Pre-Release Screenshots

[kcar181]

Originally Posted by DC_daNMan

Well, I could guess, but Im not caustik, so they ma be wrong. I think we'll be playing games at around nov2k3-feb2k4. I think they would be 'playable' on a 1.8Ghz over 256mb and upwards on a gf4 ti440/radeon 9700. But thats just what I think... I could be wrong...
P.s, how many poly's are in that xbox controller?

I hope that would be the specs that doesn't seem bad at all. Just gotta wait I guess

Im getting a XP1700+ (to be overclocked to 2ghz) , 512MB DDR400 and Radeon 9500 pro . i hope that system will run CXBX smoothly ..

[kcar181]

Im getting a gf4 ti 4800 soon and all I need is the cpu. I have atholon tbird 1.3 and 1024ram

[fastlance]

Say, Im looking to upgrade my self, to go from my P4 to a XP 2800+ are they any good?

[Galway no Sora]

What P4? If you're from P4 1.3 and move to XP2800 of course its good

[A.Normal]

I won't be suprised if any directx 8 card would work for emulation. At the resolutions the xbox runs at the cpu is the bottleneck and not the gfx card. So a geforce fx 5200 vanilla card 79$ "could" be more the adquate to run games at there native resolutions. As long as you have a decent cpu. Not to mention you could even "emulate" the directx 8 features in software and get away with using a geforce mx gfx card with a fast cpu. Of course the better your gfx card the better you can make xbox games look.

[kingofc]

I can tell you that this is not that easy. The Xbox uses a special optimized GPU which uses some tricks to get more perfomance. Also there are some new stuff like support for new D3DFORMATs, push buffers (a kind of call stack which is used by nVidia cards internally), NV2A microcode language for shaders, shader commands and more. So it is a long and hard way to get this stuff running on a DirectX8 PC. Don't forget this. (Some things can only be emulated by software and that is really slow).

[PentiumPro]

Sorry to break the mood but, where can I get this?

Er, couldn't post the picture. It's that gamepad app on the 3rd page. I thought I got it from xbins, but it crashes. It shouldn't.

Where can I get cubemap as well? If on xbins, where? I couldn't find it.

[fastlance]

Originally Posted by Galway no Sora

What P4? If you're from P4 1.3 and move to XP2800 of course its good

well, it's 1.8, I use my computer to make music and I need more performance and processing power so Im guessing a 3000XP+ could get the job done? is there a big differnce?

[caustik]

that demo will work in the next release

[Galway no Sora]

Sorry, this kinda

XP3000 is good, IMO. I also upgrading to XP3000 as well. Higher than that [3200] not worth, IMO. If you ask about performance, there would be significant performance, but only with certain programs IIRC, that optimized for.

The system that I currently build :
XP3000, Abit NF7-S, Corsair 1GB TwinX PC3200, V5 5500 PCI, R9800Pro AIW, 4x36GB WD Raptor SATA.

V5 ? what would that do ? is it really THAT better in emulation ?

[Galway no Sora]

V5 = Voodoo 5. Yes, it's Glide still needed in oldies games and ofcourse emulation .

[Kane]

Probably won't be much cop in 128-bit (DC/PS2/XBox) emulation, but on the 32/64-bit machines (PSX/N64) it's still king. Most of us are happy with geForce 3's and above now tho.

[stevehabs]

So Whens The Next Release Of Cxbx ??? Its Improved A Lot And We Need It Oh So Bad We Need A Update On The Home Page Too Almost Not Updated Wit Any News For A Month Now Almost

[Galway no Sora]

Originally Posted by Lord Kane

Probably won't be much cop in 128-bit (DC/PS2/XBox) emulation, but on the 32/64-bit machines (PSX/N64) it's still king. Most of us are happy with geForce 3's and above now tho.

You're right, Lord Kane. I will use that Voodoo card just for PSX emulation, and GF3 for gaming. That is the only reason I bought this old graphic card.

stevehabs : the next release is up to the emu author. He will do when he want. It will be ready when he think it's ready. About homepage, perhaps he still working on, or he have no time since this emu take a lot of his time. The author also have normal life, family and something else need to work with. So, don't ask about it :cuss2:

[stevehabs]

alright u can shut up cuz im pretty sure he knows when hes going to release a new version and im asking because theres a pre release with great features available. cant wait for the release.

Well anyway its considered rude to bug authors about their releases . the answer people usually get is "it will be released .. when it will be released" .

[Hector]

Visit Icarus board and you will find it filled up with tons of when...released? when...beta? Hate lamers

[PentiumPro]

Uh huh. Steve, I know what you meant, seeing as how I'm about to piss my pants waiting for a release. But it's better just not to say anything to avoid a problem and keep respect of other people.