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cooltrainer Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 1/6 EXP: 184 For next: 95 Since: 05-28-05 Since last post: 155 days Last activity: 137 days |
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For some reason, VisualBoy Advance doesn't run GBA games very fast on my computer. It runs GBC games perfectly fine, though. I've tried other emulators, but they're either not fast enough or don't support sound or something. I've also tried adjusting the frame skip and speed throttle, but then it skips way too much.  Anyone have a solution? |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 8386/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| 1) What are your computer specs? You should be OK with most computers, but if yours is really, really old... 2) You could always try NO$GBA to see if that works for you. |
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cooltrainer Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 2/6 EXP: 184 For next: 95 Since: 05-28-05 Since last post: 155 days Last activity: 137 days |
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| 1) Windows 98, Pentium III, 128 ram. It's old, but it's not too bad. 2) Tried it. Too slow. I've tried every emulator on Zophar (except ones that say they only run demos or homebrews). The closest I've gotten is Boycott Advance. The speed is perfect, but the sound is horrible. There's a bunch of screechy noises in the background.  |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 8405/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Boycott is older than the others and I wouldn't recommend it only because the compatibility might be a bit off. Win98 with a P3 and 128MB RAM... you might be cutting it close. Did you play around with frameskip to see if you could get things running a bit more smoothly? |
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cooltrainer Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 3/6 EXP: 184 For next: 95 Since: 05-28-05 Since last post: 155 days Last activity: 137 days |
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| Yeah, I got it to work fairly good, except during certain parts of games it goes extremely slow. (like wild pokemon battles in pokemon fire red) | |||
Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81  Posts: 1988/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| Have you tried VisualBoy Advance CE? It's supposedly built better than the normal versions. (and runs some games faster, from what I've heard) |
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cooltrainer Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 4/6 EXP: 184 For next: 95 Since: 05-28-05 Since last post: 155 days Last activity: 137 days |
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| Tried it. It only improves the speed a little bit. | |||
KawaiiImoto-e Hammer Brother Level: 49 Posts: 778/1068 EXP: 852917 For next: 30966 Since: 03-15-04 From: In my own little complicated dreamworld Since last post: 16 days Last activity: 4 days |
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| I use a PIII with 450MHz and 128 MB of RAM. 1st: Shut every other programm down, you don't need, that also meens IM-Programms, Internet Browsers, File Sharing Software or Anti Virus Programms ect. I use No$GBA and VBA, VBA runs at about 90%-100%, depending on the Game. No$GBA even works better. (Even run on a P166 with 32MB RAM a Demo* in Black and White). *'cause of support only up to 1 Megabyte |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 9711/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| I (edited by Fettster on 05-29-05 07:59 AM) (edited by Fettster on 05-29-05 08:34 AM) |
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Scatterheart Panser Level: 29 Posts: 192/342 EXP: 143409 For next: 4476 Since: 06-06-04 From: Sydney, Australia Since last post: 17 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| *Drools* I can't wait 'till I upgrade my comp! I'm getting an: Athlon64 3200+ 939 socket 1024MB DDR 400 Dual RAM (maybe more) Two... Count 'em, 1, 2 nVidia some graphics cards that once working together are comparable to the Radeon X800, which is right up the top of the list! *Drools again* And lots of other good stuff!  Anyway, back to the topic: Have you tried altering the resolution/screen size, and filtering 'n stuff? I remember my Secret of Evermore ROM's sound was stuffed. After re-downloading it, it worked fine, so if the sound's only buggered in one ROM, it could be the ROM itself. |
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cooltrainer Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 5/6 EXP: 184 For next: 95 Since: 05-28-05 Since last post: 155 days Last activity: 137 days |
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Originally posted by KawaiiImoto-e I tried what you said, and it worked pretty good. No$gba is running at about 95%, but the game and sound skips a little, which is pretty annoying. It can't be the rom. My brother downloaded the exact same rom onto his computer (which is much faster), and it works perfectly. And besides, all of my GBA roms are running slow. |
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Ten Cheep-cheep Level: 23  Posts: 127/198 EXP: 60153 For next: 7570 Since: 07-24-04 From: Denver Since last post: 69 days Last activity: 32 days |
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| I have pretty much the same problem as you, but when I upgraded my Video Card, VBA just a faster. 60FPS (no frameskip) used to produce speeds of 35-50% percent, now it's 50-65 percent. (edited by Ten on 05-29-05 08:36 PM) |
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GeckoYamori Paratroopa Level: 18 Posts: 14/153 EXP: 25084 For next: 4813 Since: 05-10-05 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 7 hours |
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| I have the same problem as you with VBA, and I can tell right away it doesn't have much to do with how good your computer is. I've used VBA on a 900mhz, 1.6ghz with a GF2MX, and now a 3ghz with Radeon 9800 Pro, but the framerate is equally shitty on all of them. | |||
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cooltrainer Newcomer Level: 4 Posts: 6/6 EXP: 184 For next: 95 Since: 05-28-05 Since last post: 155 days Last activity: 137 days |
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| I finally got it! I googled "visual boy tutorial", and found exactly what I was hoping to find! A site that listed all of VBA's features and explained what options to select if VBA runs slow. My games are all at perfect speed! Wild pokemon battles still go a little slow, but they're bearable! Thanks to everyone who posted in this thread. I appreciate your help!  |
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GeckoYamori Paratroopa Level: 18 Posts: 15/153 EXP: 25084 For next: 4813 Since: 05-10-05 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 7 hours |
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| Damn, that "tutorial" just messed things up even more for me, and it seems like it's beyond repair this time. The framerate is jerky like hell now. | |||
creaothceann Red Paragoomba Level: 11  Posts: 17/50 EXP: 5903 For next: 82 Since: 01-27-05 Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 21 hours |
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| Disable Automatic Frameskipping, if your version of VBA has it. Try the VBA version that can be found here, it has movie support. Disable all video and sound filters. (eg. "Simple 2x" etc.) Set Frame Skip to zero. Try the different output methods; DirectDraw is usually the fastest. Use a fullscreen mode. Try enabling/disabling the "Synchronize Emulation Speed" option. Disable Triple Buffering and VSync. If it runs fast enough, enable Triple Buffering. Turn the sound off, or use 11 kHz. Try setting priority to "Above Normal". |
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