Need help running Games so it dont lag

[Oblivion2]

I have pentium 3 550 mhz processor
256 mb or ram
and geforce 2 video card

I think this should be more then efficient to run 64 roms.
but it doesnt run them good enough, at the title it will run 60 fps but at parts of the game gets going it is choppy and runs at 45 fps. Iwant to know a way to make it run so its not laggy, it is only using 45 percent cpu usage on the emulator and thats why I want to know if there is a way to make it run 80 percent cpu usage and real time mode didnt do it anything.

so any help would be appreciated.

 

[Trotterwatch]

Your CPU is too slow despite what you may think. Try turning sound off, lowering graphics details probably won't help though as you aren't really graphics card limited.

Changing CF may help with speed too, but can have an unwelcome impact on stability etc

1964 may be the better emulator for you used in conjucted with Jabos D3D6 plugin from PJ64.

 

[NeoNFITC]

While your system is much more powerful than the the N64, the hardware of the N64 is dedicated where your system is capable of multi-tasking. That takes considerably more processing power than dedication, even if there's only one thing running at any given time.
Calculating exactly what speed is necessary is not a simple thing.

 

[Smiff]

FYI, that system's not fast enough to run an accurate SNES emulator.
but PJ64 is a lot less precise. you can speed up PJ64 (probably still not enough) by using HLE audio and send Alists to audio plugin (see docs).. or try other emus.

 

[Oblivion2]

snes9x is 100 percent perfect accurate emulator and I can run it on my pentium 2 450 mhz on my other computer without problems, so whatever to that smiff. We arent even talking about snes emulators you just want to get off the subject and down grade my computer and make fun of it more.

btw what is CF? Yeah I tried running 1964 but that video plugin isnt so great the sky is missing and other stuff. I'm trying to find a good video plugin for geforce 2, but it still is a bit laggy. Thanx for your help though and suggestions, still isnt there a way to make the computer focus its cpu usage on the emulator so I dont get it to lag. Btw in your system requirements I read that it says the system requirements was 600 mhz and I'm 50 mhz off, so its not that bad. I still don't think these emulators lag, I mean I can play half life 2 and other high quality games.

 

[dukenukem]

Well you aren't gonna see full speed onpj64 but mrio64,star foxshould definately have pretty good speed on that system since pj64 could run it close to full speed om my celeron 533mhz system.

 

[Trotterwatch]

btw what is CF? Yeah I tried running 1964 but that video plugin isnt so great the sky is missing and other stuff. I'm trying to find a good video plugin for geforce 2, but it still is a bit laggy. Thanx for your help though and suggestions, still isnt there a way to make the computer focus its cpu usage on the emulator so I dont get it to lag. Btw in your system requirements I read that it says the system requirements was 600 mhz and I'm 50 mhz off, so its not that bad. I still don't think these emulators lag, I mean I can play half life 2 and other high quality games.

Well cycle accurate Snes emulation which is what I believe Smiff was referring to actually takes a lot more than the CPU you have. I think 2ghz was the minimum, Zsnes though is a decent enough emulator though not 100% accurate the layman is not really going to notice much difference.

CF is counter factor (if I remember correctly) just changes the timing slightly which is why it may improve speed but will also in some cases totally degrade the stability which is why it isn't recommended to do.

As for the graphics plugin problem in 1964, use Jabos D3D6 from PJ64. The sky issue if it is for something like Goldeneye, then it is a common issue caused by imperfect emulation and not your graphics card.

1964 is still your best bet I'm afraid, but try the HLE audio approach too.

Your CPU is still too slow, the requirements you are 50mhz short of are the minimum ones, not the recommended.

As for the comparison between emulator performance and regular PC game performance like Half Life 2, it's not really a valid comparison.

No one is trying to belittle you or your computer though.

 

[squall_leonhart]

snes9x is 100 percent perfect accurate emulator and I can run it on my pentium 2 450 mhz on my other computer without problems, so whatever to that smiff.

btw.. considering Smiff is one of the devs of PJ64.. im pretty sure he would know the requirements pretty damn well..

also btw... theres no way you can emulate a snes on that... i tried on a friends K6 450 and it was way to slow. and the k6 has more features then the p2...

 

[Trotterwatch]

also btw... theres no way you can emulate a snes on that... i tried on a friends K6 450 and it was way to slow. and the k6 has more features then the p2...

False - I have used a K6-2 450 and it did indeed run pretty much everything on Zsnes 100%, also used a P2 350mhz with the same results.

So don't talk crap eh.

Anyways back on topic from this point on....

 

[Smiff]

i'm not trying to "down grade" your computer (i think the word you want is denigrate), i'm just saying you're asking a lot to run N64 emulators on that system. but i did offer a couple of suggestions.
if you really want to play N64 games i'd suggest you up grade your computer. if you had a P3 600 coppermine you could probably overclock it to 800Mhz, but i think the 550 was a hotter version that won't overclock so well. maybe it will.

 

[atticusg47]

I have pentium 3 550 mhz processor
256 mb or ram
and geforce 2 video card

I think this should be more then efficient to run 64 roms.

you are a very confused person, and no you cant tell the cpu to concentrate on one thing in effect using more cpu and speeding up the emulator, the only logical way to do that is to have nothing else running in the background, but that means less lag not more speed. get a better computer

 

[squall_leonhart]

you are a very confused person, and no you cant tell the cpu to concentrate on one thing in effect using more cpu and speeding up the emulator, the only logical way to do that is to have nothing else running in the background, but that means less lag not more speed. get a better computer

err,, actually atticus, you can tell the processor to spend more time on one process by increasing the priority.

ii use the same trick when running alot of programs and listning to music in powerdvd.

i set pdvd to above normal to prevent it from skipping as i load a big web page or file. so in effect.. yes you can give the program more process time.

but its only really affective if you are running other cpu dependant programs.

in this case... the cpu is just TOO SLOW.

 

[atticusg47]

yeah i mean running just one thing which im sure he must be doing otherwise that thing might blow up, you cant make the processor run faster, unless of course you overclocked it

 

[squall_leonhart]

yeah i mean running just one thing which im sure he must be doing otherwise that thing might blow up, you cant make the processor run faster, unless of course you overclocked it

don't be to sure.

i've overclocked a P1 233mmx to 300mhz before