Game Ex running SOOOOOO slow

[WarrenBerry]

Hi guys,

Ive combed the options advanced setup menus and the forums themselves and I cant seem to find an answer. Ive even tried going back to find older versions of game ex(10.80) which didnt use direct 3d but direct draw but to no avail either.

My issue is that im getting probably 1 - 2 fps with Game Ex's menu system. My nes, Sega, Mame emulators run fine and fast. Metal Slug 3 runs fine and dandy on mame along with a variety of other cpu hungry mame games. No problems on running any of the emulators. But with game ex it doesnt matter which options I choose(v sync, lite version with games only) it just CRAWLS. This isnt the game that crawls its the menus within game ex.

Im running game ex on a D201GLY2 intel micro itx mother board stuffed inside of an nes. Processor is a Celeron 220 at 1.2 ghz and a gig of ram. 160 gb hd space. Win XP. .netframework 4(tried 2 as well). Direct x 9.0c

[headkaze]

Well it is a low spec PC isn't it? I wouldn't expect miracles.

Do you have the correct video driver installed?

[WarrenBerry]

Well it is a low spec PC isn't it? I wouldn't expect miracles.

Do you have the correct video driver installed?

Only the on board video. Yeah its the right one [EDIT]

Just surprised that the games I want to run are fine but the program used for selecting them is so slow. I watched a guy on Youtube make an nes pc (stealth edition) without a video card and it ran game ex fine. Same mobo.

[headkaze]

First thing I would try is running The Intel® Driver Update Utility and make sure you have all the latest drivers installed.

[Draco1962]

If you can provide us with a copy of your gameex.ini file (upload here after saving as a text file, of course) and your log file. If you review the minimum specs, you will see that onboard video is generally not recommended. Another consideration when running an emulator outside of GameEx, you have less memory usage than you do with a frontend running in the background when the emulator is invoked from within the frontend. You may also want to consider upgrading to the latest direct x version your system can handle.

Anyway, post your files and we can take a look,. You may need to forego some options and make some tweaks and, of course, there are no guarantees that we can get you the kind of speed you are expecting with the equipment you are using, but may be able to help make it better.

[WarrenBerry]

If you can provide us with a copy of your gameex.ini file (upload here after saving as a text file, of course) and your log file. If you review the minimum specs, you will see that onboard video is generally not recommended. Another consideration when running an emulator outside of GameEx, you have less memory usage than you do with a frontend running in the background when the emulator is invoked from within the frontend. You may also want to consider upgrading to the latest direct x version your system can handle.

Anyway, post your files and we can take a look,. You may need to forego some options and make some tweaks and, of course, there are no guarantees that we can get you the kind of speed you are expecting with the equipment you are using, but may be able to help make it better.

No problem I understand the minimum system requirements when I took a look. Its just puzzling after seeing someone else's success with the same system.

I guess the other thing I should make mention of is the graphical errors im encountering as well. I included a screen shot of game ex in light game selection mode. Id like to argue drivers too but I have the latest direct x and video drivers.

Appreciate the help so far Draco

GameExConfig.txt

Log File.txt

Edited April 10, 2011 by WarrenBerry

[Draco1962]

I would verify that you are running consistant screen resolutions. It is possible that your GPU may not support 640x480 or less. I would set GameEx and my theme to run at the same resolution if possible, 1024x768 is fine for most. I noticed in the log file 3D Alpha Blended Animations are enabled. Try changing this to 2D in the Advanced Configuration utility. You may also want to experiment a little with the Tweaks/Performance settings and set defaults to those that equire the least amount of CPU usage. That may help to free-up resources for the GPU and minimize some of the display issues.

As many will tell you here, drivers can still be a problem. I have seen it often where there are issues when a driver is upgraded from one version to another insteald of the old driver uninstalled adn new driver installed fresh.

[WarrenBerry]

Well thanks for the advice. Im affraid your suggestions have led to no avail. Ill try another front end.

You have to remember though its not the games that are running slow. They go great its the front end's menus that are running all choppy, blurry and 1 fps. It probably is a driver but they havent released any new ones.

[Draco1962]

Hate to see you go so soon as I think there is probably a solution. There are plenty of low profile video cards that would likely work with your system, but since you are attempting an NES mod setup, I may be incorrect. Good Luck!