I have a 3GHz system as I've mentioned before, and now I want to try good ol Duke again just for fun. So I download and install latest Dosbox (this program got mentioned in another thread recently, which is why I got the idea). I also download and install D-Fend, because it supposedly adds a graphics front-end, and I abhorr typing shit into a console window (or worse, into a windows shortcut), so obviously, a GUI is much preferred.
Anyway to make a not very long story shorter, I make a profile in D-Fend, 3000 cycles, soundblaster emulation etc. Run setup, config video and sound. Works GREAT. Run game... Takes ages to load, so I quit and bump cycles to max; 20,000. Run game again.
It loads quicker than before, but hell, my old 400MHz K6-3 loaded it even quicker than that! And when the radioactive logo animation and theme song pops up, it stutters like mad too. Plays for a second, then pauses for half a second, plays a second etc... Crazy stuff. So WTF is going on and how do I fix it?
Tanx a lot in advance for any help. I'm new at this, so if any veteran can give a hand...
Anyway to make a not very long story shorter, I make a profile in D-Fend, 3000 cycles, soundblaster emulation etc. Run setup, config video and sound. Works GREAT. Run game... Takes ages to load, so I quit and bump cycles to max; 20,000. Run game again.
It loads quicker than before, but hell, my old 400MHz K6-3 loaded it even quicker than that! And when the radioactive logo animation and theme song pops up, it stutters like mad too. Plays for a second, then pauses for half a second, plays a second etc... Crazy stuff. So WTF is going on and how do I fix it?
Tanx a lot in advance for any help. I'm new at this, so if any veteran can give a hand...