02-25-2009, 11:53 PM
Hey all,
Circumstances beyond my control have put me in a hotel for a while. They have one of them locks on the back of the TV, so I am in full blown emulation mode.
I've a couple easy questions, then a couple technical ones, so, thanks for reading and helping where you can.
My rig:
Pentium E2160 OC'ed @ 2.4
2 Gig RAM @ DDR2 800
Radeon HD 4650 OC'ed @ 745/1060
I downloaded a whole crapload of progs, and now I can't keep them straight:
pcsx2 (9.4)
pcsx2-r592 (BETA)
pcsx2svn337 (9.5 WATERMOOSE)
pcsx2t (9.4)
pcsx2tsvn337 (9.5 WATERMOOSE)
Okay, straighten me out. Everything that is not 9.4 "isn't supported by" Emuforums, which is why I'm posting here. I get that they are Betas, I don't get why or how or what's the diff. Which is the latest? Which should I be using for most compatibility? Why does svn stand for anyways?
I also tried Playground, but I've no idea what revision it was, or if there are revisions? All I know is it didn't work as well for me, mainly there were too many options and I needed to start simpler.
Played FFX, no complaints aside from I forgot how terrible easy it is. Persona 4 is meh right now. Suikoden 3 is mega slow, lots of artifacts. FFX-2 is chugging along alright.
Sidenote - I forgot my speakers, so for now I'm just using NullSound.
We will start with FFX-2:
I get between 45 and 60 FPS. It's nice and playable and the slowdowns are at the same place where my Deuce would chug.
But when I open my inventory screen or abilities page or anywhere there is a list with a cursor (buying from merchants), the game chugs down to less than 20 FPS, and I don't know why.
Settings: CPU - everything checked, limited FPS. ZeroGS Kosmos 0.97.1, FFX hack enabled.
So I tried GSdx 883 SSSE3 0.1.13 (latest? I've no idea seriously people clean up the numbers) and the menu thing works fine. Pretty good FPS again somewhere around 45-60. Except in battle it drops to about 30.
GSdx - Pixel Shader 3, native resolution, grey NLOOP and Texture Filter, Alpha checked.
I've messed around with filtering and interlacing and all that for each plugin, but nothing really fixes the problem or improves the FPS. And I'm not near systematic enough to go through each option, check, test, uncheck, test, next check, test, etc. Especially when there has got to be someone out there that has already done this.
I haven't really tried the speedhacks and such, mainly because I wanted to understand what is up before I start randomly checking boxes.
So, people more wise than I, which is the latest PCSX2 that I should be using? Is beta the best, or stick with the 'official' versions? Or can't you say due to some unknown law regarding which version we are allowed to discuss using?
And what is up with my FPSness? I know some games just work better with some plugins, but why would one not be able to do menus of all things, while the other battles?
Would it be easier to just screencap all my settings? Will do upon request.
Thanks again.
Scion
Circumstances beyond my control have put me in a hotel for a while. They have one of them locks on the back of the TV, so I am in full blown emulation mode.
I've a couple easy questions, then a couple technical ones, so, thanks for reading and helping where you can.
My rig:
Pentium E2160 OC'ed @ 2.4
2 Gig RAM @ DDR2 800
Radeon HD 4650 OC'ed @ 745/1060
I downloaded a whole crapload of progs, and now I can't keep them straight:
pcsx2 (9.4)
pcsx2-r592 (BETA)
pcsx2svn337 (9.5 WATERMOOSE)
pcsx2t (9.4)
pcsx2tsvn337 (9.5 WATERMOOSE)
Okay, straighten me out. Everything that is not 9.4 "isn't supported by" Emuforums, which is why I'm posting here. I get that they are Betas, I don't get why or how or what's the diff. Which is the latest? Which should I be using for most compatibility? Why does svn stand for anyways?
I also tried Playground, but I've no idea what revision it was, or if there are revisions? All I know is it didn't work as well for me, mainly there were too many options and I needed to start simpler.
Played FFX, no complaints aside from I forgot how terrible easy it is. Persona 4 is meh right now. Suikoden 3 is mega slow, lots of artifacts. FFX-2 is chugging along alright.
Sidenote - I forgot my speakers, so for now I'm just using NullSound.
We will start with FFX-2:
I get between 45 and 60 FPS. It's nice and playable and the slowdowns are at the same place where my Deuce would chug.
But when I open my inventory screen or abilities page or anywhere there is a list with a cursor (buying from merchants), the game chugs down to less than 20 FPS, and I don't know why.
Settings: CPU - everything checked, limited FPS. ZeroGS Kosmos 0.97.1, FFX hack enabled.
So I tried GSdx 883 SSSE3 0.1.13 (latest? I've no idea seriously people clean up the numbers) and the menu thing works fine. Pretty good FPS again somewhere around 45-60. Except in battle it drops to about 30.
GSdx - Pixel Shader 3, native resolution, grey NLOOP and Texture Filter, Alpha checked.
I've messed around with filtering and interlacing and all that for each plugin, but nothing really fixes the problem or improves the FPS. And I'm not near systematic enough to go through each option, check, test, uncheck, test, next check, test, etc. Especially when there has got to be someone out there that has already done this.
I haven't really tried the speedhacks and such, mainly because I wanted to understand what is up before I start randomly checking boxes.
So, people more wise than I, which is the latest PCSX2 that I should be using? Is beta the best, or stick with the 'official' versions? Or can't you say due to some unknown law regarding which version we are allowed to discuss using?
And what is up with my FPSness? I know some games just work better with some plugins, but why would one not be able to do menus of all things, while the other battles?
Would it be easier to just screencap all my settings? Will do upon request.
Thanks again.
Scion
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