Lag problems with VBA and No$GBA

[MalusCalibur]

Hi there,

I've been using VBA for some time now on my current laptop with no problems. However, recently (since March), VBA occasionally slips to about 50-60% run speed while playing, with seemingly no provocation or cure. Eventually it reverts to normal, but it is only a short time before the lag returns-the lag periods are longer than the 'normal' ones.

No$GBA seems to experience almost the exact same problem (the only difference being that the speed drops even further-to about 20-30%), as does any Flash application I run in a browser-leading me to believe that the problem is with hardware rather than the specific software it seems to be affecting.

I have run a full AVG scan (which found nothing), and attempted running the emulators with no other non-essential applications running simultaneously, but the problem persists.

Can anyone offer any insight or help?
(Apologies if this topic is in the wrong place)

Thanks,


MalusCalibur

[Auzern]

Yes we can help, MalusCalibur.
Which game are you trying to run?

[MalusCalibur]

With VBA, the problem persists regardless of what game I attempt to play-though it first began occurring while playing Advance Wars 2, I can't imagine this has any bearing on it.

With No$GBA, the only game I have thus far played (and thus experienced the lag problem) is Pokemon Platinum, but I would imagine it would be the same for any game, in the same way as VBA.


MalusCalibur

[Alexander_13]

use 1.7.2 version of VBA

[MalusCalibur]

1.7.2 is the version I am using.


MalusCalibur

[Auzern]

Now thats weird. I guess your computer is running very slow.
Open up task manager (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) and tell me Mem Usage of all the applications above 25,000kb.

[MalusCalibur]

The only process that reaches 25,000K is VBA itself. The closest is 16K, but that's Explorer.
Everything else shown in the task manager uses minimal memory and/or is essential.


MalusCalibur

[Auzern]

Are other games running at good FPS?
Also, try BoycottAdvance for GBA emulation.

[MalusCalibur]

So far, every game I try to play on VBA runs into the same problem-i.e. that the FPS is perfect for a while, then slips to about 50-60% for a long duration.

BoycottAdvance plays no sound during emulation (despite the claim that latest versions did so) and has terrible control support, making it of little use to me; not to mention that VBA worked fine on this laptop until recently, leading me to believe that it is a problem that has arisen and can subsequently be fixed-i.e. I am reluctant to just give up on VBA altogether.


MalusCalibur

[Auzern]

There has to be a problem with the processes running in your OS.
I recommend you to read the steps to post HiJack This logs on Tweaks Forum.