[uae] Re: sound and host cpu usage - more

  • From: Lem <l3mming@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: uae@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:51:21 +1000

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 17:52 -0400, Don Venhaus wrote:
> I just discovered that the unused cpu time is very dependent on 
> sound_max_buff.
> With what I had ( 1024 ) I got only about %10 usage. With 8192 I get about
> %80, but audio is about a half a second late.
> 
> I have to say though, that audio is better with 8.28 than 8.27.
> 
> Lem, could you try again with a small buffer?

Yep Don, perfectly reproduced here! With a 1024 byte sound buffer, and
maximum CPU speed emulation, UAE barely uses even 10% CPU @ 1Ghz
(doesn't cause my CPU to scale up to 2Ghz either), that's with idling on
the Workbench, opening and closing some drive windows.

> 
> don
> 


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