KUPOkinz Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I have installed LaunchBox/Bigbox onto a third machine, one of the HP slim laptops. Performance with SNES emulation using Retroarchs cores is fine for one minute, then the next completely starts lagging until the system crashes/freezes up. Would emulation purposes be better with the standalone SNES9x .exe program? Please help! This is for a friend, my other 2 systems run flawless. I'm not really concerned with graphics to be honest, just fullscreen and stretch mode. OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name LAPTOP-O83MTEDI System Manufacturer HP System Model HP Stream Laptop 14-ax0XX System Type x64-based PC System SKU X7S47UA#ABA Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz, 1601 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Insyde F.07, 9/6/2016 SMBIOS Version 2.8 Embedded Controller Version 11.10 BIOS Mode UEFI BaseBoard Manufacturer HP BaseBoard Model Not Available BaseBoard Name Base Board Platform Role Mobile Secure Boot State On PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.14393.1378" User Name LAPTOP-O83MTEDI\Lisa Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB Total Physical Memory 3.91 GB Available Physical Memory 2.08 GB Total Virtual Memory 4.59 GB Available Virtual Memory 2.23 GB Page File Space 704 MB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 You can try the stand alone Snes9x vs the Snes9x core in Retroarch, also try the Snes9x2005 core. It's an older core and I believe (not 100% sure) that it is faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUPOkinz Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 What is the recommended core for low-end laptops? Again, I'm not really concerned with graphics. I'm sharing Launchbox drive with someone and I mostly use it for PC game and PS2, Gamecube etc on my laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I don't know if there is a recommended one, I would just try out the different Snes9x cores, the 2005 one and the one without a year in the name though give the most compatibility https://wiki.libretro.com/index.php?title=Nintendo_SNES_Core_Compatibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUPOkinz Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Okay and one last question brad, which core is the SNES9x_next_libretro connected too in Retroarch? The default core Launchbox selects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 As far as I am aware of that core no longer exists and the defaults in Launchbox are outdated, they need to updated badly and are there now more as a template than anything. 2 minutes ago, KUPOkinz said: last question brad, I am not Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUPOkinz Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 What the crap lmao, I'm so used to seeing you, brad and ETA on youtube lol, forgive me I know who you are tho, you've been helping me since I joined here, sorry and okay, I'll give the 2005 a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 lol, it's all good, certainly no offense taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 On further thought, it might be possible that the Snes emulation is pushing your CPU a little bit hard since it is only a celeron 1.6 ghz and it may be throttling speed under load. I would definitely give the stand alone a try and see how it performs for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUPOkinz Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 I'll give this 2005 core a try then try the stand-alone. I dislike having multiple emulators to be honest, even tho their miniscule in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Yeah I agree, I prefer to use Retroarch where possible but sometimes it's just not feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 If your using RA and its going slow or is choppy you can try going into the exes properties and shutting off full screen optimization Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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