Prolonged use of the "speed" buttin in emulators

Originally Posted by of pom

Well, if i use it frequently, thats what i'm saying. Is it good to keep my VBA using 98% of the CPU for long periods of time? :\/

As long as it doesn't overheat, there should be no problem. I've had my PC encode to XviD for eight hours at a time and it stayed cool (of course it's an older PC so it doesn't heat up much). Any CPU should be able to work at or up to 100% of its CPU usage for most of its life, otherwise many CPUs would have died within a year of buying them. Just check your laptop for excess heat, if it seems too hot, then don't use the speed option so much. In fact in recent builds of ZSNES (found here), you can set how much ZSNES accelerates. Something like 4x normal speed should be enough for most of us. ZSNES is a very processor light emulator (a 1st generation Athlon chews through it no problem) and shouldn't put much strain on the CPU usage unless you fast forward.

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Originally Posted by of pom

zsnes was for my old computers, i'm using VBA currently. But thanks, i guess i'll just try to limit it =p

Whops, I guess I glazed over what emulator you said you were using, but whatvere my advice still holds. If the fan noise really annoys you, you could invest in a better, quieter fan (since its a laptop, it might not be as easy to change out as a PC fan).

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