Poor performance / Minimum system specs

[Alex]

Have you played Dyson on a fairly low-spec machine? Did you experience poor performance even at the start of a level?

If so, please post your system specifications here. We are trying to determine some minimum system requirements.

Many thanks!

[M0rtii]

Win XP
P4 3.0 GHz
4GB RAM
Geforce 6800 256mb
Running ver.1.20

I notice a little lag when further into the game and I've got upwards of 1000 seedlings and trees everywhere, but it's only slightly noticeable.  Start games off with 60fps.  Next time a play though I'll run FRAPS and get some benchmarks throughout.

Also, not sure if it is a game limit or task build up, but when I'm shuffling seedlings around by the hundreds and giving dozens of movement orders continuously, the game doesn't respond immediately.  It can take up to 20 or 30 seconds before the movement order even goes out.  It's like there is a movement queue that gets backed up.

[dnz32]

Win XP SP 3
CPU: PM (Pentium Mobile?) 1.7 GHz
RAM: 1GB
GFX: Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML

Good enough to play through all builtin levels

[Alex]

Thanks guys, I was beginning to think nobody would post any!

[stubblyhead]

I'm experiencing horrible frame rates, even on the menu screen (like 2-3 fps). 

I'm running:
Windows XP SP3
dual-core Centrino 2.26 GHz
2 GB ram
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400, 256 MB

I'd really like to try the game, but I can't with the kind of performance I'm getting.

[wogan]

I'm experiencing horrible frame rates, even on the menu screen (like 2-3 fps). 

I'm running:
Windows XP SP3
dual-core Centrino 2.26 GHz
2 GB ram
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400, 256 MB

I'd really like to try the game, but I can't with the kind of performance I'm getting.

That is odd. I'm running:

Vista Business (SP1)
Pentium Dual-Core E5200 ~2.5GHz
3gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 3450 (Sapphire)

And Dyson runs like a dream... Could be XP SP3 , maybe?

[dnz32]

Could be XP SP3 , maybe?

Nah, don't think that would be a reason, I have XP SP 3 on all my PCs and never had any problems with it (neither Dyson nor other games) - can't speak for the original poster of course. If I should guess I would say it's using OpenGL emulation instead of the graphics card. Updating drivers to a version with OpenGL support could help (at least I've heared of some ATI having problems with OpenGL, dunno, I don't have any).

Now, ontopic, I've also installed it on my old PC but only tried the first levels (the new version is much harder than the older ones, takes me quite a bit longer to beat a level now )

Win XP SP 3
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1.51 GHz)
RAM: 512 MB
GFX: NVidia GeForce 4 MX 4000

Had several fights with about 100 units on a planet each side, no slowdowns.

[wogan]

Win XP SP 3
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1.51 GHz)
RAM: 512 MB
GFX: NVidia GeForce 4 MX 4000

512MB ram and 1.5ghz? It looks like the deciding factor is the graphics card, then - which makes sense, given the way Dyson handles visuals.

It also probably has very little to do with the memory capacity of the cards. A GeForce MX4000 has 128mb RAM - my Sapphire HD3450 has 256mb, and it sounds like they're running at comparable speeds.

So it looks like you're right - it's got something to do with the way the PC and the card handle OpenGL / SDL.

FYI: Mobility Radeon + Centrino == Laptop. Evidently Dyson doesn't handle well on laptops - but that could be any number of things...

[Jaguar343]

Works with XP64 like a dream.

[adam a]

1.7ghz, Pentium M
2gb ram
Intel 945 (something like that - old Acer laptop) gfx card
Ubuntu Linux

I found it ran pretty reasonably, it slowed down a bit once I had a lot of seedlings (around 1000+) but was still playable. I agree with the comment that movement orders sometimes seemed to be delayed. As it's quite slow paced anyway the slow down didn't affect the game too much but I could tell by the lag from menus appearing and selecting planets.

The only major annoyance was that when I wanted to select several hundred seedlings from a planet, but not all, it takes an absolute age to count up to the number I want. Maybe this is because of poor performance or it's just designed to be slow like that, I don't know as I haven't got anything faster to try it on.

Btw, big props for releasing a Linux version (I hope the the final version will get a Linux release too).

[Alex]

Leigh says (21:12):
 well it runs
 i'd say about 10fps, but i'll grab fraps and give you an accurate figure
 unless theres a fps counter hidden
Alex says (21:14):
 intersting
 and the specs are?
Leigh says (21:16):
 1.8ghz 960mb ram (1gb, but shared onboard gfx) and a VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP (onboard gfx)
 xp
Alex says (21:16):
 thanks
Leigh says (21:17):
 amd sempron
 http://imagebin.org/46532
Alex says (21:18):
 14 ok
Leigh says (21:18):
 its playable, but just on the threshold

[killybilly]

i just registered and this is my first post the dyson works very good
since
i have a really strong computer  it has

6GB RAM
64-bit operating system
2,67 GHZ
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU
and works pretty quiet
i dont know if you have heard for this computer,but it is called Saggita

[AUSisp*cry*]

Eeepc 904HA:
1.6 Ghz Atom
2 Gb ram
got the hard drive, not solid state
Mobile Intel 945 Express on board 128mb

i have a bit of trouble when zoomed in any amount after i have 200+ seeds in view.

[whitebear]

For fun I tested with my secondary computer.

amd 1.2ghz
radeon 9250
500+ ram
windows XP sp3

Works fine but very rarely freezes for few seconds and continues smoothly.
Also Would do wonders to have possibility to change resolution... especially on fullscreen.

[nuitei]

My Specs

Proc: Athlon 64 2800+ ~1.8GHz
RAM: 704MB
MoBo: MSI MS-7142
Video: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP 64MB
Sound: Vinyl AC'97 Audio

It runs smoothly but sometimes (rarely) it freezes a few seconds and then continues. If I play with, I don't know..., Google Chrome and some music behind, it is not soooo smooth, but completely playable and I didn't even notice.

Oh, I don't know in v1.20 but in earlier versions (since procedural compo) in fullscreen it just freezes and can't come back and I had to reboot. I think that if it has a variable resolution maybe fullscreen wouldn't freezes.

I'll try in other PC


Thanks for your work, hope that everything goes perfect in the future!
ps: Sorry my "inglich" but I'm from Chile (so it's not my native language)