[PD] GUI speed test

[Andy Farnell]

Slower machine

Linux 2.6.8-2-386
Maxtor IDE
533MHz VIA Eden
Vanilla 0.39.2

56.033
52.55
53.1
53.007
51.39
50.02



Faster machine

Linux 2.6.23-386
1.0GHz VIA Nehemia
Seagate IDE
Extended 0.40.3

30.30
22.09
22.26
23.15
24.001
23.0






On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:01:03 -0500
Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:

> 
> I devised a quick test of loading speed and did some quick  
> comparisons on my MacBook Pro 2.4GHz.  (I am used to having one of  
> the slowest machines around, my old 800Mhz Powerbook, so I still have  
> to readjust my thinking).  Here's my times:
> 
> 14ms	Pd-0.39.3-extended
> 6.5ms 	Pd-0.40-2 vanilla
> 16ms	Pd-0.40.3-extended-20071111
> 
> So on the face of it, it looks like really large time differences.   
> Percentage-wise it is a large difference, but perceptually, waiting  
> 7ms vs. 16ms for something to load is not at all meaningful.  No  
> human could tell the difference in the experience unless you were  
> generating sounds and visuals based on the opening and closing of the  
> patch.
> 
> This is, of course, on a fast machine.  300ms vs 800ms would be a big  
> perceptual difference, basically it would be the feeling of opening  
> quick versus a wait.
> 
> I'd be interested to see how this fares on other machines and OSes.   
> I attached the patches
> 
> 


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