Ohno wrote:
Oh come on, are you trying to spoil my fun? :-P
This has absolutely nothing to do with either WinUAE (I hardly ever use it), nor with enabling vsync (I always enable that in games when I can).
Windows just interrupts every program too often, causing stuttering in the application once every couple of seconds. This kills smoothness and the MiniMig just made me clearly aware of that running side by side with my Windows machine.
I agree with alexh, you need to tweak your WinUAE settings and/or tune your Windows install.
I've been doing some back to back comparisons between WinUAE and a real A1200, and WinUAE can be 95% as good if setup properly. You may still get an occasional hiccup, but it's rare and certainly not every few seconds. As an example, try "Hostyle Takeover" by Loonies... should be super smooth (especially the second half "oneframe" effects), as it is on a real 50 Mhz A1200/1260.
Something to keep in mind -- there are plenty of PC demos which run 100% smooth, and plenty of super-picky PC FPS gamers who are NOT complaining about hiccups.
