YouTube journey on 18yr old computer

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Annoying as H#LL !!!

I really HATE screensavers kicking in at only 6 minutes !!!

but anywhooo...

[NotHereToPlayGames]

The Desktop Profiler is taking FOREVER.  Way way *way* longer than it did on another computer.

So reading while I wait.  And this seems like a NO-BRAINER to me (though I read OFTEN, even here at MSFN, on [unrealistic] expectations of 1080p on these older machines).

 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

*Mistake*.  Running the "Desktop Profiler" rendered this install UNUSABLE.  CPU pegged at 100%.  Mouse movement skips (ie, disappears then reappears offset in the direction you attempted to move).  Motherboard fan locked at noisy-fast.  et cetera...

Reinstalling and SKIPPING the "Desktop Profiler" (which, yeah, I kind of knew but did anyway).

 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

The "Trinity Desktop" is working great.  But reverting this machine to Win10 LTSB 2016.

[EliraFriesnan]

Something's not right. I have an ancient, identical performance CPU Q9300. Proof is on the screen. You could probably wonder where such a young woman could get it, so I'll tell, it's my grandpa's PC we store in the basement.

1080p browsing an AV1, H265 codec is flawless.

 

[EliraFriesnan]

Oh, yours is even faster by 4.3 percent!

https://technical.city/en/cpu/Core-2-Quad-Q6700-vs-Core-2-Quad-Q9300

[NotHereToPlayGames]

You misread.  I *can* do 1080p.  Screencaps are above.  I'm just saying that having the CPU running between 60% and 80% doesn't leave much room for multi-tasking.

So everybody's level of on-the-side multi-tasking will affect the performance of their 1080p.  Try 3D CAD while streaming 1080p and report your findings.  :)

Again, I *can* (and often *do*) 1080p.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

And yes, AV1 is the key.  Try VP9 and report your findings.  :)

[NotHereToPlayGames]

12 minutes ago, EliraFriesnan said:

Oh, yours is even faster by 4.3 percent!

https://technical.city/en/cpu/Core-2-Quad-Q6700-vs-Core-2-Quad-Q9300

4.3% with what margin of error ???

Because a different web site reports 3.9%.

At any rate, do you really think 4.1 +/- 0.2 is really anything at all ???

And if single thread is more important (some cite it is!), then were talking 0.5%.

[EliraFriesnan]

2 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

You misread.  I *can* do 1080p.

No, I didn't. Can and flawless. Feel the difference? Butter smooth! On the other hand, your mobo is a cheaply made Dell (?sorry, missed). could be failing along with the PSU.

 

[EliraFriesnan]

2 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Try VP9 and report your findings. 

Struggles a bit, probably varies depending on the video bitrate, probably when the Adblocker kicks in. But I'm logged into MSFN from this old PC, adds load, too.

[EliraFriesnan]

2 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

At any rate, do you really think 4.1 +/- 0.2 is really anything at all ???

Yes, I do! Q6700 was Hi-end, top of the line in 2007, q9300 was a severely reduced, budget version.

Q6700 is 19yo btw,

[NotHereToPlayGames]

53 minutes ago, EliraFriesnan said:

No, I didn't. Can and flawless. Feel the difference? Butter smooth! On the other hand, your mobo is a cheaply made Dell (?sorry, missed). could be failing along with the PSU.

 

Yes, SAME HERE, *flawless, butter, blah-blah*.  But no, NOT if I'm doing nine things at once and one of those nine is 1080p.

Not a Dell.  Two Acer's went to Goodwill.  This one is an "eMachine" (far FAR worse than Dell and far FAR worse than Acer).

[NotHereToPlayGames]

On second thought, and not interested in digging up reviews and whatnot, but I should probably put Acer as "more junky" then eMachine.

Both are "budget markets" and both were so JUNKY that the owners that bought them HATED them so much that they GAVE THEM AWAY FOR FREE.

One of the Acer's I did buy (WORST MISTAKE I'VE EVER MADE), the other was given to me, this eMachine was also given to me.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

1 hour ago, EliraFriesnan said:

Q6700 was Hi-end, top of the line in 2007

I know, that's why I bought it.  But...  It did not come with the motherboard on this cheap budget-market eMachine.  It was just the *BEST* replacement CPU that I could throw at it to get some life out of it when a piece-of-junk freebie was given to me.  I got several years out of it, only for the cost of a CPU that would have been at least a decade old and was pennies to the dollar of what it cost in 2007.