Call for testers

[NeoThermic]

Hello.

I'm running a call for people to benchmark potential changes to Defcon. In order to apply, you must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum 100 posts on the Defcon forums
• A full version of Defcon is required
• Time to dedicate to benchmarking (about four hours total tops)
• Experience with running dedcon recordings

Please post a reply to this topic detailing the system specs of machines you are able to benchmark on:

• CPU type (Intel P4, Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD X2, etc)
• Graphics card
• RAM

Laptops are more than fine to beta test this patch. Windows only currently.

I will be selecting a small group (about 10 people) on Monday the 7th.

NeoThermic

[Ace Rimmer]

Hmm, I'd sign up, but I can't be certain I'd have four solid hours to test, unless it happened this coming Thursday (Apr 10th) as I'll be working from home that day.

If so.

Intel P4 2.8 Prescott
9600xt Radeon AIW
512mb PC3200

Man my system is getting old.

Edit: 2500th post! Thanks zanzer7! Didn't notice it. And I can proudly say, they weren't all spam!

[NeoThermic]

Just to clear any confusion, it's not four solid hours that is required. It'll be four hours total, give or take. (about an hour per benchmark, with about four to run).

NeoThermic

[zach]

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Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz, clocked at 2.76 GHz)
2 × nVidia GeForce 8800 GT XXX, SLi enabled (Factory overclocked at 670 MHz)
4 GB DDR2-PC6400 (800 MHz)

I can run overnight tests too, if this should be of any help.


EDIT: That was your post #2500, Ace Rimmer - let me be the first to congratulate you!

[Feud]

Darn, that's the week that I have finals and a move back to Arizona. Wish I could, but I doubt I'll have the time.

[rus|Mike]

iPentium 4 3Ghz
Palit 7900GT 512Mb
4x512Mb

What's running Dedcon recordings? Is it the same as watching them?

EDIT:
NeoThermic, mark the fact that I'm the most eager person to test it in the whole world

[ynbniar]

I'd be happy to help...

Intel P4 3.2GHz
GeForce 7800GTX 256MB
2GB Ram

[walrus47]

I'll give you a hand:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
NVidia GeForce 8600 GTS
2GB RAM

[(MOR)]

If I can help

2 Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,8 GHz
2 Go DDR2 800 MHz
ATI Radeon HD 2600 256 Mo or Matrox Millennium P690 128 Mo


PS: This test is for all platform or just for Windows ?

[NeoThermic]

PS: This test is for all platform or just for Windows ?

Windows only currently.

NeoThermic

[(MOR)]

Ohh, sorry I dont notice

So I withdraw my post

[NeoThermic]

Ohh, sorry I dont notice

So I withdraw my post

Ack, you're kidding me? That matrox looked interesting to test. What platform are you on? I might be able to sort something.

NeoThermic

[shinygerbil]

I'll be glad to help out.

AMD Athlon 2000+
ATi Radeon 9000
1GB ram (pretty old, I've got a feeling it's DDR1 or whatever it is)

[xander]

I would be happy to help. I will need to be pointed in the direction of instructions for making and using Dedcon recordings, as I don't rightly recall how to make use of them, though I have made several. Anywho:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 4/3/2008, 18:05:47
       Machine name: AEOLUS
   Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
       System Model: MacBookAir1,1
               BIOS: Default System BIOS
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P7700  @ 1.80GHz (2 CPUs)
             Memory: 2010MB RAM
          Page File: 348MB used, 3555MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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        Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
     Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
        Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_00A2106B&REV_03
   Display Memory: 128.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (61Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: igxprd32.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4897 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 12/12/2007 19:09:24, 57344 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: igxpmp32.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 12/12/2007 19:09:24, 5851200 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6942-11CF-FA60-A820A2C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x8086
        Device ID: 0x2A02
        SubSys ID: 0x00A2106B
      Revision ID: 0x0003
      Revision ID: 0x0003
      Video Accel:
 Deinterlace Caps: n/a
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
 D3D7 Test Result: Not run
 D3D8 Test Result: Not run
 D3D9 Test Result: Not run

xander

[bert_the_turtle]

Testing without an NDA? Woo, who could resist? Two systems available here:

Reasonably High End:

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Intel Core2 Duo E6750 2666MHz, 2 GB Ram
NVidia GeForce 7900 GTX, 512 MB Ram
1280x1024 LCD

No chance this machine will be fillrate limited in Defcon

Crappy Old Laptop:

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Intel P4M (yeah, yeah, but it's keeping my lap warm in the winter :) ) 1800 MHz, 512 MB Ram
NVidia GeForce2Go, 32 MB Ram
1600x1200 LCD

I guess I'll have to run the tests at a lower resolution there to see performance improvements.

xander, on Windows: just doubleclick on the .dcrec recording and connect your client to the server that appears on the LAN browser. Meaningful testing will probably mean that we'll be running recordings NeoThermic points us at, we won't need to make new ones.

NeoThermic: you may want to add "Knows how to turn of VSync" to the requirements.