VisualBoyAdvance Optimisation

[ff_guru]

I have an old AMD-K6 running at 533Mhz with 504MB for ram. I cannot get GBA roms to run at full speed (excluding Wario Land 4 for some really strange reason), and I was wondering if anybody here knew sum tweaks to get this thing roaring! THX

-SkullFire<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by ff_guru on 08/25/05 07:40 PM.</FONT></P>

[Kitsune Sniper]

> I have an old AMD-K6 running at 533Mhz with 504MB for ram. I
> cannot get GBA roms to run at full speed (excluding Wario
> Land 4 for some really strange reason), and I was wondering
> if anybody here knew sum tweaks to get this thing roaring!

I don't want to sound like I'm attacking you, but you should -really- get a new CPU. That thing's way way way too old and slow.

Also, you didn't mention what video card you have. A faster card can really help speed up emulation. With some emulators anyway.

[The 9th Sage]

Make sure you are not using any graphical filters...turn sound off or turn it to a lower samplerate....play with the frameskipping settings (may make gameplay choppy but could get the framerate up to something playable).

[RaiBlastoise]

I have a WinME computer at my house that my mother thinks has a virus because it boots so slowly and runs slowly as well.

Well, one day, I looked in the manual for our computer, went to the specs page and what do you know, the CPU is 100mHz!

My mother remains adamant in her claim of virus problems...

[ff_guru]

> I don't want to sound like I'm attacking you, but you should
> -really- get a new CPU. That thing's way way way too old and
> slow. Also, you didn't mention what video card you have. A faster
> card can really help speed up emulation. With some emulators
> anyway.
>
I currently cannot afford a new CPU, but that has been on my priorety list recently. I have an 8MB card and I'm getting my friends 64MB sometime soon. I once had this same computer running the VBA at full speed with sound. I just can't figure out how I did it...

[Agu-Fungus]

The version I'm using, 1.7.1, worked fine with me. Newer versions ran awfully slow.

[Blade556]

Here's a tip:

http://nocash.emubase.de/gba.htmClick here</a>

[Blade556]

Windows ME...100mhz...

...You tool...

Try Windows 95. You can probably find at Pirate Bay.

[The 9th Sage]

> Here's a tip:
>
> Click here

Yah, that's a great guide on VisualBoyAdvance there. <img src=smilies/upeyes.gif>

[Cornellius]

nt

[Blade556]

Suggesting he get a better emulator that is suited for older machines seems good to me...<img src=smilies/magbiggrin.gif>

[maq112k2]

> I currently cannot afford a new CPU, but that has been on my
> priorety list recently. I have an 8MB card and I'm getting
> my friends 64MB sometime soon. I once had this same computer
> running the VBA at full speed with sound. I just can't
> figure out how I did it...

Your 8mb graphics 'card' isn't a card.. it's an integrated grapics processor, which uses system memory to store it's data, and can really deteriorate system performance. Upgrading to a true graphics card could boost things up, but it may not be noticable if your CPU isn't fast enough to keep up.

If you feel brave, check your BIOS to see if you can overclock your computer's CPU. Be forewarned--this could damage the CPU. So, if you're going to do it, do it like this: Make sure you have adequite cooling, adjust the rate by small increments, and lastly, if your computer seems unstable, you've gone too far and thus you should adjust the clock rate so it's not so high.

I'm not going into detail about how to overclock, but you can probably find info online through Google.

[Ice]

Try the version below, than 1.7.2. And in FrameSkip put 0 or 1 'n' switch off sound.