benchmarking FC1

[Chadley Wilson]

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.
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Chadley Wilson <chadley at pinteq.co.za>