Oldest Computer That You Have Run Thrive On

[HyperbolicHadron]

Is this 6-5fps your lowest tolerable threshold at the beginning of the game, or what Thrive is performing nearer to the end?

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

It depends on whether my computer just entered out of sleep mode, and/or has other programs running the background, such as having a browser open. The performance can suddenly tank to 1 fps if the HDD is doing too much processing, and sometimes it goes up to 10 fps. I can visually tell the difference, as the game is more smooth when starting up verses when it isn’t.

[HyperbolicHadron]

These are my results with a i3-3120m, I thought the results would be closer to yours, but they seem to be around double. Might be because this CPU comes with HD Graphics 4000 instead of your computer with HD Graphics 3000

Benchmark results for CloudBenchmark v1
Cloud spawn score: 37
Absorber score: 35.333
Many spawners score: 35.078
Cloud sim multiplier before under 60 FPS: 1
Stress test spawners: 2
Stress test average FPS: 34.542
Stress test min FPS: 34
Total test duration: 89.9s
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3120M CPU @ 2.50GHz (used tasks: 2, native: 1, sim threads: True)
GPU: ANGLE (Intel, Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (0x00000166) Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0, D3D11-10.18.10.4252)
OS: Windows

Benchmark results for MicrobeBenchmark v1
Stationary microbes score: 8.255
AI microbes score: 9.098
Microbe stress average FPS: 31
Microbe stress min FPS: 31
Waiting for microbes to die: 36.06
Microbe deaths minimum FPS: 30
Total test duration: 131.4s
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3120M CPU @ 2.50GHz (used tasks: 2, native: 1, sim threads: True)
GPU: ANGLE (Intel, Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (0x00000166) Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0, D3D11-10.18.10.4252)
OS: Windows

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Have there been any cases yet when old devices can straight up not run Thrive?

[AbrahamTheBro (Abraham)]

@HyperbolicHadron

Perfect, and I think that might take the crown for the lowest end computer anyone has said they play Thrive on. Do you like playing on that computer? Do you have an acceptable experience with Thrive on it, or were you just trying to see if it would run?

Most modern games can’t run (literally can’t open) on this hardened sponge, so it’s quite the miracle this thing can run thrive, the newest game I can reasonably run is eu4 (2013 game) but it can run things like RimWorld (also 2013 but had a lot of updates and big DLCs) pretty well until it overheats.
And I don’t really use this thing to game, but while my desktop is unavailable I thought I’d try to see if this fella can run thrive, and 10fps sucks but it’s ok if I’m being honest (for this senile heater)

@HyperbolicHadron

Oh, and how much RAM do you have on that computer?

12 GB ^[1]

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1. DDR3 ↩︎

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Oh so the 1 fps thing was benchmark only?

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

That is 50% more RAM than my computer!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

That probably explains why you got a lower fps score…

[AbrahamTheBro (Abraham)]

@aah31415

Oh so the 1 fps thing was benchmark only?

Yup, for some reason it really pushes the laptop, tho I do play on the lowest amount of entities, so maybe that’ll do it.

@AnthropocenianAge

That is 50% more RAM than my computer!

BEHOLD! ONE GOOD THING ABOUT MY SMART LIGHT BULB!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

How does your laptop do with autoevo exploration tool?

[HyperbolicHadron]

Tested out a i5-2520m that also has HD Graphics 3000, but it actually seems to do even better surprisingly. Gets about 15fps minimum in the microbe freebuild, averaging 25-30fps. Not bad for a midrange 2011 CPU/iGPU.

Benchmark results for CloudBenchmark v1
Cloud spawn score: 54
Absorber score: 52.706
Many spawners score: 52.745
Cloud sim multiplier before under 60 FPS: 1
Stress test spawners: 2
Stress test average FPS: 52
Stress test min FPS: 51
Total test duration: 82.2s
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz (used tasks: 2, native: 1, sim threads: True)
GPU: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
OS: Linux

Benchmark results for MicrobeBenchmark v1
Stationary microbes score: 14.549
AI microbes score: 18.059
Microbe stress average FPS: 49
Microbe stress min FPS: 49
Waiting for microbes to die: 53.3
Microbe deaths minimum FPS: 49
Total test duration: 96.4s
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz (used tasks: 2, native: 1, sim threads: True)
GPU: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
OS: Linux

These tests were run on Thrive 0.8.3, @AbrahamTheBro was that the version you used?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I think they would’ve specified if it wasn’t the latest one…

[AbrahamTheBro (Abraham)]

@HyperbolicHadron

These tests were run on Thrive 0.8.3, @AbrahamTheBro was that the version you used?

Yes it is.

@aah31415

How does your laptop do with autoevo exploration tool?

I ran 10 generations and it did them near instantly, but it’s been 35 minutes since I had it run another 15 and it’s still going.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

This pattern seems to be pretty common where the speed falls of after around 10 gens, maybe this has to do with oxygen levels rising and the species spreading?

[AbrahamTheBro (Abraham)]

IT’S DONE! After almost an hour it’s done! 25 gens per hour is a good rate for this brick with a hint of silicone.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

so like 15 gens an hour really since the first 10 went by so fast?

[AbrahamTheBro (Abraham)]

Yeah I suppose that’s true, but I want to let this dusty grandpa to feel as if he’s still in his prime.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Not sure it can feel much. Are his days counted?

[AbrahamTheBro (Abraham)]

I’m sorry, I’m not that PC savvy, what does that mean?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Do you plan to retire the old one soon?