Overall performance comparison between different computers under Windows XP

[Saxon]

On 9/17/2024 at 3:13 PM, George King said:

Just use /ai or /y switches to make it Unattended.

Oh, and btw, I can't even look at it, it's locked to members only.

[George King]

3 hours ago, Saxon said:

Oh, and btw, I can't even look at it, it's locked to members only.

Then became member

[UCyborg]

18 hours ago, George King said:

Then became member

Is it worth it? I mean while I trust the guy and used his VCRedist repack, I'd like to know the advantages of his DX9 repack. VCRedist repack is nice as it bundles all newer redists and even old ones that were usually included with applications and MS never made installers for system-wide installation.

I seem to recall there was some specific difference between Feb. 2010 and Jun. 2010 DX9 redist, but don't recall what it was. Something about Jun. 2010 omitting something, but what exactly?

On 9/13/2024 at 11:31 PM, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Compared to the AMD Phenom II X4 920 that you screencap'd, my computer runs circles around you, lol.

That and higher power consumption. Ryzens today are much better.

Edited September 19, 2024 by UCyborg

[dmiranda]

6 minutes ago, UCyborg said:

worth it?

There is also the question: possible? I have tried to enroll a number of times for the last 6+ months, but never got the email to activate my account, even using different emails...

[Klemper]

On 9/19/2024 at 10:55 AM, dmiranda said:

There is also the question: possible? I have tried to enroll a number of times for the last 6+ months, but never got the email to activate my account, even using different emails...

They simply don't want your location. A guy I know, also from Great Britain, practically my neighbour, got the e-mail immediately. Not the first time I read about you having problems when they count you as a spammer.

MSFN e-mail login confirmations, for example. Try a good, paid, clean VPN, select a 1st World country, try again.

[Klemper]

On 9/19/2024 at 10:46 AM, UCyborg said:

difference between Feb. 2010 and Jun. 2010 DX9 redist, but don't recall what it was. Something about Jun. 2010 omitting something, but what exactly?

Both cause stutters and instability on my system. Stutters, poor sound, spikes, when I run 3Dmark, it's clearly noticeable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DMark

January 18, 2006 works with XP. That DirectX 9.0c requirement seems far fetched because that package from June 2010 wasn't even released at that time. 

[dmiranda]

8 minutes ago, Klemper said:

They simply don't want your location.... Not the first time I read about you having problems when they count you as a spammer.

It may be my place, sure.  As per MSFN counting me as a spammer, where did you get that?

[Klemper]

16 hours ago, dmiranda said:

It may be my place, sure.  As per MSFN counting me as a spammer, where did you get that?

You wrote you're now demanded to have your e-mail to log in. And this off-topic post asking what had been already answered in the original post, for example.

16 hours ago, Klemper said:

MSFN e-mail login confirmations, for example. 

 

On 9/19/2024 at 10:46 AM, UCyborg said:

That and higher power consumption. Ryzens today are much better.

Seems like a rather bold statement. Compared to what, mind telling?

[UCyborg]

On 9/18/2024 at 10:28 AM, Saxon said:

I meant a portable of DX9 pack that doesn't install into the system, only locally, to get this testing programme work.

It'll probably work if you extract d3dx_28.dll from any DX redist dated late 2005 or newer and put it in 3DMark's folder, the CAB inside redist .exe is called Dec2005_d3dx9_28_x86.cab.

On 9/19/2024 at 11:46 AM, UCyborg said:

I seem to recall there was some specific difference between Feb. 2010 and Jun. 2010 DX9 redist, but don't recall what it was. Something about Jun. 2010 omitting something, but what exactly?

Just compared the list of CABs, dxnt.cab, BDANT.cab and BDAXP.cab were omitted in June 2010 version. dxnt looks like whole base DX install from DDraw to D3D9, guess it's meant for very old Windows versions. BDA stuff is rather obscure to me, probably related to Broadcast Driver Architecture. Maybe because I never dealt with TV tuners and related hardware. The rest should be every DLL released between 2005 and 2010. If anyone really feels like comparing...http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/directx.htm

Ran 3DMark06 today (1920x1080, 4xAA, 16xAF, same PC as here...):

I noticed it can be launched with -nosysteminfo command-line parameter, then it skips invoking SystemInfo to collect system information.

Edited September 21, 2024 by UCyborg

[Tomcat76]

On 9/21/2024 at 8:04 PM, UCyborg said:

dxnt.cab, BDANT.cab and BDAXP.cab were omitted in June 2010 version.

WinXP SP2 and newer have the latest DX 9.0c core built-in.  Those cabs are redundant.

Edited October 11, 2024 by Tomcat76

[66cats]

Late to the party. Surprised no one uses Passmark 8: [download page, scroll to "older versions" for "PerformanceTest 8.0] - small download, short run time, less gamer-centric, offers a friendly, detailed graph breakdown. This is the box i'm on now, XP 64 installed on NVMe drive / X99 i7 6800k. Fancy HW, though even overclocked, cooking grade i7 6700k (and even i7 4770k) outperform it in XP benchmarks, especially with older ones like 3DMark 2001 :'(