ePSXe generally slowing down?

this is sad

ok, first off, I run a pretty crappy 2002 dell, integrated everything, 2.19 GHz, 256 RAM, nothing above what you would find in a rather poor public library. I run from the CD (and have no diea what an ISO is, but feel I should and actually would like some info on that) I've had my ePSXe for a few months, it is the newest version, and currently am playing Final Fantasy Tactics. I haven't defragged at all, and even though everything is integrated on my computer, it has always run smoothly up until now. My FPS just bites the dust at random intervals, be it from an attack or...breathing.

I tweaked and retweaked my video configs, even changed some stuff around and set it to 'fast' instead of 'nice' with no change in the problem.

I'm not computer illiterate, but when it comes to emulation I'm what would be known as a 'horrible newbie' any help will be appreciated..


Again, whats an ISO? All my games I run from the PSX CD's that I actually own...I do have Daemon tools and use them frequently, but not for this kind of thing.

Heh, can't help but be curious, but i'll end it there. As far as antivirus stuff, I do use adaware SE and a paid subscription to norton antivirus.

My video config is Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.75, sound is ePSXe SPU core 1.5.2.

Did a defrag, is a tiny bit less glitchy but still has unexplained drops in FPS. Oh, and now when text is displayed on screen..it never leaves, just simply gets overwritten by the new text if there is ever any


Blast my Emulation incompetence!

oh, one thing that is a constant in the fps slowing is if and when the game ever fades to black, it drops to a crippling one digit FPS even when set to the fastest video configuration. Such as when I cast a spell, use an item, or launch an attack (even though it doesn't fade when you attack..)

Should I just cave and reinstall all of my ePSXe related files in an attempt to do a hard reset for it, or will that not do a thing?

Its great fun when your stupid

here we go

As per your advice, I present....the specs

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.75
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: Intel
GFX card: Intel Brookdale-G

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
[32 Bit]- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]


Somehow, this will either be a) wrong specs or b) painfully obvious to everyone but me

I'm doubting that config is correct since, even before it ran slow, the world map in game was just a massive blob of black. If you've ever played FFT you'll understand what I mean when I say just the map is black, not the city icons, paths, or my character.