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DOSBox-X 0.83.20 is now released! (Announce)

posted by Zyzzle, 05.12.2021, 22:22

> > > But MSVC build is slower than MinGW build (compared to previous
> v0.83.19)
> > -
> > > 27 vs 34 FPS in quake timerefresh...
> > >
> > > rr is able to compile new BOCHS for WXP with MinGW so why not Dosbox?
> >
> > Thanks for letting us know about the speed decrease.
> >
> > That speed drop seems a very serious regression and setback.
> >
> > So, for now, if you want maximum emulated speed, one should use 0.83.19
> > unless one wants a ~20% drop in emulated performance?
>
> I think he was talking about running Visual Studio builds (in general) vs
> running MinGW builds of 0.83.19, not between MinGW builds of 0.83.20 and
> MinGW builds of 0.83.19. So it is certainly NOT a regression. The
> only catch is that the official MinGW builds of 0.83.20 do not run in
> Windows XP, due to the issue with compiling tools. But on the plus
> side, the official 32/64 bit MinGW builds of 0.83.20 come with Slirp
> backend support for the NE2000 networking, which does not exist in 32-bit
> MinGW builds of 0.83.19. It is simply impossible for the same MinGW
> build to support Windows XP and the Slirp backend at the same time.
> Meanwhile, if one wants to run MinGW builds in Windows XP please feel free
> to compile the source code by themselves and post the builds here.
Thanks for clarifying. If I run DOSBox-X, for those rare cases when running DOS on baremetal doesn't suffice for my needs, I run it in pure DOS under HX anyway. If I understand you correctly, the 0.83.20 MinGW build will still work under HX, and run as similar speed as the old 0.83.19 MinGW 32-bit build.

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