Slowdown on new level or when the new segment of level is loading. Need more RAM?

[LunaMoo]

Ram doesn't really matter for speed unless you're running out in which case any modern windows starting from updated vista and up would slow down itself before affecting other apps. Althrough apu's share system memory for video memory and PPSSPP with some heavy upscaling, options like retain changed textures or rewind feature could easily require more I kind of doubt it would be your issue.

Everything ofc differs a lot between games, but on weaker hardware texture scaling is the feature which would cause exactly what you're describing ~ a slowdown whenever something new loads. So if you use it, try decreasing multiplier, use xBRZ instead of other options(since they're not optimized as much and not even "prettier" either) or disable it completely as depending on game your hardware could be too weak even for basic xBRZ x2.:|

If by any chance you run on battery, you should also try connecting to external power source ie outlet in your house, since running on battery forces your hardware into power saving mode and that APU really isn't a powerful gaming hardware so you want all the power you can get from it.


All things aside you should also understand that games have different requirements depending on place and what they're doing and especially on emulators that doesn't even have to show in terms of graphics. For example very ugly games or moments when you stare at wall in some fpp game could easily be more demanding than very beautifull games or watching full scale battle and there are many reasons for that from worse optimization of the game code itself to even weird methods of doing something that doesn't translate well to modern hardware etc. so you should really not judge a book by it's cover.:]