#CheapPCChallenge2024 cont.
I also repeated these tests once I put in an HD 6570 for higher performance and lower power usage. Still curious how a WX 2100 would improve, but I'd want to make sure that the full size bracket has the right screws. Anyways,

Cinebench R10: 1890 (single) + 6615 (multiple) = 8505
(Forgot to write this down the last time, not sure why the results were different but )

3DMark 2003 @ 1024x768: 6930(?) (default), 2160 (max)
@ 1280x1024: 1550 (max)
@ 1280x720: 1912.5 (max)
@ 800x600: 2925 (max)
@ 720x480: 3580 (max)
@ 640x480: 10,667.5 (default), 3857 (max)
No 1080p or sub-480p, unfortunately!

I managed to catalog a few games I actually completed during this XP benchmarking period
- Black Pencil is a really neat case of an early visual novel that was originally created by English developers that likely first got started from translating Japanese works. It's cute.
- Fare Thee Well is a sweet, sentimental kinetic novel made for a game jam that nonetheless is very pleasant to read through.
- Ready Player Fuck is funny as heck and did Cruelty Squad before the Godot engine ever hit public consciousness. A glorious self-deprecating sneer of a collectathon. And it may not even be in Unity, but Torque3D!
- A janky game a hobbyist made in VB6 but is too janky to even be practically playable and is just kind of bad.
- Same as the above but with Raycast Game Maker. Wonder how limited the Wolfenstein 3D source ports were in the 2000s.
- X-Operations rocks. Imagine if a small team of Japanese enthusiasts created their own version of .kkreiger, but modeled their game after Counter-Strike instead of Doom. Fits onto a floppy disk with a mixture of procedural/synthesized assets and nearly textureless worlds and entities. Some versions don't even have viewmodels for weapons or tools!
- Ara Fell is amazing. RPGMaker Par Excellence. Another case for why vanilla is such a great foundational flavor.

#CheapPCChallenge2024 DAY WHATEVER
So I did all of the main benchmarks. Forgot to add and multiple the numbers but here they are (for default specs/Quadro FX 3500):
Cinebench R10 @ 800x600: 1901 (single) + 6652 (multiple) = 8853 points for CPU

3DMark 2003 @ 1024x768: 5590 (default), 3045 (max settings)
@ 720x480: 7957.5 (default), 4752.5 (max)
@ 640x480: 8200 (default), 5020 (max)
@ 800x600: 7037.5 (default), 4040 (max)
@ 1280x720: 5127.5 (default), 2742.5 (max)
@ 1280x1024: 4285 (default), 1997.5 (max)
@ 1920x1080: 3080 (default), 1355 (max)

Bonus Third (to be revealed) @ 800x600, averaged out of 5 tests:
Average: ~42fps Minimum: 0/35/~23fps Maximum: 61/~60.8fps

Haven't got much to say about the Cinebench tests other than that it's slightly disappointing that the primary resolution can't be changed from 800 by 600 pixels.

The 3DMark 2003 benchmark has been surprisingly fruitful, as of the current setup nearly blasts through nearly all tests, but that it also defaults to the non-native resolution of 1024 x 768 and not 1280x1024. So I have chosen to run not just the default, but also 800x600, 640x480, and 1280x1024. Default everything else, as adding more beyond the parts upgrades would be too much.

The current image here from my games folder to have accidentally been an great benchmarking game without even trying. Bonus points if you know what game this is. Currently playing through it and a couple other games, since I've already done the benchmarks and just wanted to play a bit before switching operating systems.

@shyra #CheapPCChallenge2024 system is up and working as a streaming PC! #TotallyNormalComputing