On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 13:55, Emiliano Brunetti wrote: > On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 14:21, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > > > Emiliano> i was 'asked' to do this job. I can agree with you on many points, yet i > > > Emiliano> have to do some kind of testing. > [snip] > > OK Guys, I understand whats needed here, without detail I will try shed light > > It is what we hardware technicians call a system benchmark, > > > > How this works is we run a program that shows you numerically the maximum performance > > you can get out of the combination of the hardware, the loaded drivers combined with the > > software (OS) installed . > > So take word for example how fast can the hardware process documents of a certain size or how long > > will it take to compress a series of files of a certain size, also when playing games how many > > frames per seconds [FPS] at the various resolutions and color depths can the card produce. > > Just remember that often the manufacturers spec and the actual performance differ due to the > > current state of the systems and many other restrictions. > > > > Our company PROLINE Computers for example will test several different configurations > > we then choose the best performers and those that we find to be most stable under the load. > > These configurations are what we would use as the ideal systems for that operating system, > > > > OK I know what some are going to say, the kernel runs at the same speed on this hardware > > as on any other hardware, this maybe true, however your drivers will certainly influence the > > speed of a system, the mix of components also effects the speed of your system. > > > > Here is an example we tested 2 PCs for gaming loaded with Windoze Xplease and the difference in the > > results just on the graphics card in FPS was 150,The difference in the specs was the on had a via chip-set and the other had > > an Intel board and chip-set, both had same ram, hard disk and screen-cards etc.. > > We then load the latest Intel inf update for windows Xplease and we found that the upgrade agp driver combined > > with the new directX and the latest Detonator driver for the card brought the Intel up by 98 FPS. > > So we repeated the exercise on the VIA PC and it rocketed the difference to an astonishing 234 FPS. > > > > We need tool like 3dbenchmark an win-bench for Linux. > > Sure, this was exactly my point. > > > As a manufacturer we are expected to provide the fastest machines on earth for as little as possible money > > Are you working on something? No I am hoping for something but yes I will test drive the life out of any thing I can get my hands on. > May volunteer for testing. Unfortunately > my coding skill is so poor that i couldn't help much in develop time... > > > Its challenging but fun > > :) > > E. -- Chadley Wilson <chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
