your numbers to speed test at DSL reports?

 

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

[labillyboy]

Site seems to be pretty responsive... no complaints.

[6t4gt0]

From DSL Reports.

Download 1140 kb/s

Upload 899 kb/s

Latency 99ms

[Gxgolfer]

This is my current connection speed:

 

Speed Test #46295566 by dslreports.com

Run: 2008-02-20 17:52:54 EST

Download: 65 (Kbps)

Upload: 35 (Kbps)

In kilobytes per second: 7.9 down 4.3 up

Tested by server: 56 java

 

And its not taking nearly as long to load pages. Are you running any personal firewalls or Adware utiliites?

[bunter101]

Folks running FF experiencing a bit of slowness try the following:

 

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

 

network.http.pipelining, network.http.proxy.pipelining, network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

 

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

 

2. Alter the entries as follows:

 

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

 

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

 

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

 

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

[rosskoss]

Golfwrx is usually very slow for me on both IE and FF.

 

Those settings sped it up quite a bit. Thanks!

[Swingtheclub]

It will not let me vote in the poll because I have no answer for the second part. I do not have firefox on this computer and although I do on my laptop I have never used it to visit WRX as for my IE speed here I would say it was excellent and was going to vote it a 7.

 

Ken