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--- blog:pinball_cab:vpinball_pc [2024/12/24 20:57] – [Virtual Pinball / Arcade Cabinet - PC Hardware Testing] john
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 ====== Virtual Pinball / Arcade Cabinet - PC Hardware Testing ======
+[[blog:pinball_cab:index|Back to Virtual Pinball / Arcade Cabinet Index]]
    * HP T740 Thin client system
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    * Sweex 7.1 USB External sound card
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 ==== Performance Testing ====
-   * Linux
+=== Linux ===
+   * Linux Mint 22
    * Visual Pinball X (standalone version built from Git main branch dated 24/12/2024)
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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).
+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.
+As a result I had to shelve the idea of the HP machine.
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+==== Alternative Hardware ====
+   * Gigabyte Aorus Z370 motherboard
+   * Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080 Xtreme
+      * Still running at the same 1920x1080 @ 100Hz
+   * Intel i7 9700K
+   * 32GB DDR4 2666
+Testing this alternative hardware in Windows shows that it does not suffer from the frame dips that the HP thinclient does.