read dosbox's readme (manual)

I tried all the little tricks in the manual.

what is your dosbox version and where have you got it from?
what is your Operating System?
what are your PC specifications?
post content of "DOSBox Status Window" (in Windows: right click on its title bar -> edit)
enclose your dosbox's config file

Dosbox v.0.73 and I got from the dosbox site.

I am using Vista.

Specs: Intel Dual core 1.73 GHz

Dosbox Status window: DOSBox version 0.73
Copyright 2002-2009 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL.
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CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config file dosbox.conf
MIDI:Opened device:win32
MAPPER: Loading mapper settings from mapper.txt

reinstall dosbox to c:\dosbox

problem is still there.

your .conf is definitely not from 0.73

Here is the conf file from the reinstall.

i don't know what you are doing but this is still definitely not from 0.73
...

Hmm, maybe the changes i made in it ealier stayed after the reinstall.

I now deleted the config file manually and did another clean install. Sorry for the trouble. I appreciate your help.

try fixed cycles

What should I change it to?

try

I tried a couple of different fixed numbers now. I even set it to max, but the issue persists.

core=dynamic
?
what number you tried?

I tried 4000, 3000 and max.

read dosbox's manual

The game works well in DOSBox 0.74. I've used "core=dynamic" and "cycles=max". Performance seems to be a little bit better with Gulikoza's build (090704) though.

There are some quirks, however. First of all the game can't be installed from a mounted directory (virtual CD), which is inconvenient. In fullscreen mode the graphical installer is painfully slow with DOSBox 0.74. For instance, when the install app opens two metal-looking bars are scrolled into the display from the left and right. This happens "line by line", and takes a few seconds, especially in fullscreen mode (windowed seems to be a bit faster). I've had a few instances where the game wouldn't register the left mouse button in menus and i had to use the right button (!). After some clicking around the left button suddenly worked again. There seems to be no way of configuring the controller (button assignment or test) which is stupid for a sports game. To me it seems the DOS port has been done very badly and in a hurry. The game comes with a native Win9x exe (DirectX), so it's no wonder EA didn't put too much effort into the native DOS version.

Oh, and sports games are soooo boring. (;

ADDiCT have you tried fixed cycles for all these problems? (and what is your cpu btw?)

EA still doesn't put too much effort into their pc releases (the latest nhl still doesn't support widescreens but who needs widescreen for nhl game but they should at least offer black stripes as default)