First post, by Syphor
Okay, first off, as this appears to be an issue with DB 0.70 itself, I hope I'm posting this in the correct spot... it could probably also fit inside the Developer's forum. Sorry if this is in the wrong area. 😖
Computer Specs:
AMD64 3400+
1.5gb of system ram
WinXP Home SP2
SB Audigy 2 ZS
nVidia Geforce 7600GS/256mb
Running twin 17" monitors, Dualview mode, 1152x864/32b each.
Reproducible: Always on 0.70.
Issue:
I simply cannot run Dosbox - it jumps to 100% CPU usage and sits there, draining everything. Note that this happens no matter what settings I've changed in dosbox.conf, including removing it just to try. I've attempted to set cycles down to 500, with no change. It doesn't freeze, exactly - you can still type into it, yet it responds very, very slowly, just like the rest of the system while it's hanging up.
Things I've done:
Fiddled with dosbox.conf right and left, trying just about all core and video related settings, including random combinations of both.
Checked to make sure that it didn't seem to be due to the monitor the window was on. Note that a similar effect happens on 0.65 (and 0.63) when the window is dragged onto the secondary monitor. (Switch point seems to be somewhere about 50% onto the secondary)
Disabled all audio emulation just in case. No change.
Thoughts:
Since the older versions did it when off the primary screen device, it might be something video-related? Dunno how much testing's been done with multimonitor machines. I really have no idea beyond that. 0.65 runs beautifully. For the moment I've run back to 0.65... Suggestions, anyone?