Better FF9 graphic quality

[michaelfoocyuan]

Guess I'm a bit greedy... I would like to know the best graphic setting for FF9. Hopefully friends here would like to help me Below are my settings, have a look and please give me some tips on "enhancing" the graphic Thanks.


Lewpy's Glide³ Plugin Configuration Information v1.35
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Computer Information
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (v5.1 Build 2600)
DirectX : DirectX 8.1 installed
Processor : AMD AMD-K7(tm) Processor, 553Mhz (1 off) (00/0612)
64kb L1-I, 64kb L1-D, 512kb L2 (on-chip)
Memory : 256Mb

Core Emulator
ePSXe : C:\EPSXE\EPSXE.EXE
: 12/03/2002 22:42, 163840 bytes

*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| Type | Name | Version | Date |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| BIOS | SCPH1001.BIN | | 11/07/1997 05:38 |
| CDR | cdrPeteAspi.dll | 1.9 | 05/01/2002 11:06 |
| GPU | gpupec.dll | 1.41 | 12/07/2001 23:39 |
| SPU | spuNull2Mixer.dll | 1.3 | 25/03/2001 23:34 |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| ePSXe Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Sound Enabled | Yes |
| CDDA Enabled | Yes |
| XA Enabled | Yes |
| XA Read Enabled | Yes |
| SPU IRQ Hack | Yes |
| CDROM Drive Letter | F |
| CDROM Accurate Timing | Yes |
| Disable CDROM Status | No |
| Country | NTSC |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

Glide³
Board : Voodoo3 (tm)
Version : 3.20.00.1006
File : C:\WINDOWS\System32\glide3x.dll
: 28/12/2001 04:53, 303104 bytes

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Plugin Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Active Configuration | 1 |
| Active 3dfx Card | 1 |
| Enable HotKeys | No |
| Resolution | 800x600 |
| Refresh Rate | 80Hz |
| Emulate MASK Bit | Yes |
| Dynamic Texture Caching | Yes |
| Custom FrameCap | 80Hz |
| On-Screen Display | Off |
| Frame Skip | Disabled |
| FrameRate Limit | Auto |
| System Type | NTSC |
| FrameCap Method | New |
| Draw Method | Bright |
| Alpha Blending Mode | Advanced |
| Bilinear Filtering | Enabled w/o Sprites |
| Alpha Testing | Aggressive |
| FrameBuffer Access | Read/Write |
| Off-Screen Drawing | Full |
| Polygon Mode | Textured |
| Texture Windows | Enabled |
| VSync | Enabled |
| Banshee Code | Enabled |
| MDEC Format | Texture |
| Experimental Flipping | On |
| Experimental Screen Sizing | Off |
| FrontBuffer Rendering Fix | Off |
| FF7 TextureWindow Fix | Off |
| DMAChain Fix | Long |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

[fivefeet8]

You can try running the game at 640x480 resolution.. This may help with your 2d backgrounds.. Since you don't have a FSAA capable video card, use petes d3d gpu pluggin and set filtering to "6".. And use the 640x480 resolution or 800x600 if you think the 3d characters are too pixelated..

[bossker1]

FSAA isn't showing up on my Epsxe even though i have a geforce2 graphics card...

[spajdr]

you cant enable FSAA thru ePSXe. But you can enabled it in Video Properties ..

[michaelfoocyuan]

But I'm using 3Dfx Voodoo 3 2000 graphic card. I thought Lewpy's plugin is the best?

[Zephon]

Originally posted by michaelfoocyuan
But I'm using 3Dfx Voodoo 3 2000 graphic card. I thought Lewpy's plugin is the best?

Lewpy's Glide will definately offer you the best performance, but the graphics quality will not be so, since the V3 can't do FSAA. Pete's plugins have some nice filtering options(as mentioned by fivefeet8).

[michaelfoocyuan]

Oh... I see... can you please do me a flavour by posting up the BEST settings for Pete's plugin? Thanks!

[guitarooman3]

yeah, can someone post up the best settings for pete's plug-in. I have a geforce 4, but I am having trouble in getting the best possible output.

Also, for my card (Nvidia geforce 4), which is better: D3d, OpenGL?

The only way for FF9 to run propertly w/o all the garbage is if I run it on software mode, is there a better alternative?

[Kane]

If you have XP, possibly 2k, you can use these settings for ePSXexecutor. Just enable 4xFSAA if you are using the Final Fantasy settings.

[guitarooman3]

i just read your other post, and it did the job quite well. Only when i run it in 1024x768 it becomes really slow. Should it be this slow on a geforce 4?

1 last thing: which one is 4xfsaa? Here are the options that I have:
Off
2x
Quincunx Antialiasing
4x
4xS (Direct 3d only)

thanks for your help.

[Kane]

4x
The settings should be configured so that it runs at optimal speed/ quality on a Gf3/1.4GHz, so it souldn't slow down too much. The reason it's in 640x480 for the FF settings is so that the background doesnt get blurred. If you change the rez up in that setting it will slow down as I use full vRAM primatives so that FSAA doesn't slow down the battle swirls

[astroduck]

Originally posted by guitarooman3
i just read your other post, and it did the job quite well. Only when i run it in 1024x768 it becomes really slow. Should it be this slow on a geforce 4?

1 last thing: which one is 4xfsaa? Here are the options that I have:
Off
2x
Quincunx Antialiasing
4x
4xS (Direct 3d only)

thanks for your help.

Anyone know the differences between Quincunx AA and normal AA(4X,2X)??

[Ultragunner]

Taken from the description at display properties:

"This option enables a patented antialiasing technique available in the Geforce GPU family

Quincunx antialiasing offers the quality of the slower, 4X antialiasing mode at nearly the performance of the faster, 2X mode"

[Zephon]

The Quincunx AA is available only in the GF3, and it's indeed faster than the 4XFSAA, but the quality is not so good. Here's a text taken from Anandtech:

Quincunx is another FSAA method which is, like MSAA, only currently employed by the GeForce3. It utilizes both a 2X RG MSAA sampling and also a blur filter to deal with texture alising. The effectiveness of this method is the subject of much debate right now, but most people compare Quincunx to 4X FSAA solutions while it incurs a performance hit comparable to 2X.

[michaelfoocyuan]

Sorry, I'm not using ePSXe Cutor... :confused:

[Kane]

Get hold of it. Even the limited games I have have conflicting configuratios.

[michaelfoocyuan]

Hi, just downloaded it and get hold of it... hehe And also I've downloaded your configurations... found that you're using Lewpy's GPU for FF9

[Kane]

No I'm not. I'm using Pete's OpenGL 1.60... poss 1.56

[michaelfoocyuan]

Weird... weird.... weird...