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@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