MiniMig + Demo's

[alexh]

Also it was obvious that most of the effects on those demos ran far more smoothly than I've seen anything run on Windows, even though modern Windows games run at hundreds of frames per second.

D'oh! Another user who cant set-up WinUAE. Oh the shame :-)

Create a Windows screen mode of 720x576.

Enable 50Hz refresh.

Use PowerStrip if you need to, although Nvidia control panel is a lot better these days.

Fire up WinUAE, select 720x576 50Hz, vsync, full screen.

Voila, smooth scrolling.

[alexh]

Magic-Merl wrote:
Don't let negative comments ruin your fun.

They are not negative comments, they are positive comments in the form of technical help!

[alexh]

Ohno wrote:
I've seen a lot of them and although there are some really beautiful ones, they suffer from the same issues on all Windows systems I've seen. It's not the programmers' fault. it is simply Windows.

Doesn't happen here. Maybe you should uninstall Norton Antivirus and whatever else you've got lurking in the background.

Out of interest, what did you pay for your MiniMig?

[alexh]

Tomas wrote:
I have tried every trick in the book, but never got it as smooth as the real thing..

What speed is your PC? Maybe it's too slow.

It just aint possible when hosted ontop of a OS like Windows. Background processes will ALWAYS cause a jerk here and there.

It NEVER happens here. I find it hard I am in the minority. Try the "filtered low resolution" setting that drops CPU overhead a lot, and try increasing the ACTIVE task priority which you can do in WinUAE now. Double check you really have a 50Hz screen, XP screws up refresh rates a lot. Manually force a 720x576 50Hz screen before launching WinUAE. Make sure your desktop colour depth matches the screen you choose in WinUAE

Also another problem is lack of video/audio sync.. Even with a modern computer and audio buffer set as low as possible, it will still be lagging a few ms behind graphics. This is to me very noticable, especially with some games.

Out if interest, what games? I'm pretty good at spotting av sync. Many times I'm watching a film, and I spot it and no one else notices it until you point it out. I've tried games and demo's with easily noticable AV sync (Say the Lemon. Announce demo with thunder a lightning) and the audio delay with my Soundblaster Live! is imperceptible.