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WiseMan - Jun 18, 2003

		WiseMan	Jun 18, 2003
		i havent tried all my games in 60hz since theres alot i dont play, but for some reason if i try sonic 3 or sonic & knuckles in 60hz it gets really chuggy and slows down. i have yet to experiment with running the game through the 32x though... the system im experiencing it on is a PAL megadrive 2, hooked up with a PAL MegaCD 2. Currently sonic 3 and sonic & knuckles are the only games i've tried that this has happened with. anyone else get chuggy games in 60hz?

		Shakey Jake33	Jun 18, 2003
		I get the same issue on my American CDX. I also get it on Sonic CD o.o

		dman97	Jun 18, 2003
		I believe those 2 games are PAL optimized. Thats why youre getting the slowdown. They werent meant to be run at 60Hz.

		WiseMan	Jun 19, 2003
		bit of a correction. sonic & knuckles as a stand alone cart runs fine. its the combination with sonic 3 that was the problem. i would hardly call a game that still has pal borders pal optimised but i understand the theory and also share it with you. some other games are causing trouble this way. basically any game that i switch on and it says "this game is for use with pal megadrive only" etc are the games that glitch in one way or another.

		Shakey Jake33	Jun 19, 2003
		I'd like to know why I get it on a US copy of Sonic CD then...

		WiseMan	Jun 19, 2003
		i'm sure i get this on my pal sonic cd. perhaps it is another stage of region lock-out?

		Shakey Jake33	Jun 19, 2003
		It would seem unlikely Sega would only go half way mind... I thought it was my CDX, I'm glad it's not.

		Butane Bob	Jun 21, 2003
		Some games slowdown no matter what the refresh rate - if there's alot happening on screen etc. The cpu cannot always handle what is being drawn on screen and slowsdown as a result.

		Shakey Jake33	Jun 21, 2003
		Originally posted by Butane Bob@Jun 22, 2003 @ 02:01 AM Some games slowdown no matter what the refresh rate - if there's alot happening on screen etc. The cpu cannot always handle what is being drawn on screen and slowsdown as a result. Then why do they work fine in 50Hz?

		antime	Jun 21, 2003
		Since the frame takes longer to draw, the CPU has more time per frame to complete its tasks. As previously stated, PAL-fixing a game can also lead to dropped frames when run at 60Hz.

		Shakey Jake33	Jun 21, 2003
		That would be quite suprising... if even ironic, that a game should actually perform better in 50hz... If that's the case, you wonder why people like 60hz so much, bar the boarders.

		Myname	Jun 21, 2003
		Out of all my Megadrive games, Sonic 3/Sonic & Knuckles are the only ones I've had trouble with at 60hz. What other glitches have you had apart from the Sonic ones? I've a few games that I have to switch after booting because of the lockout (Gunstar Heroes is one I can think of), but I've not noticed any problems with them.