i dunno the solution and prolly there isn't any, i have the same problem

i spose Dosbox blows with newer games 😒

(my Police quest 4 runs like a turtle 😠 )

consider that even the first syndicate is awfully slow in DB... so figure how the sequel may go.... and with that cool 3d graphics to aggravate the sit.

proper manipulation of frameskip and cpucycles make at least the first syndicate very runable.
Just be sure to have a fast machine to start with ( under 1 ghz is not fast. around 2 GHZ is acceptable for games using lot's of 3d functions)

no chance here... my syndicate works barely acceptable , with any frameskip/cycle

amd 1800+ / Ati Radeon 9600

what is according to you good cpu cycles ? Like in which ones do you try ?

I've got an amd1800+ as well.

I personally run 90 % of the stuff at 6000 cycles.
although I can get to 10000 as max

so u have amd 1800+ and it works fine with you??? omg then where on hell is the problem ??

u see.... the more i increase the cycles, the choppier animations i see.

thus i thought about 5000 is like the limit to see the game fine.
i'll try increasing further again, but last times result was worse than before.

what;s the point in getting it to 10.000 c'mon!
unplayable

make sure you use:
scaler=none
aspect=false

fulldouble=false
fullfixed=false
fullwidth=0
fullheight=0
output=surface

and run it fullscreen

I seriously doubt you can get syndicate wars running anywhere near decent considering it needed pentium like power.

I would test it with dos32a, but on dosbox 0.63 and dynamic core on dos32a (on dos4gw it works) it crashs when i ...... assing mouse to it ?? (by click or ctr+10)

It's playable (not perfect but somewhat i expected 😜) on hi-res frame skip 1 athlon 1.9/svgalib

Speaking of PQ 4, get the CD release. Not only does it have a Windows version, but it's highly superior to the floppy release - for instance, all backgrounds and numerous objects are reshot in high resolution.