so I tweaked windows 7 a little bit on my macbook, and got it down to where it only takes 400mb of ram idle. I disabled some services, removed some windows features, went to the "Classic skin." I have a page file of 3018mb.. etc..
I played the same games.
UT3 - 18 fps
Bioshock - 4 fps
Left 4 Dead - 23 fps
As you can see, with the comparison of my previous post, UT3 and Left 4 Dead both got slight boosts to FPS and Bioshock didn't have much of a change at all really.
Well that's it for my windows 7 tests, my sound has stopped working so I think the driver for the audio in boot camp may be malfunctioning. I'm thinking about trying win2k on this here macbook, but I am not certain how it'll run or if bootcamp will take to it. I'm leaning more towards just putting XP on the thing, because I really want to start playing some games I got recently. It's worth noting also, that I did further attempt to tweak both UT3 and L4D so it's possible that may be a part of why they performed better as well. in UT3 I reduced the FOV to 80 and in L4D I decided "Since i got more memorah, i'll add this memorah useage to high."
And I think it helped.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
XP vs win 7
Using a 2.4ghz dual core Macbook with 2 gigs of ram, and an intel 965gma chipset, I did some tests in the two operating systems to prove which was better.
I used fraps to determine my FPS.
on default settings
Program XP Win7
Bioshock fps 4 2
UT3 fps 5 *
Left 4 Dead unplayable 5
one thing worth of note, is that you cannot change the screen resolution lower than 1024x768 in bioshock. although, after lowering the settings to the bottom most level, I got it in widescreen somehow (1200x800).
on reduced settings (lowest)
Program XP Win7
Bioshock fps 14 5
UT3 fps 20 15*
Left 4 Dead 10 20
results incoming...
I also am actually able to get l4d running about 25 fps on xp, however that requires hacks that the general user may not be aware of, for more info check out the tweak guide on hl2 (google it holmes).
surprisingly, left 4 dead actually runs better on 7, but that could be because of direct X, and because I used some diferent features that I hadn't used before (turning up film grain, disabling multicore rendering). This probably would have mean a better score for L4D on XP with reduced settings, but it is still unplayable on normal settings via xp.
It's interesting to note that Unreal Tournament 3 automatically changed my settings to something that would run faster in win7, but this could have been because recently UT3 was updated via steam and my intial test was done prior to the update on XP.
Anyway, I heartily recommend trying out vista for yourself, now I'm going to see how far I can get with tweaking the hell out of it.
All of my tests on win7 were on the base installation, and what was necessary for the game. XP was tweaked, and probably isn't a pure test either. I'm going to do the same benchmarks in windows 7 after tweaking it appropriately.
I used fraps to determine my FPS.
on default settings
Program XP Win7
Bioshock fps 4 2
UT3 fps 5 *
Left 4 Dead unplayable 5
one thing worth of note, is that you cannot change the screen resolution lower than 1024x768 in bioshock. although, after lowering the settings to the bottom most level, I got it in widescreen somehow (1200x800).
on reduced settings (lowest)
Program XP Win7
Bioshock fps 14 5
UT3 fps 20 15*
Left 4 Dead 10 20
results incoming...
I also am actually able to get l4d running about 25 fps on xp, however that requires hacks that the general user may not be aware of, for more info check out the tweak guide on hl2 (google it holmes).
surprisingly, left 4 dead actually runs better on 7, but that could be because of direct X, and because I used some diferent features that I hadn't used before (turning up film grain, disabling multicore rendering). This probably would have mean a better score for L4D on XP with reduced settings, but it is still unplayable on normal settings via xp.
It's interesting to note that Unreal Tournament 3 automatically changed my settings to something that would run faster in win7, but this could have been because recently UT3 was updated via steam and my intial test was done prior to the update on XP.
Anyway, I heartily recommend trying out vista for yourself, now I'm going to see how far I can get with tweaking the hell out of it.
All of my tests on win7 were on the base installation, and what was necessary for the game. XP was tweaked, and probably isn't a pure test either. I'm going to do the same benchmarks in windows 7 after tweaking it appropriately.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Friday, November 28, 2008
stuff
so i made a new video website with wegame.com
couple days ago i won some money
here's the profile
weclocks videos at wegame
couple days ago i won some money
here's the profile
weclocks videos at wegame
Watch more video games and play free games at WeGame.
game list of 11/29/08
xbox 360
- halo 3
- guitar hero 3
- fallout 3
- pgr4
- dead rising
- jet set radio future
- silent hill 2
- rockband
- mass effect
xbla
- double dragon arcade
- portal: still alive
- duke nukem 3d
- castle crashers
- halo
- jade empire
- pacman
- pacman championship edition
- sonic 2
- poker smash
- bomberman live
- uno
- yaris
- undertow
- tmnt arcade
- doom
- geometry wars
- geometry wars 2
- hexic hd
- rez hd
- bionic commando rearmed
ps2
- dance dance revolution titles
- prince of persia?
n64
- goldeneye
- resident evil 2
- zelda (in gold, yup)
- perfect dark
- star fox
playstation
- ddr konamix
- roll cage
- dino crisis
- final fantasy 5/6
- final fantasy 7
- final fantasy 9
nes
- super mario bros/duckhunt
- monopoly
- supermario bros 3
- tetris
- metroid
- double dragon 3
- dragon warrior
- galaga
- halo 3
- guitar hero 3
- fallout 3
- pgr4
- dead rising
- jet set radio future
- silent hill 2
- rockband
- mass effect
xbla
- double dragon arcade
- portal: still alive
- duke nukem 3d
- castle crashers
- halo
- jade empire
- pacman
- pacman championship edition
- sonic 2
- poker smash
- bomberman live
- uno
- yaris
- undertow
- tmnt arcade
- doom
- geometry wars
- geometry wars 2
- hexic hd
- rez hd
- bionic commando rearmed
ps2
- dance dance revolution titles
- prince of persia?
n64
- goldeneye
- resident evil 2
- zelda (in gold, yup)
- perfect dark
- star fox
playstation
- ddr konamix
- roll cage
- dino crisis
- final fantasy 5/6
- final fantasy 7
- final fantasy 9
nes
- super mario bros/duckhunt
- monopoly
- supermario bros 3
- tetris
- metroid
- double dragon 3
- dragon warrior
- galaga
Saturday, October 4, 2008
It's Coming
me and my friends have something funny to show you, but I can't put it out yet, we're still working on it, refining it. Life is worth living, and so is waiting for this.
Be Patient
So,
things have been pretty nuts.
Melissa is constantly getting migraines, constantly I'm relying on her to do things around the house, just as she relies on me, but she can't follow through, because she's sick.
She blames me for the state of things.
And then my neighbors apartment catches fire, causing many necessary for the moment purchases, very frustrating.
As well as those hospital visits, thing I have to take care of, gas, baby sitting, extra food with no time to cook.
I'm short on money, short on patience, short on time, in an apartment filled with filth.
I just want to enjoy life, like we all do..
Some time ago, Melissa told me she loved me, I turned her away because I didn't love her, I didn't trust her.
After the fire, I felt like I could trust her, like I could love her.
I told her I loved her.
She told me, she loves me, but she can't live with me, because I don't share her same ethic for a clean house.
I see it all too clearly.
She's moving out with Rachel.
I knew it all along.
I can't financially sustain my current living position and pay the child support. It's easy for me to live with her to take care of things, because I take care of my rent and my usual, and she takes care of the child care and doesn't worry about rent.
I've bared my soul to her, through all sorts of mediums. through talking, through emails, through texts.
What am I left with?
She replies 'i have nothing to say.'
Has she no mind, no soul of her own, no feelings?!
That she does, but I've hurt her I suppose.
That night... Total destruction for one, baptismal for another.
I'm spinning on a wheel that's on fire, grinding into the asphalt, shaking off it's axel, leaning towards a fault line, and I'm all out of air.
Baptismal for destruction.
All around me, it's all I ever seem to cause, is pain and disappointment. Yet I see it all coming.
Is it sadistic that I do nothing to change? That I deny what is before me? Despite my futile efforts I couldn't change it anyway, not without doing something far more drastic than I could ever comprehend.
Perhaps I will put in for a new job...
things have been pretty nuts.
Melissa is constantly getting migraines, constantly I'm relying on her to do things around the house, just as she relies on me, but she can't follow through, because she's sick.
She blames me for the state of things.
And then my neighbors apartment catches fire, causing many necessary for the moment purchases, very frustrating.
As well as those hospital visits, thing I have to take care of, gas, baby sitting, extra food with no time to cook.
I'm short on money, short on patience, short on time, in an apartment filled with filth.
I just want to enjoy life, like we all do..
Some time ago, Melissa told me she loved me, I turned her away because I didn't love her, I didn't trust her.
After the fire, I felt like I could trust her, like I could love her.
I told her I loved her.
She told me, she loves me, but she can't live with me, because I don't share her same ethic for a clean house.
I see it all too clearly.
She's moving out with Rachel.
I knew it all along.
I can't financially sustain my current living position and pay the child support. It's easy for me to live with her to take care of things, because I take care of my rent and my usual, and she takes care of the child care and doesn't worry about rent.
I've bared my soul to her, through all sorts of mediums. through talking, through emails, through texts.
What am I left with?
She replies 'i have nothing to say.'
Has she no mind, no soul of her own, no feelings?!
That she does, but I've hurt her I suppose.
That night... Total destruction for one, baptismal for another.
I'm spinning on a wheel that's on fire, grinding into the asphalt, shaking off it's axel, leaning towards a fault line, and I'm all out of air.
Baptismal for destruction.
All around me, it's all I ever seem to cause, is pain and disappointment. Yet I see it all coming.
Is it sadistic that I do nothing to change? That I deny what is before me? Despite my futile efforts I couldn't change it anyway, not without doing something far more drastic than I could ever comprehend.
Perhaps I will put in for a new job...
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