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blog:pinball_cab:vpinball_pc [2024/12/24 20:50] – created johnblog:pinball_cab:vpinball_pc [2025/01/16 09:48] (current) – [Alternative Hardware] john
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 ====== Virtual Pinball / Arcade Cabinet - PC Hardware Testing ====== ====== Virtual Pinball / Arcade Cabinet - PC Hardware Testing ======
  
 +[[blog:pinball_cab:index|Back to Virtual Pinball / Arcade Cabinet Index]]
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 +   * HP T740 Thin client system
 +   * AMD Ryzen V1756B
 +      * 4 Core / 8 Thread
 +      * 3.2GHz base / 3.6GHz turbo
 +      * 512KB L1 cache
 +      * 2MB L2 cache
 +      * 2MB L3 cache
 +   * 2x 8GB DDR4
 +   * Nvidia T600 4GB (PCIe 3.0 8x)
 +   * 128GB NVMe M.2 (OS)
 +   * 2TB SATA M.2 (ROM and table data)
 +   * Sweex 7.1 USB External sound card
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 +==== Performance Testing ====
 +
 +=== Linux ===
 +
 +   * Linux Mint 22
 +   * Visual Pinball X (standalone version built from Git main branch dated 24/12/2024)
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 +{{:blog:pinball_cab:hp_t740_vpx_test.jpg?600|}}
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 +On the few tables I tested (Halloween, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Attack from Mars), the render performance is consistently 100fps and latency is between 2 - 5ms (appears more dependent on the table, rather than what is going on in-game).
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 +This is at 100Hz, 1920x1080 with no options tweaked in //VPinballx.ini//.
 +
 +=== Windows ===
 +
 +Whilst the Linux performance of the HP machine was quite acceptable, it was another story entirely in Windows. Performance was very erratic and jerky - running between 200% actual framerate and anywhere down to 15-20fps, for the //same// tables, on the //same// hardware. Completely unplayable.
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 +As a result I had to shelve the idea of the HP machine.
 +
 +----
 +
 +==== Alternative Hardware ====
 +
 +   * Gigabyte Aorus Z370 motherboard
 +   * Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080 Xtreme
 +      * Still running at the same 1920x1080 @ 100Hz
 +   * Intel i7 9700K
 +   * 32GB DDR4 2666
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 +Testing this alternative hardware in Windows shows that it does not suffer from the frame dips that the HP thinclient does.
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