Project 64 - Major slow downs every couple of minutes (FULL SCREEN).

[bourn3]

I have Project64 1.6. An HP Pavilion DV9000 laptop with vista. 3GB of ram, Nvidia with 1gb shared video memory and dual core 2.0ghz processor. I think this is more than enough to play a little 64 emulator.

When I start the game everything runs perfect 60 fps but every once in a while the game will drop to like 10 fps and the sound will skip and will be distorted of course. It's not a typical slow down like you would get in the original game where there is alot of action on screen. It just happens almost at random...

Full screen runs at 1400X900 it's the only setting I changed and slow downs were here even at 800x600 full screen... so its NOT the problem. If the rez was too high it would be always slow but its 60 fps and then randomly slows down dramatically during like 5-10 seconds...then goes back to normal.

Anyone knows what's the problem here? Thanks.

[Mupen64 Man]

Maybe there is another program eating your CPU.

[Jale]

Probably a spyware issue and/or virus.

[retroguiden]

Try another N64 emulator to be sure.

[Desert Drifter]

When I start the game everything runs perfect 60 fps but every once in a while the game will drop to like 10 fps and the sound will skip and will be distorted of course. It's not a typical slow down like you would get in the original game where there is alot of action on screen. It just happens almost at random...

Anyone knows what's the problem here? Thanks.

Random pauses - an issue causing sudden pulls and jerks during at unknown times. (Wrote a doc on PJ64 v1.6 "...seems to have an unstable flow of frame rate with one minute being speedy and then all of a sudden it comes to a halt and heavily pauses." - http://members.lycos.co.uk/lobcommun...HelpPJ64v6.htm )

Emulation will never run perfect - expect flaws. It's running on an unknown environment (a PC) other then it's original source (a gaming consol)...