Is there any way to tell the processor speed of the machine that a Flash
movie is running on? I have a processor intensive Flash file (to be run off
a CD ROM) and I want to give the user the ability to select between this
version and a less intense version. I would like to give them a hint as to
which one to select in case they have no idea is their machine is fast
enough.

Using MX2004.

Thanks for any help.

there's no direct way to determine cpu speed. however, you can run a cpu
intensive flash loop and see when the processor starts to slow. that will let
you judge a user's cpu capacity. taking some code from another thread today
you can use the code below. it draws lines on the screen. my 64-bit amd 3400
starts to slow between the 500th and 600th line:


_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc1", 1);
with (mc1) {
this.diffA = new Array();
this.cnt = -1;
this.ccnt = -1;
this.test = 0;
lineStyle(1, 0xFF0000, 100);
moveTo(0, 0);
onEnterFrame = function () {
this.cnt++;
if (this.test) { // every hundred iterations a test is run to see if the
time required to add a new line has slowed from the start of this process
this.test = 0;
this.diffA[this.ccnt] = getTimer()-this.startTime;
trace(this.diffA[this.ccnt]);
if (this.diffA[this.ccnt]>this.diffA[0]+10) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
trace("done "+this.ccnt); // this is where you can determine which
version of your movie to play.
}
}
lineTo(500*Math.random(), 500*Math.random());
if (this.cnt == Math.round(this.cnt/100)*100) {
this.ccnt++;
this.startTime = getTimer();
this.test = 1;
}
};
}

Wow, this is a very good idea!

thanks I will give this a try.


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