Different Performance on Different Platforms

[tarbomb]

I've been experimenting with different browsers, projectors, etc. All these tests were conducted on the same hardware (2012 MacBook Pro, 2.6 GHz quad, 16 GiB RAM). Here are my results.

• Google Chrome (22.0.1229.79) on OSX 10.8.2: FPS: hovers at around 50-60. Memory: starts at around 15 and rises to around 50, subjectively "feels" very smooth.
  
• Firefox (15.0.1) on OSX 10.8.2: same stats as chrome. Feels the same.
  
• Flash Player Standalone (11.4.402.265) on OSX 10.8.2: FPS hovers around 50, occasionally drops to 30 when moving and rises to 60 when in towns, etc. Memory starts at around 115 and goes up to 150-ish from there. Subjectively there's a bit of input lag in chatting and clicking.
  
• Google Chrome (20.0.1132.57) on Xubuntu (virtualized): Unplayable. FPS in the single digits, MS is over 100 (it's around 15 for the other platforms), and memory is around 70. Since it's running in virtualbox I understand that there will be some drop in performance, but this drop seems a bit much to me, especially when I can manage 45 fps in Realm on the same virtualized test box. I don't have access to a native linux box at the moment (no time to install it on my new machine); when I do I'll post performance stats.
  
• Google Chrome (latest version, forgot to copy the numer) on Windows 7: seems to be similar to Chrome on OSX, but I haven't done much testing on this platform yet. I'll update this post when I get more data.
  

As a person who prefers to use flash standalone instead of a browser to play, I'm curious why native flash is so much slower than the one embedded in Chrome or Firefox on the same box.

How do people here play G12? And how's your performance?

[fenrir]

I play on Chrome, Win 7. FPS is 50-60, drops to around 30-40 when in a large crowd. Will update with mem when it's not pitch black outside and after a good night's sleep.

[james]

Windows 7 Ultimate.
Firefox 15.0.1, FPS is solid at 60.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Three programs installed on it, Steam, Puush and Flash.

[wicked]

Windows 8 Proffesional
Version 22.0.1229.92
Processor Intel core i7 3960X @ 3,3
Memory 32GB @ 1600mhz
GPU EVGA GTX 580 FTW Edition

Solid 60FPS
Memory after 20 minutes ~ 140MB

[amitp]

Also: right click on the game and say whether it says Hardware accelerated. That will make a big difference in performance.

[tarbomb]

All of the tests that I did had hardware acceleration enabled.

[fenrir]

Same specs, now fps hovers around 10, hardware accel is still on, and mem is around 175.

[james]

Same problem as Fenrir, game is unplayable right now, the FPS is at 10-14 with the same settings and specs..