Bloodlvst Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Hey everyone, Just got LaunchBox and BigBox setup and LOVING the interface (goes perfect with Kodi) However, before today I'd never bothered with RetroArch for emulation. However, since I can't force Higan to load on my 3rd display (which is my TV), I figured I'd take the plunge. I've downloaded my cores, setup all my settings, and it all works. However, I'm noticing odd discrepancies in NES/SNES games (I haven't yet tried N64). When I play an (S)NES game in Higan, it's perfectly smooth, no stutters or sluggishness at all. However, using any of the bsnes cores (even performance), I get odd sluggishness/lag, almost like it can't render fast enough. For example, when playing Super Mario Allstars, it's especially noticable when I start running through a level and there's enemies coming up. However, the FPS counter stays a solid 60. And my PC is more than powerful enough so I don't think that's it. And like I said, in Higan no problem whatsoever. In case it helps, here's my specs: Windows 10 64-bit Intel Core i7 950 12 GB RAM GTX 750 Ti I've tried tinkering with everything, but I'm at a loss here trying to figure this one out. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It's definitely a setting issue, either in Retroarch or your display. What core are you using ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodlvst Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Here are the cores I've tried (all give me the same issue compared to standalone emu's): bsnes-mercury balanced bsnes-mercury performance nestopia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Ok so it's definitely a setting in Retroarch. I would suggest asking on the Retroarch forums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodlvst Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Alright, will do. Was just hoping someone here had some insight. I'll go bother them haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Yeah, I wish I had a better answer for you but I know it is a setting, I just don't know specifically what setting would cause it. I know sometimes certain displays or refresh rate of the display can cause issues. And there are so many settings that I could sit here all day going back and forth with "check this" "check that" and "what's this set to ?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 try turning off full screen optimization in the Retroarch.exe's properties under compatibility 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodlvst Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 1 hour ago, DOS76 said: try turning off full screen optimization in the Retroarch.exe's properties under compatibility Gave it a shot, but unfortunately the issue still remains. Thanks for the guess though, I appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 you can try turning off Hard GPU Sync in RA had to do that on one of my laptops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodlvst Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 1 hour ago, DOS76 said: you can try turning off Hard GPU Sync in RA had to do that on one of my laptops I've had it off by default. I'll have to poke around some more. At this point it may just be easier to use LaunchBox to make Higan fullscreen and then move it to the 3rd monitor on startup haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 do you run MSIAfterburner on your PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodlvst Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 1 hour ago, DOS76 said: do you run MSIAfterburner on your PC No, my 750 is an Asus card. I *do* have Asus GPUTweakII installed and running, so I went ahead and tried uninstalling it did not change anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodlvst Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Just wanted to give an update on this thread. All is well now! GPUTweak wasn't the issue at all. But it was video card related: I noticed there was actually a new driver version, so I grabbed that and installed. No change. Rebooted. No change. In a fit of frustration I decided to go for broke and then deleted my Retroarch folder and extracted a fresh copy from the zip file. This fixed the "stutter" issue, but instead of stutter issues, I had this annoying screen tearing going from the bottom to top of the screen if I ran (especially in fade-in animations/sidescrollers). But then I remember Nvidia control panel. I have pretty customized settings. So I screw it and chose the "performance" preset. Still tearing. So then I just the highest "quality" preset in the control panel. And now the problem is fixed. I guess control panel settings were overriding Retroarch (which makes sense now that I think about it). Hopefully this has some value to anyone who comes across a similar issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Glad you got it figured out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavrosKaled Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I know this is old. But I wanted to say that I tried all of the above and nothing worked. To fix it I had to disable "Full Screen Prefer Windowed Mode". It was night and day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Friendly A.I Overlord Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Just for future reference, quite often the cause for stuttering is the power management setting of your graphics card. For Nvidia the default setting is "Optimal Power". That puts your graphics card in its lowest power state faster and is sluggish to clock up. This can result in stuttering, lag or screen tearing. For gaming the "Adaptive Mode" is better. Adaptive Mode switches to a higher power state and thus higher clocks faster. Sometimes its even necessary to select "Prefer Maximum Performance" which forces the card in its highest power state. It is best to set the power management on a per game \ emulator basis, because for most of the time "Optimal Power" is fine. You don't want your graphics card on full throttle while browsing the web. Edited January 16, 2021 by Koroth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavrosKaled Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Koroth said: Just for future reference, quite often the cause for stuttering is the power management setting of your graphics card. For Nvidia the default setting is "Optimal Power". That puts your graphics card in its lowest power state faster and is sluggish to clock up. This can result in stuttering, lag or screen tearing. For gaming the "Adaptive Mode" is better. Adaptive Mode switches to a higher power state and thus higher clocks faster. Sometimes its even necessary to select "Prefer Maximum Performance" which forces the card in its highest power state. It is best to set the power management on a per game \ emulator basis, because for most of the time "Optimal Power" is fine. You don't want your graphics card on full throttle while browsing the web. Thank you so much for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEss Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) I did the ugliest thing I could do because I was already tired of trying everythin with no results. I am in windows so I hide the taskbar and made a "false" fullscreen configuration, I have 1920 X 1080 resolution so I changed the values for -1 pixel for each property in the retroarch.cfg XD video_fullscreen_x = "1919" video_fullscreen_y = "1079" so now I have a fullscreen that is not fullscreen but has no lag Edited January 8, 2023 by NEss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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