Fastest emulator

[Van Halen Man]

Speed

I am fairly new to N64 emulation, and I have a relatively old comuputer that is pretty slow. Is there any way that I can speed up PJ64 without buying any additional hardware? It is usually around 20 fps. And just out of curiosity, does fps stand for frames per second?

 

[squall_leonhart]

drop the resolution to minimums of 640x480, and yes it does.

 

[Van Halen Man]

It is already at 648X480. I have tried everything I can think of. I tried to use the emulator that I heard was the fastest,Corn, and I can't get it to work. When I open it ther is just a white screeen. There are no menus or anything, just a white screen and the blue bar on top with the windows flag symbol on it.

 

[axcc123]

what is your computer specs

 

[Van Halen Man]

Can anyone tell me what the fastest N64 emulator is. I have a pretty slow computer with win 2000. What would work best?

 

[ScottJC]

1964 is the fastest functional n64 emulator currently available, followed by Project64 but both have advantages over each other.

I'd recommend trying Project64 to see what happens (either way you'll have to install it because some of the best plugins are in that package and trust me you'll need em for 1964), 1964 is definitely the fastest emulator core though.

Strictly speaking the fastest emulator for the n64 is Corn but it only runs Mario64 and isn't compatible with newer os's.

Edit, i almost forgot, if you want to know your system specs, go to your start menu and hit run, type in dxdiag and hit enter. Tell us the key details like CPU Speed, memory and graphics details. If your computer is old do not expect too much from it but we need more info than the operating system to determine that.

 

[Van Halen Man]

.... Well, I don't know a whole lot abouy computers so what are computer specs?

Ok, thanks alot. But are the specs what is on the first tab of the menu that comes up? Ex: Processor, Page file, and memory.

 

[NoeOM]

Do you remember Corn?

I remember of an emulator called Corn. It said to be the first N64 emulator to implement static recompilation and was programmed by ContraSF. Compatibility of corn was pretty low, it run Super Mario 64 and a few more games, but it was the fastest emulator I have ever seen (on a low, low end machine). Try googling for it!

 

[Van Halen Man]

I have tired this one. But I cant get it to work. It has CornL and CornH. When I open either of them, there is just a white screen, and no menus bars or anything, just the white screen and the blue windows bar at the top with the windows flag symbol. How do I lget it to work?

 

[Clements]

Try using Nemu64 or UltraHLE 2064, probably using the Glide64+evoodoo combination. We have nothing to go on since you have not posted any system specifications. If your PC only has a 400MHz processor or slower, I suggest you buy a new PC if you wish to have N64 run adequately.

Edit: Threads merged.

 

[Van Halen Man]

Well According to the DirectX Diagnostics tool I have an unknown P6 processor, ~1.0 GHz. Is there anything else that is needed to know?

 

[Clements]

Unknown P6 processor? Could be a VIA CPU or something similarly odd, as normally it should be identified correctly.

1) Download CPU-Z (it can identify most CPUs including non-AMD/Intel) and post a jpg screenshot of the main tab.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

2) Open dxdiag again and click the display tab in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, and post the name/manufacturer etc. of the device.

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You might want to fill in the details in your Profile (UserCP) on the board so you do not have to state your specs again.

 

[dukenukem]

Just use cpuz as clementssaidit will be of much better help.

 

[Van Halen Man]

Ok it says I have an Intel Celeron 997.7MHz. Anything else?

 

[Doomulation]

And just out of curiosity, does fps stand for frames per second?

drop the resolution to minimums of 640x480, and yes it does.

No, it doesn't. In pj64 it stands for Fields Per Seconds. A synonym for Vertical Interrupts per second, basically.

Gfx card would be a good thing to know. Might include memory too. But take a look in your profile and see the specs fields there. Fill 'em all out, if possible.

 

[NoeOM]

How to run Corn

I have tired this one. But I cant get it to work. It has CornL and CornH. When I open either of them, there is just a white screen, and no menus bars or anything, just the white screen and the blue windows bar at the top with the windows flag symbol. How do I lget it to work?

You may have downloaded the 0.3 upgrade. You need the 0.2 version of Corn, wich comes with more files, and then, replace CornL.exe and CornH.exe with the files you have, that are only to upgrade from 0.2 to 0.3. Good luck!