speeding up emulation

zheero · May 13th, 2007, 19:22

some tweaks and tricks for your emulator

*to get all your cpu juice, try to disable all running processes while keeping your pc at its end. these processes are much like the antiviruses, softwares running in background. etc. go to task. and on the processes tab end all familiar processes. be careful not to end some of the systems processes or your pc will crash.

*add more resource. try disabling some startup programs that can consume some usages.

*another tip, go to control panel>system>advanced tab>performance>click settings then tick "adjust for best performance". this will allow you to consume cpu usage from the desktop themes. yet your desktop will look like a win 98 lol. btw when i did this my pokemon diamond speed boosted like 80% - 140% when outside. so this will help alot.

*in game settings go to options>emulation choose desired settings, tip: settings with fast subtitles are suitable for best performance.

*speed up your cpu, if your motherboard supports ai overclocking, try setting it to your desired frequency, to do this. go to bios menu, on the advanced tab select jumperfree configuration, choose ai overclocking select overclocking profile and choose the desired frequency. i chose 10% for me because when i choose a higher frequency my computer crashes.

*if you have an hyperthreading cpu. try disabling it. you'll gain a bunch of performance on the emulator. to do this. go to the bios menu. and look for cpu technology. while on dual core cpu. although the emulator supports dual core, check if its using all its cpu power. to check open task manager, right click on the emulator. go to set affinity and make sure all cpu boxes are ticked.

*set the processing priority of your emulator. to do this, open your emulator, press ctrl+alt+delete go to processes tab. right click on your emulator name select set priority and choose high. like some users said. making it on realtime will crash the emulator.

-i gained 40% of performance by doing this
-changing the video settings doesnt speed up emulation.
-if you are desperate enough to play. buy a high end pc. lol
-this guide was made for noobs and lazy gamers who doesnt use the search button.
i dont need any credits for these. have fun playing guys!

RedOnyx · May 16th, 2007, 01:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by zheero

*set the processing priority of your emulator. to do this, open your emulator, press ctrl+alt+delete go to processes tab. right click on your emulator name select set priority and choose high. like some users said. making it on realtime will crash the emulator.

Thanks for the tips! I got a big boost just from setting it to AboveNormal.

sigmax · May 16th, 2007, 14:37

Nice tips for noobs xD.

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zheero · May 22nd, 2007, 13:25

well yeah. and for the newcomers.

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 22nd, 2007, 13:43

This only helps if you have a crap/older PC...newer ones like mine don't benefit at all.

By the way I actually finally read this today. Are you insane?....Your'e telling some random person to overclock their PC....dude if they don't know what they are doing they can completely destroy their CPU and just about every other part if they really really don't know what they are doing....especially if they don't have a ton of cooling devices in their PC. If you don't know much about PC's...and don't have at least 4 fans (if that's even enough) in your case don't even think about overclocking. Heck I know a fair bit about PC's and I will never overclock, I am too damn scared of what could happen. Oh and by the way...that's irreparable damage one could cause, in other words BANG! ...PC gone.

There is however one ABSOLUTELY SUREFIRE REVOLUTIONARY GURAN-DAMN-TEED way of increasing speed. Read Below.

BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT VERSION !!!!

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Coolsvilleman · May 22nd, 2007, 14:05

I agree with most things except this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zheero

*set the processing priority of your emulator. to do this, open your emulator, press ctrl+alt+delete go to processes tab. right click on your emulator name select set priority and choose high. like some users said. making it on realtime will crash the emulator.

If your system is setup correctly this should make no difference. Then again this is for noob's who probably don't have a correctly setup system. Even so I've heard tale of people who set process' to realtime and get 50% increase which is utter B.S. unless something else in the background was talking up alot of CPU cycles. In that case your system obviously has been setup incorrectly or you are doing something stupid (running virus scanner while gaming :X ).

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ShakirMole · May 22nd, 2007, 14:26

so what was all that about schumi

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 22nd, 2007, 14:41

? What do you mean? Overcloking is a very dangerous thing and can very easily completely destroy your PC or at least your CPU.

As for the suggestion about speed.....well it's true, it's the best way of increasing speed without all this other nonsense that as Coolsvilleman said would only help un/badly optimised systems or risking your PC's wellfare.

sigmax · May 22nd, 2007, 19:31

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Originally Posted by SCHUMI-4-EVA

? What do you mean? Overcloking is a very dangerous thing and can very easily completely destroy your PC or at least your CPU.

As for the suggestion about speed.....well it's true, it's the best way of increasing speed without all this other nonsense that as Coolsvilleman said would only help un/badly optimised systems or risking your PC's wellfare.

I agree with you Overcloking a pc is dangerous if you're a noob using pc.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 22nd, 2007, 19:50

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Originally Posted by sigmax

I agree with you Overcloking a pc is dangerous if you're a noob using pc.

In that case it's newb....but overclocking is dangerous regardless of your experience, even experienced overclockers are known to mess up and destroy their parts.

ShakirMole · May 23rd, 2007, 14:32

i meant about the big space left and waiting for the next version

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 23rd, 2007, 15:12

That was for effect.....which was obviously lost somehow...

zheero · May 23rd, 2007, 15:20

oh sorry if i forgot to put on that overclocking is very risky.. most of pentium processors have a technology that restarts your computer whenever it reaches a high temperature around 70-80deg i think. well that cud mean that you should revert your settings back to normal. but it wont damage you processor trust me it happened to me. reaching 80deg really freaked me out. but now it is normal. i have a 3.06ghz p4 and overclocked it to 15% where it made my processor running at 3.6ghz. it makes alot of difference. lol

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 23rd, 2007, 15:35

Overheating causes damage....it may not be instant, but if a PC part is contantly overheating it's slowly but surely decreasing it's lifespan and reliability.

vagos08 · May 23rd, 2007, 23:15

schumi trying to tell us that even pc has a health points (HP) bar...

are they level up too?

Silent Xenocide · May 24th, 2007, 02:10

Jesus I can't wait till the next version. Speed upgrade would be great.

zheero · May 24th, 2007, 06:10

well yeah overheating reduces lifespan but who knows when will it stop working..

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 24th, 2007, 11:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by vagos08

schumi trying to tell us that even pc has a health points (HP) bar...

are they level up too?

Well if one would look at the world from a gaming perspective then yeah everything has hitpoints, even a rock.

PC's can "level up" by upgrading their parts (aside from the motherboard, that's a whole new pc)

vagos08 · May 24th, 2007, 11:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCHUMI-4-EVA

Well if one would look at the world from a gaming perspective then yeah everything has hitpoints, even a rock.

PC's can "level up" by upgrading their parts (aside from the motherboard, that's a whole new pc)

if a level 100 pc is theoretically a dual core with a geforce 8800 windows vista etc my pc is at level around 70..Whats yours?

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 24th, 2007, 11:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by vagos08

if a level 100 pc is theoretically a dual core with a geforce 8800 windows vista etc my pc is at level around 70..Whats yours?

Actually untill propper drivers appear XP > Vista so a level 100 PC would have XP at the moment.
Well let's see...I have XP and one of the strongest single-cores ever made (AMD Athlon64 3700+)...1GB RAM (regular old DDR400) and my graphics card is an ATI Radeon X850XT which is the 2nd/3rd best graphics card from 3 generations ago...so I think that would put me around level 55 XD

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May 13th, 2007, 19:22	#1
zheero so-called-spongebob Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 79	speeding up emulation some tweaks and tricks for your emulator to get all your cpu juice, try to disable all running processes while keeping your pc at its end. these processes are much like the antiviruses, softwares running in background. etc. go to task. and on the processes tab end all familiar processes. be careful not to end some of the systems processes or your pc will crash. add more resource. try disabling some startup programs that can consume some usages. another tip, go to control panel>system>advanced tab>performance>click settings then tick "adjust for best performance". this will allow you to consume cpu usage from the desktop themes. yet your desktop will look like a win 98 lol. btw when i did this my pokemon diamond speed boosted like 80% - 140% when outside. so this will help alot. in game settings go to options>emulation choose desired settings, tip: settings with fast subtitles are suitable for best performance. speed up your cpu, if your motherboard supports ai overclocking, try setting it to your desired frequency, to do this. go to bios menu, on the advanced tab select jumperfree configuration, choose ai overclocking select overclocking profile and choose the desired frequency. i chose 10% for me because when i choose a higher frequency my computer crashes. if you have an hyperthreading cpu. try disabling it. you'll gain a bunch of performance on the emulator. to do this. go to the bios menu. and look for cpu technology. while on dual core cpu. although the emulator supports dual core, check if its using all its cpu power. to check open task manager, right click on the emulator. go to set affinity and make sure all cpu boxes are ticked. *set the processing priority of your emulator. to do this, open your emulator, press ctrl+alt+delete go to processes tab. right click on your emulator name select set priority and choose high. like some users said. making it on realtime will crash the emulator. -i gained 40% of performance by doing this -changing the video settings doesnt speed up emulation. -if you are desperate enough to play. buy a high end pc. lol -this guide was made for noobs and lazy gamers who doesnt use the search button. i dont need any credits for these. have fun playing guys!

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May 16th, 2007, 14:37	#3
sigmax Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 1,252	Nice tips for noobs xD. __________________ I like anime just a little

May 22nd, 2007, 13:25	#4
zheero so-called-spongebob Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 79	well yeah. and for the newcomers.

May 22nd, 2007, 13:43	#5
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,411	This only helps if you have a crap/older PC...newer ones like mine don't benefit at all. By the way I actually finally read this today. Are you insane?....Your'e telling some random person to overclock their PC....dude if they don't know what they are doing they can completely destroy their CPU and just about every other part if they really really don't know what they are doing....especially if they don't have a ton of cooling devices in their PC. If you don't know much about PC's...and don't have at least 4 fans (if that's even enough) in your case don't even think about overclocking. Heck I know a fair bit about PC's and I will never overclock, I am too damn scared of what could happen. Oh and by the way...that's irreparable damage one could cause, in other words BANG! ...PC gone. There is however one ABSOLUTELY SUREFIRE REVOLUTIONARY GURAN-DAMN-TEED way of increasing speed. Read Below. BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT VERSION !!!! Last edited by SCHUMI_4EVER; May 22nd, 2007 at 13:55..

May 22nd, 2007, 14:26	#7
ShakirMole The Alpha and Omega Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tanzania Posts: 304	so what was all that about schumi __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ Join Irc server #thegoldcafe on channel irc.star-fleet.net and get rom compatibility lists for iDeaS,no$gba,and others and all your emulation needs Alternatively, you could join through the java website which links directly to thegoldcafe channel http://www.dscompatibilitydatabases.co.nr/ Professor Layton Walkthrough with excellent coverage and pics http://professorlaytonwalkthrough.blogspot.com/

May 22nd, 2007, 14:41	#8
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,411	? What do you mean? Overcloking is a very dangerous thing and can very easily completely destroy your PC or at least your CPU. As for the suggestion about speed.....well it's true, it's the best way of increasing speed without all this other nonsense that as Coolsvilleman said would only help un/badly optimised systems or risking your PC's wellfare.

May 23rd, 2007, 14:32	#11
ShakirMole The Alpha and Omega Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tanzania Posts: 304	i meant about the big space left and waiting for the next version __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ Join Irc server #thegoldcafe on channel irc.star-fleet.net and get rom compatibility lists for iDeaS,no$gba,and others and all your emulation needs Alternatively, you could join through the java website which links directly to thegoldcafe channel http://www.dscompatibilitydatabases.co.nr/ Professor Layton Walkthrough with excellent coverage and pics http://professorlaytonwalkthrough.blogspot.com/

May 23rd, 2007, 15:12	#12
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,411	That was for effect.....which was obviously lost somehow...

May 23rd, 2007, 15:20	#13
zheero so-called-spongebob Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 79	oh sorry if i forgot to put on that overclocking is very risky.. most of pentium processors have a technology that restarts your computer whenever it reaches a high temperature around 70-80deg i think. well that cud mean that you should revert your settings back to normal. but it wont damage you processor trust me it happened to me. reaching 80deg really freaked me out. but now it is normal. i have a 3.06ghz p4 and overclocked it to 15% where it made my processor running at 3.6ghz. it makes alot of difference. lol

May 23rd, 2007, 15:35	#14
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,411	Overheating causes damage....it may not be instant, but if a PC part is contantly overheating it's slowly but surely decreasing it's lifespan and reliability.

May 23rd, 2007, 23:15	#15
vagos08 Lucario's Tamer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: GREECE!!! Posts: 180	schumi trying to tell us that even pc has a health points (HP) bar... are they level up too?

May 24th, 2007, 02:10	#16
Silent Xenocide Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 22	Jesus I can't wait till the next version. Speed upgrade would be great.

May 24th, 2007, 06:10	#17
zheero so-called-spongebob Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 79	well yeah overheating reduces lifespan but who knows when will it stop working..