Reply 20 of 23, by mirekluza
>I have a P4 mobile 2.4 Ghz notebook from dell with 1GB memory
> and the game is so so playable
IMHO on your configuration it should be ok. I have 1Ghz Athlon and it is about the border line as far as speed is concerned. Athlon processors are better for DOSBOX (long instruction pipeline in P4 does not like CPU emulator 😀 ), but nevetheless I think your processor is far better than mine
Some suggestions:
-experimenting with cycles/frameskip (as described in DOSBOX readme)
- do not use any scaler (even the normal2x - or whatever is its name - slows things down noticebly)
- run with 16 bit color desktop (32 bit is slower)
- use MPU-401 for music - this usually enables (at least in my case) to run game with more cycles without sound stuttering
- try different output methods:surface/overlay/OpenGL
- full screen is quicker for "surface" (but not for OpenGL)
- some people say that "overlay" runs quicker for them
Mirek