Why do emulations of old video games still have the same performance issues, even when played on a powerful modern machine?

Question

Why do emulations of old video games still have the same performance issues, even when played on a powerful modern machine?

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Answer 1

This depends on the specific game and emulator that you are talking about. Emulators running on Windows systems won’t have the same performance as native Windows games because they can’t use **DirectX 11** features.