Hi everyone,

First off, I 'm new to DOSbox but abslutely LOVE it! I'm so thankful for it, so please don't take my questions or comments as critical. OK, here's the thing...

My PC: XP Pro, P4 3Ghz, Geforce Ti-4200 128MB, 1GB RAM, Gigabyte mobo.

Every other emulator I use (MAME, Finalburn Alpha, Nestopia, Magic Engine etc.) has no screen tearing. Most have built-in vsync and triple buffering and they work great. Very smooth, no performance hit.

But on DOSbox, when I enable double buffering in fullscreen, performace is very bad. Even with the most basic settings (no scaler, no aspect etc.). None of my video driver (Forceware 93.71) settings help.

EXAMPLE: running a really simple game like Monster Bash (old 2D sidescroller) I get terrible screen tearing. Enabling double buffers in fullscreen fixes the tearing, but it makes the game and the sound skippy. So either I have bad screen tearing, or I have skippy sound and movement.

MY QUESTION: Why do all those other emulators run smoothly when buffered, and DOSbox stutters? And is there any possible way to fic it?

Lastly - does anyone have a computer that runs DOSbox smoothly without screen tearing? If so, what are its specs?

THANK YOU for reading and any insight you might offer.