KiOgon Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 [quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1318364445' post='1401274'] With IE7 at work I scored 579 With Chrome at home I scored 7886 Chrome works much faster and better for me. [/quote] OK thanks, now I have to assume IE ain't much cop! Should I go for Chrome? Quote
Hamster Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1318364890' post='1401284'] OK thanks, now I have to assume IE ain't much cop! Should I go for Chrome? [/quote] If you close everything on your PC and just leave 1 browser window open, run the test. At the end of the test it will ask you if you want to do the same test with a different browser and it will give you a url to cut and paste. Do that with IE, Chrome and Firefox, and compare the scores. I almost guarantee Chrome will win. Quote
BigRedX Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Tried it on all 4 major Mac browsers. Firefox, Opera and Safari all scored just under 6000 with safari coming out top. Chrome scored over 9000. Looking at the other results though makes me think that the overall speed of the computer will skew the results or not? Quote
KiOgon Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 [quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1318365333' post='1401292'] If you close everything on your PC and just leave 1 browser window open, run the test. At the end of the test it will ask you if you want to do the same test with a different browser and it will give you a url to cut and paste. Do that with IE, Chrome and Firefox, and compare the scores. I almost guarantee Chrome will win. [/quote] I only had IE8 - now have downloaded Chrome & run the test again - result 2668! Whatever - it's a big difference Cheerz, John Quote
KiOgon Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Same glitch as before, if I'm in messages, go home - click View new content - it takes me to members. So far it all seems to be running I'd say twice as fast as it was so yippeee! Great improvement Cheerz, John Quote
Hamster Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1318366845' post='1401322'] Same glitch as before, if I'm in messages, go home - click View new content - it takes me to members. So far it all seems to be running I'd say twice as fast as it was so yippeee! Great improvement Cheerz, John [/quote] I don't have that problem. Have you flushed your DNS? - it might help. Assuming you are using windows: Start Run Type cmd on that line in the new window type ipconfig /flushdns Then restart your PC and see if it helped. Quote
Hamster Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1318365511' post='1401296'] Tried it on all 4 major Mac browsers. Firefox, Opera and Safari all scored just under 6000 with safari coming out top. Chrome scored over 9000. Looking at the other results though makes me think that the overall speed of the computer will skew the results or not? [/quote] The better spec the PC, the better results you will get. Quote
daz Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1318278537' post='1400092'] Bit of a strange one maybe; when I click on 'view new content' very often I get Members instead. I definitely get it every time I come from the message page. I know the Members buton is above the 'view new content' & I certainly click within the correct box. Happens on both my PC & laptop the same. Don't think I've seen this mentioned before, apologies if it's already known about. Cheerz, John [/quote] me too on this. peacekeeper results Internet explorer 9: 2165 firefox.: 2250 chrome: 4599 Opera: 3038 Edited October 12, 2011 by daz Quote
Grand Wazoo Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 I've run that Peacekeeper test and I got this error message at the end of it. [i][b]Could not find result for key 6nMX. If you trying to benchmark another browser please make sure you have copied the url correctly and try again[/b][/i]. I only had the one browser window with the actual peacekeeper test going so I haven't got a clue what that means. Quote
Grand Wazoo Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 right... I gave that test another go this time opening a new browser and pasting the link in it starting a new test and got this score, [b]what do I win?[/b] [IMG]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/xt660/b9f6d5f2.jpg[/IMG] Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) The New content button works fine for me using FF 7.0.1 under W7P 64 bit. Just saying. EDIT: Just to Clarify. The New content button seems to be a pre set search button, so if you are on the Members page the new content is just going to show new content for that page/area of the site, not new postings. Same for forums, calendar etc. Edited October 12, 2011 by dave_bass5 Quote
Hamster Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 [quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1318402673' post='1401555'] right... I gave that test another go this time opening a new browser and pasting the link in it starting a new test and got this score, [b]what do I win?[/b] [/quote] That's a good score with IE! - Did you try Chrome? Quote
ahpook Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 aha - now we're cooking with gas... much, much faster Quote
Grand Wazoo Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 [quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1318409080' post='1401619'] That's a good score with IE! - Did you try Chrome? [/quote] No I haven't, but is it worth downloading Chrome just for the test? Bear in mind my broadband is Virgin 50meg, fast as ....#### Every other site I visit it's a breeze. (except this ) Quote
Hamster Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 [quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1318409762' post='1401628'] No I haven't, but is it worth downloading Chrome just for the test? Bear in mind my broadband is Virgin 50meg, fast as ....#### Every other site I visit it's a breeze. (except this ) [/quote] That's the puzzling thing Fran, and what makes it so hard to identify the problem. I'm 'only' on a 20mb connection and I really haven't had any problem at all accessing this site (or any other) apart from the first couple of days when the database was being transferred. Now that Ben is back from holiday I'm sure the site will be ok for everyone soon. Some people have reported that flushing their cache has helped ( start - run - cmd - ipconfig /flushdns ) Quote
discreet Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 [quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1318411239' post='1401664'] Some people have reported that flushing their cache has helped ( start - run - cmd - ipconfig /flushdns ) [/quote] I get 'The requested operation requires elevation'. ?? Quote
Hamster Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318411476' post='1401668'] I get 'The requested operation requires elevation'. ?? [/quote] Are you logged on as an administrator? Quote
BigBeatNut Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='bfirsh' timestamp='1318369611' post='1401385'] Postgres is fantastic and would solve most of our problems, but unfortunately IPB doesn't support it. [/quote] Hold on ... so IPB sells a forum solution that effectively nobbles performance ? Time to start putting the pressure on to support it maybe ? You've probably thought of this (I'm sure you have) but what about open source solutions, either for support of Postgres with IPB or (probably too late) for forum software ?. If an open source (postgres) forum solution exists you could use that to apply leverage to IPB maybe ("fix it or we walk") ? Again, you sound like someone who's already thought through this kind of stuff, so apologies if so. Andy Quote
KiOgon Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318411476' post='1401668'] I get 'The requested operation requires elevation'. ?? [/quote] Same here on my laptop running Vista with only 1 user account, me as administrator (obviously I suppose). The ipconfig/flushdns worked on my PC with XP but seems to have made no difference. Cheerz, John Quote
discreet Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Ahh... I thought 'requires elevation' meant stand on a chair, or something... Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318583485' post='1403917'] Ahh... I thought 'requires elevation' meant stand on a chair, or something... [/quote] Generally right clicking and selecting "run as administrator" will give you the correct permissions although it does help if you are above sea level. Quote
Kiwi Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 Thanks to everyone so far for helping to try and isolate WTF is going on. Quote
discreet Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) Chrome is much faster. But you knew that already. Chrome/PC/Vista 32 Edit for pointlessness. Edited October 14, 2011 by discreet Quote
LiamPodmore Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 I was having problems yesterday on my home pc (XP/Firefox) with the site either not loading at all, or taking ages to load and then coming up with what looks like a mobile version, not had chance to try it today though, so it might (And knowing my luck, after i post this, will) be fine. Liam Quote
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