Main Menu buggy in lowres

[NickLM71]

Hi,

I have my 600gs connected to an LCD tv (Polaroid make, it's quote old!). It really struggles to play games on the native resolution 1920x1080@60 (Monitor native mode), the games are laggy and running about half speed.

If I change the display on the 600gs to 1280x720@50 the games run perfect at the correct speed, however the main 600gs menu then becomes unusable, the disk images on the main screen are huge! The menu on the left side is only half visible, and there is no option to scroll around the screen to select things.

Is this a known issue?

Thanks,

Nick.

[E5150]

Are you playing games from (imported) ADF, WHDLoad or from custom system?

[NickLM71]

From imported ADF's and actual disks using drawbridge.

[E5150]

I had a similar problem.

When you import ADF there are options for JIT , customize momory setup and Use faster Chipset and USe Turbo Speed Floppy Drive (for ADF images), Play around with those option to get optimal settings and performance per game.

When not gaming, does the main A600GS launcher work fine or it is also lagging on 1080p?

[NickLM71]

That doesn't seem to work either. I select A1200 select Jit, the game still runs at about half speed when the display is set to native on my TV, but runs fine when the TV is set to a lower (720p) resolution.

The actual main menu works fine with regards to speed on a higher or lower resolution, it just bugs out on low res, the ability to scroll round disappears and it's impossible to then do anything other than switch it off and on again!

[SkulleateR]

To avoid all of those issues on many TVs and older monitors we would need two resolution options, one for the A600GS/A1200NG menu and one for the native Amiga Screen Output or at least a resolution option choosable for each config ...

That way you can use the menu in an other resolution and aspect as the output later on !

[E5150]

I would go to Amisphere Profile => Advanced Update => then check all the options (applications.lhapps, system.lhapps, programs.lhapps and amiberry.deb, a600gs.deb) and Install selected archives. After that restart the machine.

I would also play around with Display options:
- Single or Double Line Mode
- Display Correct Aspect Ratio

Also did you check your power adapter? The A600GS needs at least 5V/3A 20W to be sure.

[SkulleateR]

I would go to Amisphere Profile => Advanced Update => then check all the options (applications.lhapps, system.lhapps, programs.lhapps and amiberry.deb, a600gs.deb) and Install selected archives. After that restart the machine.

I would also play around with Display options:
- Single or Double Line Mode
- Display Correct Aspect Ratio

That won´t do anything to the emulation speed for normal games ...

I guess that´s due to a not correct working res on THAT particular LCD TV ! I would first of test another monitor before doing something crazy that is unnecessary ...

[E5150]

That won´t do anything to the emulation speed for normal games ...

I guess that´s due to a not correct working res on THAT particular LCD TV ! I would first of test another monitor before doing something crazy that is unnecessary ...

I'm just suggesting what I did when I had some issues. It also came to my mind that his TV is the problem but forgot to edit the post.
Your suggestion seems like the most logical solution.

[NickLM71]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestions. It's definitely the TV, it all works fine on my monitor that I use for work, but slow as heck when connected to my tv on high res. Sorted now though, I've managed to get hold of another monitor (thanks work!!), and am now using that. the GS is set to high res and games run perfect on it - yay The TV has now been consigned to the loft for the rest of time lol!

There are definite bugs that AmigaKit need to look at when the GS is running in low res mode though, it becomes impossible to navigate!

Thanks again all