PearPC running very slow

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CanadianL00S3R
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PearPC running very slow

Post by CanadianL00S3R »

I have a 3.06 ghz pentium 4 HT with 512 ddr ram and I'm trying 2 install MacOS 10.3 and it runs so slow that even the mouse is moving with pauses. Can ayone tell me how can I fix that?
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Post by CanadianL00S3R »

Well I made the mouse to run normal but it still runs extremely slow
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Post by MDZ61384 »

if your installing mac, it will be slow. the lowest install I've heard of so far is around 2-3 hours. I have a 3.06 HT too...

the mouse speed and fluidness depends on your refresh rate. for installing you want to have the refresh rate high (say 500)...once you have it installed fine, I run at 30 with no problem. if you try 30 when installing osx, prepare for it to take a lot longer.
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Post by CanadianL00S3R »

how do you change the refresh rate? is it the redraw_interval_msec ?


I didn't get what is that value but if I put it lower my mouse moves faster.
what should I put on that value?
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Post by MDZ61384 »

higher value -> cpu uses less power drawing and tracking the mouse in pearpc and more to the OS itself (which is why installing is faster if you use a higher redraw/refresh rate). don't use a high redraw rate once osx is installed, there really isn't much of a performance difference

lower value -> cpu uses more power drawing and tracking the mouse in pearpc, the mouse is much smoother...scrolling and other things are smoother too (such as moving windows or navigating the dock). use a lower setting when osx is installed

when your installing, set your redraw rate in the 500 area
when your done installing, set your redraw rate around 40. if your brave, go lower and see how it performs. tweak this number to your liking.
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Post by CanadianL00S3R »

Thank you very much for the help
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Post by windowsxd »

Try Pearpc SDL Windows build.
(see comments in pearpc.net about SDL 3)

It's not very stable and keymap errors in Windows.=_=
But lots of faster than current CVS.
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Post by prasys »

Try to get the n complie the latest 0.2pre Bulid from pearpc.net...I heard it speeds up a little...Anyway , its just a pre/Alpha Bulit..and what can you expect ?....At least you could run OS X on it and even surf the Net....
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Post by FraserGJ »

Is the 0.2pre Build from pearpc.net a build for windows?

Or is the code for linux around


I'm installing Mac OS X 10.3 on PearPC 0.1.2 (according to the title bar) and its been going for 9 and a half hours 8O :?

Would the 0.2pre build for linux speed it up? (I can't use a windows version because I'm using the cd (/dev/cdrom) :)
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Post by prasys »

Whats your PC Specs ? If you are having a old PC Specs ? e.g P3 , P2

Then visit this site

http://rudefyet.dyndns.org:6969/ppc.htm

Or if you have Althon XP , P4 or other latest chips

Then visit the Nightly Bulid web site on the FAQ Section

It will speed up the emulation by little...(not that much)
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Post by FraserGJ »

My PC is an XP2600 with 512Mb RAM - high enough spec I should think :?

The nightly builds website only has windows versions and I'm actually running linux


Its now been going for 12 and a half hours and is sitting here now:

http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v27/ ... pearpc.jpg
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Post by trygvebw »

MDZ61384 wrote:if your installing mac, it will be slow. the lowest install I've heard of so far is around 2-3 hours. I have a 3.06 HT too...
I installed Mac OS in just 1 hour 23 mins! :)
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Post by FraserGJ »

it took me a whole 13 hrs 8O

Now its installing CD2 software etc :?


I think the devs highest priority should be speed 8O
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Post by Seppel »

Please read http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/getstart. ... ource_luke

You must enable the jitc if you want speed.
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Post by FraserGJ »

Seppel wrote:Please read http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/getstart. ... ource_luke

You must enable the jitc if you want speed.
I shall recompile - I missed that bit 8O

I just configured with ./configure only

I'll do that once its finished 8)
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Post by FraserGJ »

I had to compile with the line

./configure --enable-cpu=jitc_x86 && make

The GUI arguement caused the compile to fail :?
It couldnt seem to find a program call NASM? (i think). Never heard of it


Not really noticing any speed increase - still sitting on the grey apple logo after about 5 mins with no disk activity at all :x

How long does it take for you guys, I've waited 15-20mins for the main screen before now :cry:
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Post by scubix »

FraserGJ wrote:I had to compile with the line

./configure --enable-cpu=jitc_x86 && make

The GUI arguement caused the compile to fail :?
It couldnt seem to find a program call NASM? (i think). Never heard of it


Not really noticing any speed increase - still sitting on the grey apple logo after about 5 mins with no disk activity at all :x

How long does it take for you guys, I've waited 15-20mins for the main screen before now :cry:
Make sure you set your compiler flags right for your CPU (P4 en athlon, ...)
And for NASM, its part of cygwin. Run the cygwin setup again, and add nasm to your installation.
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Post by FraserGJ »

I googled NASM and installed that and recompiled and there is a noticable boost :D

I'm a beginner at compiling from source et all. And I just got a crash course, all is well now. Its just I'm a moron :lol:

Thanks - Great program 8)
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Post by ahanix1989 »

MDZ61384 wrote:if your installing mac, it will be slow. the lowest install I've heard of so far is around 2-3 hours. I have a 3.06 HT too...
Strangely enough, using a minimal install (Just the core components), the install took 70 minutes for me. Started at 10:10... Ended at 11:19.

AMD Athlon XP 1.9GHz (Thoroughbred core)
640MB DDR memory
Windows XP Pro
PearPC 0.3.0
MacOSX 10.3
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