I think it's just the way the CD-ROM plug-ins work. Mine also has significant stuttering. It also gets rather noisy with the CD constantly spinning up and down. I just wish it would spin the CD at a constant rate like in VGS, I think it would get rid of the performance issues with CDs. I was playing DOA and the CD would spin up for loading data and spin down for the music during fights but then at one point it began spinning at a fixed rate and there were no stuttering or pauses during loading at all. Just smooth, quiet emulation.I just wish it would stay like that all the time
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DemiGod79
It does this because your cdrom spinsdown when it is inactive for like 20sec. This goes for all cdroms simply because making it run constantly puts wear and tear on you cd drive which shortens life. I on the other hand have a toshiba dvd drive. This littlle baby is the only one that offers a program were you can turn off the spin downs. So each time I play a game, I turn it off to get best performance. When I am done, I turn it back on so my drive doesnt die on me in a year. Wish the other cdrom companys would offer this , but for some odd reason they don't. If you want to solve your little slow downs in games, get a toshiba drive(Any drive will do). You must also locate the program, which is extremlly hard to find.