processor speed
- Thread starter inprr
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TS2010 is primarily CPU dependent so the more CPU you have the better the performance.
What make/model 2.16Ghz CPU is this? What are the rest of the specs on the machine?
What ever the CPU at only 2.16GHz it's not going to set the world on fire.
johnwhelan
Well-known member
If you're lucky its a dual core or quad. My new machine is 2.66 but quad and runs TS2010 native mode quite well so it probably depends on the cpu and the rest of the machine.
www.belarc.com has a scanner that shows up the details such as cpu, gpu etc quite nicely.
Cheerio John
ok folks my notebook spec is 2.16 ghz, 4gig ram, and if i get rid of anything not related to trains/z, i have atleast 30+ gig hd. my graphic card is twice what i need to run trs2006. if i can run trs2010 i will make the INPRR route amazing.
I've got a three year old Dell XPS laptop with a 2.3GHz Core 2, 4Gb of RAM and a GTX 7950 Go graphics card, I'll be glad to post my results with that system to show you how important the CPU is to TS2010 performance, lol.
johnwhelan
Well-known member
To make it a useful comparison perhaps you could use the .bat method of benchmarking. The kuid is a session.
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=55446
It appears to work sometimes under Win 7 and not others.
Thanks John
You mean I shouldn't use a stopwatch?, lol, sorry just a little humor.
The screen shots I took to show the performance I'm getting out of the i7/975 GTX 285/5870 with TS2010 were taken in three scenarios, what's wrong with using those in a comparison with the laptop?
johnwhelan
Well-known member
Stop watch it for five minutes to get rid of start up variations. If you run it from a .bat file with the same session number you get repeatable directly comparable numbers on different hardware. Otherwise its what was on the screen at the time which is not repeatable on different hardware. Use the number from the .jetlog, and default settings.
Cheerio John
Will do, I'll have a clean install of Windows 7 64 Ultimate on the laptop sometime this week, I'll post some results along with results from the i7/975.
johnwhelan
Well-known member
saintjimmy
You! Off my planet.
Sounds like a typical computer or Trainz user who doesn't bother/know how to set the computer to the absolute optimum settings (I know you know your stuff, but the conditions sound about right for a normal user).
johnwhelan
Well-known member
I'm still setting it up but was interested in the difference an SSD would make so ran it out of the box on blank disk drives just to see the impact of the drives. I haven't even downloaded the latest drivers or switched to Directx, currently I'm beginning to populate the Trainz database. The session is viewed from outside the train so the worst possible place for viewing but it still hit 30 frames per second so its smooth enough.
Cheerio John
“Out of the box” from where?
How do you conduct any test of system performance without properly installing drivers?
As I've said before the only users who think 30 fps is “smooth enough” are those who have never experienced a sim/game run on a machine capable of producing 60+ fps performance.
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
Honestly visually once you hit a certain number of FPS you cannot visually tell the difference from X to Y. Once you reach that level it all looks the same to the human eye. Of course on paper higher is better, but is not needed after a certain point.
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
Oh well of course:hehe: Because your able to have bigger and better toys makes everything better.Maybe not to the eye but certainly to the ego.
Exactly, a consistent frame rate that matches the refresh rate of the monitor is the sweet spot and the smoothest performance your going to get out of any game/sim.