====== Virtual Pinball / Arcade Cabinet - PC Hardware Testing ======

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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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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.