jollyrancher
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I saw an old thread in the PJ64 forum about changing the task priority of programs to make them run faster... and remember, Neto came up with that utility that raised the priority of a few N64 emulators, but had problems with Windows 98. Anyway, I checked around and tried out a few utilities and found this one called Taskinfo that allows commandline so you can run emulators from shortcuts that will start them in real-time priority. Anyway I'm seeing a significant performance boost in ALL emulators, especially MAME and 1964 and have had no stability problems... just made sure I wasn't running any other programs. BTW, this is on my second computer, a crappy 475 MHZ laptop that I travel with, and it's now running Zelda MM at 50+ FPS, and should be full-speed with the new version!
A few things: you don't actually run Taskinfo, just insert the commandline text into an emulator shortcut (my MAME one is "C:\Program Files\TaskInfo2002\TaskInfo.exe" rpri real C:\games\Mame\mame32.exe). Also, the directories might get screwed up because it runs the emulator from the taskinfo directory, so you might have to reconfigure some emulators or copy the config folder to the taskinfo folder.
A few things: you don't actually run Taskinfo, just insert the commandline text into an emulator shortcut (my MAME one is "C:\Program Files\TaskInfo2002\TaskInfo.exe" rpri real C:\games\Mame\mame32.exe). Also, the directories might get screwed up because it runs the emulator from the taskinfo directory, so you might have to reconfigure some emulators or copy the config folder to the taskinfo folder.
