WinUAE Speed

Rock_Lobster · 26 July 2005, 09:54

How powerful a PC do you need to run WinUAE as fast as a real A1200?

I ask because this is my PC spec:

Athlon64 3000+
1024mb RAM
256mb Geforce 6800
10krpm S-ATA HD

And WinUAE is waaaay slower than my A1200. Even just in workbench.

Anyone got any tips for speeding things up?

Stig · 26 July 2005, 10:10

Quote:

Pentium III 1GHz (or higher)
128MB of RAM
PCI sound-card
PCI or AGP graphics-card
Windows 9x/Me/2000/XP with DirectX 8.0 (or higher)

http://winuaehelp.back2roots.org/started/require.htm

"Athlon64"

Rock_Lobster · 26 July 2005, 10:49

Whats wrong with an Athlon64? It's waaaaay more powerful than the 1Ghz pIII stated in the requirements. It benchmarks above a P4 3.0Ghz !

So your point is?

PS I'm not running 64-bit windows.

thomas · 26 July 2005, 10:55

I don't know how 32bit apps run on a 64bit processor, but I think it should be much faster than any Amiga which ever existed, even with an overclocked 68060/PPC.

Check options:

CPU: 68020 or higher wird JIT enabled, "Fastest possible but..." and CPU idle somewhere in the middle.
Priority: try "normal" or "below normal"

Rock_Lobster · 26 July 2005, 11:01

I also have an old 32-bit Athlon1600, it runs WinUAE about the same.

And 32-bit apps run just fine on 64-bit chips. I run 32-bit windowsXP, and all my software is 32-bit. It all runs fine, and blazingly fast. I haven't switched to 64-bit software yet at all, because there is very little driver support out there for it at the moment.

As for the configuration of UAE, I'll fiddle some more.

26 July 2005, 11:41

@Rock_Lobster

Like Thomas said, check your WinUAE configuration. Or simply download AIAB or AmigaSYS and check the configuration and speed...

RetroMan · 26 July 2005, 22:07

WinUAE is WAAAAAAAAAY faster than my A2000/060 on an old Athlon 1600+

Rock_Lobster · 27 July 2005, 13:52

I did some fiddling last night and got the speed increased somewhat.

The biggest bottleneck seems to be disk access -- WinUAE is not as fast at reading an HDF as an Amiga is at reading a real HDD.

But apart from that I've got it sorted. I'll post more details later when I'm not so busy at work.

thomas · 27 July 2005, 14:13

Quote:

The biggest bottleneck seems to be disk access -- WinUAE is not as fast at reading an HDF as an Amiga is at reading a real HDD.

Try a lower or higher priority. For me WinUAE almost hangs on disk accesses if I leave the priority at "above normal". But when I choose "below normal" it starts to fly.

As RetroMan says: WinUAE ist more than 10 times faster than a real 68060-equipped Amiga. On WinUAE 68k programs run even faster than their PPC-equivalents on a real Amiga. This is on a 1100MHz AMD Athlon.

Stig · 27 July 2005, 15:48

A P4 1.8ghz + WinUAE run demanding demos such as TBL's Ocean Machine so fast they ridicule my 60hz monitor

Rock_Lobster · 27 July 2005, 16:45

I'll try that priority thing tonight, thanks Thomas.

26 July 2005, 09:54	#1
Rock_Lobster I'm onboard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 25	WinUAE Speed How powerful a PC do you need to run WinUAE as fast as a real A1200? I ask because this is my PC spec: Athlon64 3000+ 1024mb RAM 256mb Geforce 6800 10krpm S-ATA HD And WinUAE is waaaay slower than my A1200. Even just in workbench. Anyone got any tips for speeding things up?

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26 July 2005, 10:49	#3
Rock_Lobster I'm onboard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 25	Whats wrong with an Athlon64? It's waaaaay more powerful than the 1Ghz pIII stated in the requirements. It benchmarks above a P4 3.0Ghz ! So your point is? PS I'm not running 64-bit windows.

26 July 2005, 10:55	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,001	I don't know how 32bit apps run on a 64bit processor, but I think it should be much faster than any Amiga which ever existed, even with an overclocked 68060/PPC. Check options: CPU: 68020 or higher wird JIT enabled, "Fastest possible but..." and CPU idle somewhere in the middle. Priority: try "normal" or "below normal"

26 July 2005, 11:01	#5
Rock_Lobster I'm onboard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 25	I also have an old 32-bit Athlon1600, it runs WinUAE about the same. And 32-bit apps run just fine on 64-bit chips. I run 32-bit windowsXP, and all my software is 32-bit. It all runs fine, and blazingly fast. I haven't switched to 64-bit software yet at all, because there is very little driver support out there for it at the moment. As for the configuration of UAE, I'll fiddle some more.

26 July 2005, 11:41	#6
glwxxx Posts: n/a	@Rock_Lobster Like Thomas said, check your WinUAE configuration. Or simply download AIAB or AmigaSYS and check the configuration and speed...

26 July 2005, 22:07	#7
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	WinUAE is WAAAAAAAAAY faster than my A2000/060 on an old Athlon 1600+

27 July 2005, 13:52	#8
Rock_Lobster I'm onboard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 25	I did some fiddling last night and got the speed increased somewhat. The biggest bottleneck seems to be disk access -- WinUAE is not as fast at reading an HDF as an Amiga is at reading a real HDD. But apart from that I've got it sorted. I'll post more details later when I'm not so busy at work.

27 July 2005, 15:48	#10
Stig Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 47 Posts: 103	A P4 1.8ghz + WinUAE run demanding demos such as TBL's Ocean Machine so fast they ridicule my 60hz monitor

27 July 2005, 16:45	#11
Rock_Lobster I'm onboard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 25	I'll try that priority thing tonight, thanks Thomas.

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