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Rorschach · 12-27-03, 09:36 PM

Can someone please help me understand a few things about emulation?

For instance, I wonder why a system as powerful as my x3i can't run most Sega Genesis roms at perfect speed... I assume it isn't a hardware issue, so is it Morphgear? I mean, is the emulator I'm using huge factor?

And GBA games... even on a rpg like Golden Sun, I often get 20-something fps, and screen flicker on my main character that makes him look like the invisible man.

Is it just the nature of emulation? Because I have Rayman for ppc... I have Rayman for my GBA... and I have the Rayman GBA rom.

PPC Rayman is graphically better than GBA Rayman -- I know much of this is due to the resolution of my ppc vs. my gba. However, the sprites are even bigger, and everything appears to animate more fluidly.

And of course, when I run the GBA Rayman through Morphgear, I get dropped frames like crazy.

Any tech savvy member wanna help me understand the nature of emulation? Not that I'm unhappy with my Axim. Heck, if I knew this was a portable emulator before I bought it, I would've gotten it that much sooner.

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Rorschach Aximsite Minor League Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The O.C. Posts: 258 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The nature of emulation (techies, please advise) Can someone please help me understand a few things about emulation? For instance, I wonder why a system as powerful as my x3i can't run most Sega Genesis roms at perfect speed... I assume it isn't a hardware issue, so is it Morphgear? I mean, is the emulator I'm using huge factor? And GBA games... even on a rpg like Golden Sun, I often get 20-something fps, and screen flicker on my main character that makes him look like the invisible man. Is it just the nature of emulation? Because I have Rayman for ppc... I have Rayman for my GBA... and I have the Rayman GBA rom. PPC Rayman is graphically better than GBA Rayman -- I know much of this is due to the resolution of my ppc vs. my gba. However, the sprites are even bigger, and everything appears to animate more fluidly. And of course, when I run the GBA Rayman through Morphgear, I get dropped frames like crazy. Any tech savvy member wanna help me understand the nature of emulation? Not that I'm unhappy with my Axim. Heck, if I knew this was a portable emulator before I bought it, I would've gotten it that much sooner.