Reply 20 of 22, by BEEN_Nath_58
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Agathosdaimon wrote on 2021-03-01, 11:16:thanks for that info - so QEMU is like PCEM then? is it better than pcem? PCEM has proven to be more demanding on my system than any of the VM programs i have used - Virtualbox and VMware namely which all seem to be able to use my systems gfx capabilities, while PCEM i think is just trying to emulate it all itself - my attempt to run FS 2000 on a PCEM system with specs well in teh recommended range for that old game, just have it running unplayably slow. fortunatey i can run fs2000 well in windows 10 now
QEMU is far less intensive than PCem. It has more features than PCem but it isn't as accurate. For example, emulating a Pentium 2 333MHz on a 3.4GHz Ryzen 5 1600 runs the emulator at 50-60% speed under heavy load.
Setting up QEMU can be tricky but once you are done, you can use it without problems. I prefer more portability so I use PCem, mainly to run MechWarrior 2.
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