ff7 pc version...

campi · August 18th, 2002

does anyone know where I can buy ff7 for pc (in what country because there isn't one in my ). And is the graphics better in ff7 for pc or for psx?

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**Demigod** · August 19th, 2002

If you configure epsxe right FF7 can look better on it. The psx version also has better midi music and better FMVs. The benefit of the PC version is that it will run on a low-end system (even a Pentium 100 will work) and doesn't have shifting polygons. There are some problems with it though, such as the bike game and the chocobo racing.

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Ninjaa · August 19th, 2002

The bike race and chocobo racing problems have been fixed haven't they?

But I would say that FF7PC looks better. The fonts are clearer, and the backgrounds look nicer (IMO)

Andronicus · August 19th, 2002

I dont see any problems in Bike and Chcobo racing (Must be my eyes problem). Btw, I have both PSX and PC version.

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Ninjaa · August 19th, 2002

There was a compatability problem in Windows XP that was fixed with a recent patch (Or so I thought anyway. Anyone with the patch care to comment?)

Andronicus · August 19th, 2002

In that case, go for FF7pc. It has less configuration and it's fonts is better than PSX version. However, if you have a lot experience in emulation and care to use PSX version, then go for it.

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**Demigod** · August 19th, 2002

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Originally posted by Ninja
The bike race and chocobo racing problems have been fixed haven't they?

But I would say that FF7PC looks better. The fonts are clearer, and the backgrounds look nicer (IMO)

On a lot of comptuers the bike race part goes really fast for some reason (more than 2 times as fast), rendering it unplayable. I believe there was a hack to fix the chocobo racing part in XP.

The font and the backgrounds do look a bit nicer, although the resolution's stuck at 640x480. It looks very nice with FSAA, although it won't work on GF3/4 cards.

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Cless · August 19th, 2002

i remember that glitch.

Ninjaa · August 19th, 2002

It ran normal on my PC, when I finished the game.... multiple times.

But I had a really low end system. (Pentium 200, Voodoo3, 32MB EDO RAM.)

Andronicus · August 19th, 2002

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Originally posted by Demigod79
On a lot of comptuers the bike race part goes really fast for some reason (more than 2 times as fast), rendering it unplayable. I believe there was a hack to fix the chocobo racing part in XP.

Oh, speed issue in Bike Race. I think I had encounter it before. I use my 933 Mhz Pentium III, 256MB RAM and Savage4 video card. All my characters' HP drop a lot because it's too hard too control and maintaining their HPs.

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Rhombus · August 19th, 2002

Yeah, I'm actually replaying through FF7 now with Windows XP and the XP 1.3a Patch... Athlon XP 1500+ @ 1.5 ghz, 512 MB DDR Ram, and GeForce256. I've already passed the bike race and the chocobo race and both were completely unplayable, as they zipped through at superspeed. I thought the snowboarding might be the same way, but surprisingly enough there were no speed issues there.

Other issues are that the FMV's (besides being ugly

) are really choppy sometimes and/or delay a few seconds before showing. And when taskswitching, if I task switch while there's any 3d rendering being done, when I switch back to FF7 all I get is a black screen (although it is still running and the game pad and sound still function)- meaning I can only task switch when on the menu or battle-experience screens.

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Andronicus · August 19th, 2002

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Originally posted by Smooth Playa

Other issues are that the FMV's (besides being ugly ) are really choppy sometimes and/or delay a few seconds before showing.

I have PSX version too. So I decode my own FF7 movies for PC to make it better. However, there are no delay before playing the movies on my system. It must be because I play it through the HD. No cd at all.

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**Demigod** · August 19th, 2002

The delay is because the CD-ROM drive has to spin up before reading data. In slower drives the delay will be less. On a 2x psx CD drive (which I think is always spinning) the data can be read almost instantly. It's sometimes a problem on PC games as well, the game might pause for a second while spinning up the CD for data.

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Vidhath · August 19th, 2002

hmmm thats interesting...
enlighten me demigod, other than heat issues, why would a faster cd rom be better than a 2x?

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AtomicFeline · August 19th, 2002

I played FF7 for pc for a few years and, as a result, I got used to the music. When I shifted to FF7 PSX (my pc version stopped working when I got a Nvidia video card), I missed the music from the PC version (and still do).

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Kaiser Sigma · August 19th, 2002

I heard long ago that there where avaible a patch for enhacing the graphics... any idea about it ?

**Demigod** · August 20th, 2002

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hmmm thats interesting...
enlighten me demigod, other than heat issues, why would a faster cd rom be better than a 2x?

The faster the CD-ROM drive the faster data can be read off it. Slower CD-ROMs have less spin up time but can`t read data all that fast. A fast CD-ROM drive has a lot of spin-up time but once it gets going it's a lot faster at reading data than a slow drive. It`s also important to note that fast drives are also more prone to errors. There are certain occasions when the drive will kinda choke on the CD and has to spin down or stop before resuming data transfer. But generally it`s better to have a faster drive (most PC games are installed on the hard drive and usually only refer to the CD for cd-check purposes or music) but for emulation purposes (or for games requiring a lot of CD access) a slower drive may be better.

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Vidhath · August 20th, 2002

hmm thats interesting... maybe i should emulate stuff of my burner and not my main dvd drive...

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**Demigod** · August 20th, 2002

Hehe, my sister's DVD drive takes a whole 10 seconds to spin up!

Whenever I open My Computer it spins up the CD, which ends up freezing the comp for the duration of the spin-up time. Talk about annoying!

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Mog · August 20th, 2002

How bad is it on a 300MHz and below?

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August 19th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,872	If you configure epsxe right FF7 can look better on it. The psx version also has better midi music and better FMVs. The benefit of the PC version is that it will run on a low-end system (even a Pentium 100 will work) and doesn't have shifting polygons. There are some problems with it though, such as the bike game and the chocobo racing. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 8192 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 1 TB Seagate & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) PSU: Nexus 1000 Watt OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

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Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 7,778	The bike race and chocobo racing problems have been fixed haven't they? But I would say that FF7PC looks better. The fonts are clearer, and the backgrounds look nicer (IMO)

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Andronicus ƒeƒC[ƒ_ Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Somewhere around the Earth Posts: 846	I dont see any problems in Bike and Chcobo racing (Must be my eyes problem). Btw, I have both PSX and PC version. __________________ ¡“ú‚©‚ç–¾“ú‚Ö‚Æ

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Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 7,778	There was a compatability problem in Windows XP that was fixed with a recent patch (Or so I thought anyway. Anyone with the patch care to comment?)

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Andronicus ƒeƒC[ƒ_ Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Somewhere around the Earth Posts: 846	In that case, go for FF7pc. It has less configuration and it's fonts is better than PSX version. However, if you have a lot experience in emulation and care to use PSX version, then go for it. __________________ ¡“ú‚©‚ç–¾“ú‚Ö‚Æ

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Cless Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809	i remember that glitch.

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Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 7,778	It ran normal on my PC, when I finished the game.... multiple times. But I had a really low end system. (Pentium 200, Voodoo3, 32MB EDO RAM.)

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Rhombus The Moogle Assassin Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 2,081	Yeah, I'm actually replaying through FF7 now with Windows XP and the XP 1.3a Patch... Athlon XP 1500+ @ 1.5 ghz, 512 MB DDR Ram, and GeForce256. I've already passed the bike race and the chocobo race and both were completely unplayable, as they zipped through at superspeed. I thought the snowboarding might be the same way, but surprisingly enough there were no speed issues there. Other issues are that the FMV's (besides being ugly ) are really choppy sometimes and/or delay a few seconds before showing. And when taskswitching, if I task switch while there's any 3d rendering being done, when I switch back to FF7 all I get is a black screen (although it is still running and the game pad and sound still function)- meaning I can only task switch when on the menu or battle-experience screens. __________________ Processor: Athlon 64 3400+ Mobo: MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R RAM: 1 GB Corsair XMS GFX Card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Sound Card: SB Audigy 2 ZS HDD1: Seagate 160MB 8MB 7200 HDD2: Seagate 80MB 8MB 7200 Burner: NEC 16x DVDR Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB Gamepad1: PS2 Dual Analog/KiKY X USB Gamepad2: Gravis GamePad Pro OS: Windows XP Pro sp2 *Tempus fugit et nos fugimus in illus.* *Fiat justitia; ruat coelum.*

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Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,872	The delay is because the CD-ROM drive has to spin up before reading data. In slower drives the delay will be less. On a 2x psx CD drive (which I think is always spinning) the data can be read almost instantly. It's sometimes a problem on PC games as well, the game might pause for a second while spinning up the CD for data. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 8192 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 1 TB Seagate & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) PSU: Nexus 1000 Watt OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

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Vidhath The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 607	hmmm thats interesting... enlighten me demigod, other than heat issues, why would a faster cd rom be better than a 2x? __________________ The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff rulez all.

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AtomicFeline Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 569	I played FF7 for pc for a few years and, as a result, I got used to the music. When I shifted to FF7 PSX (my pc version stopped working when I got a Nvidia video card), I missed the music from the PC version (and still do). __________________ Feline Visit my deviantart page: http://atomicfeline.deviantart.com 1.4 Ghz T-Bird Athlon PNY Geforce4 TI4400 AGP 128 Meg DDR 512 Megs DDR ram Ensoniq Audio PCI 32X CD-ROM Windows XP SP 1

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Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	I heard long ago that there where avaible a patch for enhacing the graphics... any idea about it ?

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Vidhath The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 607	hmm thats interesting... maybe i should emulate stuff of my burner and not my main dvd drive... __________________ The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff rulez all.

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Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,872	Hehe, my sister's DVD drive takes a whole 10 seconds to spin up! Whenever I open My Computer it spins up the CD, which ends up freezing the comp for the duration of the spin-up time. Talk about annoying! __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 8192 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 1 TB Seagate & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) PSU: Nexus 1000 Watt OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

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Mog The Gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 123	How bad is it on a 300MHz and below?