when playing deathsmiles on an AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core, i was struggling to get the game to run at a constant 100%, but instead it would vary between 85% - 103% and the sound would be all over the place, slowing down and then speeding up. wasn't great to play...
i just assumed the cpu wasn't upto the task, so just upgraded to an ivy bridge 3570k, with 8gb ram. i haven't overclocked it, as i again assumed this cpu would be able to handle the game no problem, but it too is struggling to run it at 100% constantly, and the sound is again warbling. it's not quite as bad as the amd, with the range of speed being between 96% - 102%.
why is is even going over 100%? surely if it is struggling to run the game, it would only ever be slower? how can it be faster?
i'm using the linux cd on a WG9200 monitor, and i again assumed i wouldn't have to chance any settings in the mame.ini file. thought it was setup during the install...
do i need to change anything here?
or is it because the driver was never fully emulated and it's just the way it plays?