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running slow?

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First post, by dgw

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I've just downloaded and installed Dosbox. However when I start it, it is very slow and basically renders my PC useless as the response times is very long. I'm running XP. Am I doing something wrong?
Thx.

Reply 1 of 5, by Freddo

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dgw wrote:

Am I doing something wrong?

Possibly.

You won't get a better answer than that without telling us what kind of computer you have or how you configure/run DOSBox.

Reply 2 of 5, by dgw

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Thanks for replying. My PC specs are:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66Ghz)

Mem: 4GB DDR 667

Harddisk: SATA 7200RPM

I have not made any changes to DosBox config, other than install it and started it up. Any help would be appreciated. I want to run Frontier II.

Cheers,
Darren.

Reply 3 of 5, by HunterZ

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So your whole system is slow and unresponsive, or just programs running inside of DOSBox?

Also, what is the video hardware in your system?

Reply 4 of 5, by Freddo

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dgw wrote:

I have not made any changes to DosBox config, other than install it and started it up. Any help would be appreciated. I want to run Frontier II..

Write this line before you start the game;
CYCLES 20000

Reply 5 of 5, by lightmaster

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otoh if you're running fullscreen try another output option like opengl or ddraw