Windows hardware factors that affect DOSBox-X speed in TTF mode

[RobertJSawyer]

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I'm thinking about getting a new Windows 11 (64-bit) computer. What hardware factors affect DOSBox-X speed with text-based applications in TTF mode? I assume processor speed is the biggest factor, but does more RAM help, too? Many thanks!

(In particular, I use DOSBox-X to run WordStar for DOS 7.0 Revision D, the final release.)

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[maron2000]

DOSBox-X highly relies on SDL library for graphical output so you may want to ask those developers for advises, however I don't expect there are performance issues particular in Windows 11.

You can check the task manager of your current machine to see how much memory is used as a reference for your new machine.

[RobertJSawyer]

Thank you, my friend!

Is there a difference in performance between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of DOSBox-X on 64-bit machines?

(I'm supporting both 32-bit Windows 7 and 64-bit Windows 11 installations, but would prefer to do it with a single version of DOSBox-X, if there's no performance advantage to using the 64-bit version on 64-bit machines).

[maron2000]

There are issues that arise in 32bit version only or vice versa but only a few that I can remember of.(#2401 #4696)
Considering that other architectures are 64bit only, many cases are proven on 64bit. Maybe it is a good opportunity to switch to 64bit, but it shouldn't be a must to do.
Since there are no one complaining the performance difference in the two versions you can try either one.

[RobertJSawyer]

Thank you so much!