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SNES Consoles Appear To Be Getting Faster As They Age
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this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025
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From the sound of it, nothing, really. It says in the article the CPU is stable, it's the APU that's speeding up. It's possible that some games that tie in-game events to when a sound completes might be affected (I have no examples), but otherwise the effects seem cosmetic.
It’s very possible. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the CPU and APU do a little acknowledgment handshake every time an audio program finishes. I’m willing to bet there a lot of instances of the CPU subroutine waiting on the APU, e.g. an animation waiting for a sound cue to finish can advance slightly faster.