Fxing Sound Issue

[REBIRTH]

I am sure this has been discussed, but I can't find it after many searches.  For sound problems related to the PC hardware not being up to snuff, what is the normal recomended first strike at upgrading to fix it?  I have a 500mhz P3 with 512mg Ram and a Creative Labs PCI 128D sound card - and certain games, like Shuffle Shot, will run at about 35 FPS which is bearable - but the sound echoes (everything is repeated twice).  This sound issue happens with a few of the more hardware intensive games.  I plan on getting a much better PC in 6 months or so, but for now I'm wondering if there is a quick fix for this.  

To remedy a problem like this would the first upgrade option be a new sound card or more RAM (or nothing if this is normally stricly a processor issue)?

Thanks

[Odonadon]

Are you able to use DOS?  I have the same problem in Windows, but in DOS it's non-existent.  Unfortunately, because of my choice of other emus, I can't use DOS

Odonadon

[u_rebelscum]

I am sure this has been discussed, but I can't find it after many searches.  For sound problems related to the PC hardware not being up to snuff, what is the normal recomended first strike at upgrading to fix it?  I have a 500mhz P3 with 512mg Ram and a Creative Labs PCI 128D sound card - and certain games, like Shuffle Shot, will run at about 35 FPS which is bearable - but the sound echoes (everything is repeated twice).  This sound issue happens with a few of the more hardware intensive games.  I plan on getting a much better PC in 6 months or so, but for now I'm wondering if there is a quick fix for this.  

To remedy a problem like this would the first upgrade option be a new sound card or more RAM (or nothing if this is normally stricly a processor issue)?

Thanks

First, try increasing the sound latency (to "audio_latency 5" in mame.ini).  Other thing is to try decreasing the samplerate (to "samplerate 22050").


CPU, CPU, CPU.  WIth 512 megs, your memory is not the problem.  A sound card upgrade, although possible, is very doubtful of doing anything.