Framerate for 900mhz

Halifax · Post by **Halifax** » Feb 24, 2007 18:33

I'm looking for a couple people with computers close to 900 mhz. I have a 900 mhz processor and I have tested a couple programs I made, simply to test the maximum possible framerate for a full-screen 640x480 PUT.

I run this program on my machine and get 65 to 70 frames per second.

When I put it on my roomates computer, which is a 1.6ghz processor, I get 280 frames per second. His processor is not even twice as fast as mine yet he gets four times the framerate.

here is the program I'm using.

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Screen 18,32,1,1
Function FPS% 
  Static FPSST!, FPS1%, FPS2% 
  FPS1% = FPS1% + 1 
  If FPSST! + 1 < Timer Then 
    FPS2% = FPS1% 
    FPS1% = 0 
    FPSST! = Timer 
  End If 
  FPS% = FPS2% 
End Function
Dim TestPanel As Any Ptr
TestPanel = ImageCreate(640,460,Rgb(0,0,0))
Do
Locate 1,1: Print FPS%
Put (0,20), TestPanel, PSet
Loop Until Inkey <> ""
ImageDestroy(TestPanel)
End

sir_mud · Post by **sir_mud** » Feb 24, 2007 18:36

Don't have any ~900MHz computers atm, but there is a wide difference in framerates there because of the age of your processor it is using a totaly different micro archetecture. Remember, Gigahertz alone does not a processor make. And the AMD Athlon64 3000+ runs at 1.8Ghz as an example.

Halifax · Post by **Halifax** » Feb 24, 2007 18:43

Then I just have a sucky computer :(

That's bad, I can't get my game to run any faster than 30fps...

Well, my other roomates computer is a dual core 2.somethin...

She gets 1200 fps.

I can draw only one conclusion; time for a new computer.

arenth · Post by **arenth** » Feb 24, 2007 18:55

There is more at work in concerns to a frame rate then just CPU clock rate, newer computers have faster front side buses, so they can push more data around, not to mention larger cache's, faster ram, and better execution pipelines. So its not necessarily a surprise to see such a massive FPS boost.

MichaelW · Post by **MichaelW** » Feb 24, 2007 19:17

Yes, there’s more to performance than CPU clock speed. My 1.7GHz P4 only does 180 frames per second.

diffeecult · Post by **diffeecult** » Feb 24, 2007 19:34

I have a 900MHz AMD Duron. I get 84 fps.

relsoft · Post by **relsoft** » Feb 26, 2007 7:33

750 Duron.

about ~100.

cha0s · Post by **cha0s** » Feb 26, 2007 7:56

I got a 450 mhz p3, I get like 60-65, solid, also listening to psf files on winamp *kills it* oh well now I get about 90.

Antoni · Post by **Antoni** » Feb 26, 2007 16:57

At the job ( P4 2,4 Nvidia RIVA TNT2 Ii got 205 fps
But if I change the line

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Loop Until Inkey<>""

to

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Loop Until len(Inkey )

I get 233 FPS, as string functions are slow...

LukeL · Post by **LukeL** » Feb 26, 2007 17:07

150 fps
Athlon @ 1200 Mhz
Radeon 7200

1000101 · Post by **1000101** » Feb 26, 2007 19:26

With some small tweaks I got it up to 270 FPS on my AthlonXP 2500+ (1.8GHz, Barton Core). My ATI Radeon 9200SE is driving two monitors though but that shouldn't have significantly impacted preformance.

C · Post by C » Feb 26, 2007 19:41

I have a 1.1GHz celeron and get around 57-61 fps.

(my computer sucks)

h4tt3n · Post by **h4tt3n** » Feb 27, 2007 18:36

I got a HP laptop with:
2.0 ghz AMD athlon 64 bit pocessor (probably only running 1 ghz right now) and ATI Radeon mobility express 200 series

~465 fps

Antoni · Post by **Antoni** » Mar 01, 2007 19:47

I get 898 fps with my brand new AMD 64 3500+ /NViddia Geforce 6150.

Halifax · Post by **Halifax** » Mar 03, 2007 21:26

Yay, thanks everyone for all the replies.

Looks like the speed of a 900mhz processor (mine) will limit me to either incorporating OpenGL, or using screen 16.

I am unable to create a 640x480 full screen pixel scrolling tile map that scrolls at over 30fps but 512x384 seems to almost hit 40.

Here comes a walk around demo!