Change Resolution of Steam Benchmarks

[Omer259]

Sorry if this is a question that has been answered before (I searched everywhere but couldn't find it)

I'm trying to change the test-definition.xml file of some steam benchmarks such as Mad Max to run at a specific resolution. By default the test-definition file defines resolution as follows:

<Option>
<DisplayName>Resolution</DisplayName>
<Identifier>auto-resolution</Identifier>
<ArgumentPrefix></ArgumentPrefix>
<ArgumentPostfix></ArgumentPostfix>
<DefaultEntry>0</DefaultEntry>
<Menu>
<Entry>
  <Name>$VIDEO_WIDTH x $VIDEO_HEIGHT</Name>
  <Value>+gfx_pixResWidth=$VIDEO_WIDTH +gfx_pixResHeight=$VIDEO_HEIGHT</Value>
  <Message></Message>
</Entry>
</Menu>
</Option>

I want to change this so that there are either exactly three options to run the benchmark
(ex. 1280 x 720, 1920 x 1080, 3840 x 2160)

or change it so that there is only one option to run the benchmark
(ex. 1280 x 720)

I tried changing the auto-resolution option to default-resolution and then the benchmark would run at the default display resolution. However, I'd prefer it if the benchmark set the test-resolution rather then letting the user or having a script change the desktop resolution.

Anyone know the tag I would need to use? (I tried things like custom-resolution that didn't seem to work)

Thanks

[Michael]

Why not build a test suite just with the resolutions you want?

E.g.

phoronix-test-suite build-suite madmax
(Select the 3 resolution optiuons you want, e.g. 3,5,8 as the text input... save it as like mmtest.)

Then just run

phoronix-test-suite benchmark mmtest

Whenever you want to run madmax at those 3 resolutions.

[Omer259]

Thanks for the quick reply Michael

From the default resolution options available I only see 1280 x 800. However, I'd prefer the benchmarks to run at 1280 x 720.
Is there any way to add that resolution option while using the build-suite method?

[Michael]

Thanks for the quick reply Michael

From the default resolution options available I only see 1280 x 800. However, I'd prefer the benchmarks to run at 1280 x 720.
Is there any way to add that resolution option while using the build-suite method?

Not from within the build-sutie command itself but once you run that command and save your suite, you can find it in ~/.phoronix-test-suite/test-suites/local/ and from there is very trivial to edit the resulting XML.

[Omer259]

Get some network support errors when trying to build the suite. Is there any sample test available that uses fixed resolutions instead of the auto-resolution option that I could reference?

.....

Enter suite description: Custom resolution options for madmax

[PROBLEM] Network support is needed to obtain pts/photo-sample-1.0.1 data.

[PROBLEM] Network support is needed to obtain pts/phpbench-1.1.1 data.

....

Thanks

[Omer259]

Nvm the error was occurring because I couldn't connect to openbenchmarking.org.
Seems to be fixed now and I think modifying suite-definition.xml file to run at the desired resolutions will work for me.

Thanks for the help Michael

[Michael]

Great, cheers.