New Computer with Pentium4 3.0Ghz HT: Winuae SLOW!! - Page 2

DamienD · 01 December 2006, 23:08

Exactly Galaxy

...everything prior to vroom6sri's post is ancient and irrelevant.

PeterK · 02 December 2006, 00:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by adix

Look at the date of the post (30 June 2003, 21:54)

OOOPPPPSSS, sorry please !!

I must admit, I'm coming more than 3 years too late with my reply

The 0.8.22r7 was the release number reported in the logfiles.

vroom6sri · 02 December 2006, 19:11

After about 3hours of messing with my config I seem to have got it back up to speed. I had to change the display filter settings for some reason. Not sure why because I haven't installed any new display drivers or any drivers for anything in the last month or so!

Strange thing is this new filter config I am using seems to be working better. Running a load of the old Silents & Spaceballs demos and everything seems tip top. Before I was getting blank or incomplete screens during some demos but now all seems OK.

Another oddity is that I seem to now have a new on-screen LED which I think is to do with the sound. Pretty sure it wasn't there before. This LEaDs me on (ha-ha) to yet another question... What do the values in the 1st 3 LEDs represnt and what are good values (if this is relevant). Mine are displaying the following: 0 to +4 (fluctuates), 100, 50.
Am I right in assuming that the 2nd & 3rd readings are CPU efficiency and FPS?

Doc Mindie · 02 December 2006, 20:15

To me it sounds like WinUAE doesn't Intel CPU's... seeing as "everyone" reports flying performance when using AMD CPU :scratch

Okay.. So Tony is secretly promoting AMD nowadays..... :P

Ironclaw · 02 December 2006, 21:41

Mine is a pentium 1.6ghz and it's flyin'. I's all about the settings..... and some are not skilled enough or understand exactly how winuae works and therefore could use screwed up settings

, and then complain saying the problem of slowdown is winuae's fault.

vroom6sri · 03 December 2006, 00:05

I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining about WinUAE. I know I know very little about computers but I know I LOVE WinUAE and have made a donation to reflect that. I'm just baffled as to why it went from running sweet to running pooh.

After some further messing with the settings I think I have figured out that the reason some of the demos were now working was because I was emulating and A1200 not an A4000.

Now... about these LEDs...

DamienD · 03 December 2006, 00:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by vroom6sri

I know I LOVE WinUAE and have made a donation to reflect that

Same

WinUAE rocks and Toni deserves as much support that we can possibly give him for all the years of hard work he puts in (obviously for me this support comes as by bug testing + a donation as I can't really offer anything else, wish I could)

Toni Wilen · 03 December 2006, 16:11

Interesting posts but not much info, like winuaebootlog.txt and used configuration, screen modes etc..

Quote:

To me it sounds like WinUAE doesn't Intel CPU's... seeing as "everyone" reports flying performance when using AMD CPU :scratch

Okay.. So Tony is secretly promoting AMD nowadays

I was secretly promoting AMD but not anymore, Core Duo 2 E6600 @ 3.3GHz now

vroom6sri · 03 December 2006, 16:20

Toni - is it worth me posting that info you mention? I seem to have it working again but am now baffled as to why it stopped working in the 1st place when all I did was restore BIOS defaults and run Checkdisk following an apparent problem with my HD.

BY THE WAY... Is there a WinUAE manual that I can download. Might help me start to learn me ass from me elbow!

JimC · 13 December 2006, 18:29

I've found my speed problem!! In case others have this problem, as well.
I suspected speed throttling since it is a laptop, but none of the power settings helped, nor did any 3rd party apps to regulate the CPU speed.
With WinUAE running, my cpu went from 1.99GHz to 450Mhz WTF?!?!

So I pulled out my PVR PC tower since I haven't used it in a while...
AmiKit actually runs better on that 1.2Ghz AMD Duron w/256MB RAM than that fast laptop with 1GB RAM. Downloaded a bunch of demos from ADA and everything is nice and smooth..with the exception of a few AGA/GFX demos which pause for a few mills every 5 sec... that's ok

I wish I could use that laptop, but I can't take the up and downs!

Toni Wilen · 13 December 2006, 18:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimC

I've found my speed problem!! In case others have this problem, as well.
I suspected speed throttling since it is a laptop, but none of the power settings helped, nor did any 3rd party apps to regulate the CPU speed.
With WinUAE running, my cpu went from 1.99GHz to 450Mhz WTF?!?!

Thermal throttling? (crappy laptop if it happens so easily..)

Try adjusting WinUAE's CPU Idle slider couple of steps to prevent 100% CPU use when emulated Amiga is idle.

JimC · 14 December 2006, 14:49

I've tried everything, CPU idle... below normal..etc
It happens right away, not just when it was hot.
When I started seeing the same behavior on DOSBox under Linux, then I started thinking it's definately the hardware...
I'm loving my old PC now... AmigaSys is even faster!

02 December 2006, 19:11	#23
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 845	Success!!! (?) After about 3hours of messing with my config I seem to have got it back up to speed. I had to change the display filter settings for some reason. Not sure why because I haven't installed any new display drivers or any drivers for anything in the last month or so! Strange thing is this new filter config I am using seems to be working better. Running a load of the old Silents & Spaceballs demos and everything seems tip top. Before I was getting blank or incomplete screens during some demos but now all seems OK. Another oddity is that I seem to now have a new on-screen LED which I think is to do with the sound. Pretty sure it wasn't there before. This LEaDs me on (ha-ha) to yet another question... What do the values in the 1st 3 LEDs represnt and what are good values (if this is relevant). Mine are displaying the following: 0 to +4 (fluctuates), 100, 50. Am I right in assuming that the 2nd & 3rd readings are CPU efficiency and FPS? Last edited by vroom6sri; 02 December 2006 at 19:21.

03 December 2006, 16:20	#29
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 845	Toni - is it worth me posting that info you mention? I seem to have it working again but am now baffled as to why it stopped working in the 1st place when all I did was restore BIOS defaults and run Checkdisk following an apparent problem with my HD. BY THE WAY... Is there a WinUAE manual that I can download. Might help me start to learn me ass from me elbow! Last edited by vroom6sri; 04 December 2006 at 20:00.

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01 December 2006, 23:08	#21
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Exactly Galaxy ...everything prior to vroom6sri's post is ancient and irrelevant.

02 December 2006, 20:15	#24
Doc Mindie In deep Trouble Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manchester, Made in Norway Age: 51 Posts: 841	To me it sounds like WinUAE doesn't Intel CPU's... seeing as "everyone" reports flying performance when using AMD CPU :scratch Okay.. So Tony is secretly promoting AMD nowadays..... :P

02 December 2006, 21:41	#25
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 45 Posts: 3,313	Mine is a pentium 1.6ghz and it's flyin'. I's all about the settings..... and some are not skilled enough or understand exactly how winuae works and therefore could use screwed up settings , and then complain saying the problem of slowdown is winuae's fault.

03 December 2006, 00:05	#26
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 845	I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining about WinUAE. I know I know very little about computers but I know I LOVE WinUAE and have made a donation to reflect that. I'm just baffled as to why it went from running sweet to running pooh. After some further messing with the settings I think I have figured out that the reason some of the demos were now working was because I was emulating and A1200 not an A4000. Now... about these LEDs...

13 December 2006, 18:29	#30
JimC Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Age: 50 Posts: 14	I've found my speed problem!! In case others have this problem, as well. I suspected speed throttling since it is a laptop, but none of the power settings helped, nor did any 3rd party apps to regulate the CPU speed. With WinUAE running, my cpu went from 1.99GHz to 450Mhz WTF?!?! So I pulled out my PVR PC tower since I haven't used it in a while... AmiKit actually runs better on that 1.2Ghz AMD Duron w/256MB RAM than that fast laptop with 1GB RAM. Downloaded a bunch of demos from ADA and everything is nice and smooth..with the exception of a few AGA/GFX demos which pause for a few mills every 5 sec... that's ok I wish I could use that laptop, but I can't take the up and downs!

14 December 2006, 14:49	#32
JimC Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Age: 50 Posts: 14	I've tried everything, CPU idle... below normal..etc It happens right away, not just when it was hot. When I started seeing the same behavior on DOSBox under Linux, then I started thinking it's definately the hardware... I'm loving my old PC now... AmigaSys is even faster!

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