And now that I can finally play again, I got around to actually using the AgriCraft sprinkler system. Problem is, the lag is just awful, cutting my fps from 30+ to about 10-15 fps (I don't know why this pack has always had such bad fps issues in the first place!). Any tips or ideas on what to do to alleviate this? Setting particles to minimum barely helps, I don't have Optifine installed, and the farm is currently 20 sprinklers (I know, it's big) at the same level as the rest of my area. I don't see a config to turn off animations for AgriCraft... a sloppy oversight on the mod creator's end I feel.
So, I'm seriously thinking about setting it up way high in the sky, making Golems and Hopperhocks do the work, and piping the products to my ME system down below. That's a lot of ME glass cable, but it'll be worth it I feel. Anything to reduce the lag the dang farm (sprinkler system) is causing.