I was curious if others had different experiences playing games like bullet and hyper between different kinds of laptops/computers. I feel that performances seem to be slightly better for me on windows PCs the times I've played using PCs.
I am using a 2015 Macbook Pro, with 8 GB RAM and 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, but it definitely feels like I can't keep up with the fastness of bullet games, especially in time scrambles (I use a mouse).
What are people's thoughts on this? Have you noticed better results between different kinds of computer brands?
Thanks!
Playing bullet effectively requires powerful CPU and GPU.
You should definitely invest as much money as possible in a rig that can handle the graphical ad computational output required for chess. Don't worry about ping or anything when it comes to bullet.
I invested a little more into my GPU than was necessary, but I can run Lichess on ultra settings. The graphics are beautiful.
Thank you for the responses! May I ask what the specs of your computers are?
I don't like privacy and telemetry bullshit with Windows 10. But damn nothings beats its performance for lichess---butter smooth piece animation. It looks like it renders the pieces dragged w/ mouse at 200 fps.
Here's my feelings or estimates:
Win10
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Firefox - 300 fps
Chrome - 200 fps
Linux
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Firefox - 45 fps
Chrome - 45 fps
Chromium - 30 fps
Falkon - 45 fps
I've been distro hopping and did tests on these distros and nothing beats Win10 + Chrome. Linux is passable.
Mint 18
Kubuntu 18.04
Fedora 28
Arch
Manjaro 17 (my preference, and what I use)
I have top end hardware:
Intel i7 8700k at 5ghz
DDR4 3200 mhz RAM
Nvidia 1070ti and 1060 GPU's
(both monitors plugged into the 1070. DP cable, DVI cable)
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EDIT: After doing some testing it seems Opera is best on linux for me. What I noticed is that disable extensions and it's smooth like 60-80 fps. In both Opera and Falkon. Would probably be the same in google chrome if I disabled the 10 extensions I have (several google docs come default).
I only run 2 extensions extra. Chrome (fclancy78's custom zoom) and ABP.
Yep, I deleted the ~/.config/chrome folder. reset default. removed the 5 default extensions. butter smooth like win10.
Those are pretty nice. thank you for the detailed response! I'll seek to try to invest in some better specs, esp if it'll make pieces buttery smooth :]
You could play on a toaster or a fridge if you wanted to. It shouldn't matter much.
Adding onto the Linux notes --
You can run chrome, or chromium with some additional parameters which speed performance up a little more:
`chromium --temp-profile --user-data-dir=/tmp/$USER/$(date +'%s') --incognito --new-window`
You can tack-on a specific website after the `--new-window` parameter if you like.
Only problem with this is no extensions. I like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, so ... simple solution: install them once, close the browser, whatever.tar.xz the tmp directory contents to a file, and write a bash script to decompress to a new temp folder for a new instance (ultra clean, every time, more butter + plugins).
Similar can be done with FireFox or Iceweasel. (Plugin management is a little easier if you go with copying a clean FireFox's profile into a tmp dir; else you can do the same way as Chrome.)
And, for those who use proxies (albeit, that slows things down), all of that can be managed at the command line, too.
Not sure about Opera, FF is my primary and Chromium is my backup. Sorry, I don't know how to do this in Windows anymore (and, last I did it, required some registry hacking to get it working smoothly and without conflicts).
As for the OP, Lovlas [at] #8 is correct -- it pretty much doesn't matter what you uses to play -- most modern computers (x64) are perfectly capable. You don't need fancy hardware. (This isn't FPS or competitive gaming or Steam Engine.) -- More than anything else, you just need a clean browser (with enough memory and CPU to run smoothly), and a good Internet connection. (If you notice slowness with a clean browser and enough CPU and RAM, look into shutting down other things, such as torrent programs that could negatively impact network performance, browser plugins, software-defined firewalls or proxies, etc.)
