some questions, 1 weird problem, 1 general issue and 1 plugin issue

chippy · January 25th, 2003

ok ok well first the weird problem
no matter what plugin's I use ePSXe all ways frezes for like 5-10 second every like 5-10 mins no mater what game it just does it

second why the hell is my HD like going like mad as if its reading a really big file off my pc (well not one file more like ALOT of little files) as I run ePSXe (and not useing ISO just a normal PSX cd)

and 3rd issue I cant seem to get any good configs for my graphs plugins I have ALL the latest (exect the gide my card doent do it) and with the normal crappy 640x480 in soft not d3d or opengl it jups hear and there but if I lower it or hit the "fast" button most times it makes it jump even more

ok now I guess to tell me which plugin would be best for me and its config you will need my syspecs

well I have a
XP1800+
Windows XP
onboad sound card (Avance AC97 Audio)
liteon 48x12x48
256DDR ram
and my video card is a Dimmon Viper 770 Ultra (its a TNT2 Ultra with 32 meg at 4x AGP pritty much the best TNT2 card you can get)

(going to get a new card in 2 months but I still would like to get this issues sorted out)

and dont think about the graphs issue I have played around with it for months but right now its just buging me to hell (well the stoping every 5-10 mins issue is REALLY pissing me off)

**Kellicros** · January 25th, 2003

>> second why the hell is my HD like going like mad as if its reading a really big file off my pc

Hhmm... enable DMA mode if you have not...

>> as I run ePSXe (and not useing ISO just a normal PSX cd)

That explained it pretty much, cd-rom takes time to spin up, try to play your games off an ISO, you will see the improvement.

>> now I guess to tell me which plugin would be best for me and its config you will need my syspecs

IMO: Pete's Opengl GPU plugin, Eternal SPU plugin.

Mr. Killjoy · January 25th, 2003

>> no matter what plugin's I use ePSXe all ways frezes for like 5-10 second every like 5-10 mins no mater what game it just does it

Maybe the after-effect of a too high overclocking

chippy · January 25th, 2003

ok well for one the freze problem isnt a cd problem it has no affect if its an ISO or the CD thats why I didnt say I was useing a cd and not an ISO so for somereaion it does it anyway

also where is the DMA thing I belive its on but I am unsure

also my CPU isnt overclocked I dont see why when my 1800+ works fine with all my games and I would only consider it if my CPU was the weeklink which at the moment is my video card so I cant improve that so why touch the CPU clock rate???

Mr. Killjoy · January 25th, 2003

Yeah, you right ... it was just a supposition

chippy · January 25th, 2003

ok also with what Evil Squall said about it beeing my cd rom tell me why the spin up would affect it when its playing a movie for example the starting movie in chrono trigger
how can it stop in that and be classed as spin up? when the movie files are indival files (when showing a movie it doesnt load one movie file after another its one but I dont mean ALL the movies are JUST one file)

REi_FoX · January 25th, 2003

i think its a result of OC your CPU...

if you did try to lower it by 5 fsb or higher...

and by the way TURN on the "Auto FPS limitation"

**Shadow Lady** · January 25th, 2003

I recommend Pete's D3D plugins, cauze u wont win a lot whit OGL on a TNT2 :]

REi_FoX · January 25th, 2003

yeah thats right i think TNT2 is alot faster in D3D than of OGL...

trust me i once have a card just like that...

Phoenix Flame · January 25th, 2003

Yes, D3D is better for a TNT2. I used to have one. It's bizarre how things are going though. Try disabling any background tasks you might have and see what happens. Something's hogging all your system resources.

REi_FoX · January 25th, 2003

speacially when using Windows ME! it really hogs memory!

chippy · January 25th, 2003

well I dont know why but when I play half life I get better FPS in openGL then d3d but I will try that but do you guys know why it just stops for no reasion on all my games and never in the same spot? (well sometimes its close to some spots)

and I am useing winXP SP1

the graphs settings dont really bother me right at the moment seeing I am buying a new video card half way through feb (maybe a ti4400 or a radon 9500pro)

chippy · January 25th, 2003

ops forgot to add in that I am more worryed about the reading from HD when not needed and the stoping seeing if I upgrade my card I will still have thoes problems there

Mr. Killjoy · January 26th, 2003

>> well I dont know why but when I play half life I get better FPS in openGL then d3d but I will try that but do you guys know why it just stops for no reasion on all my games and never in the same spot? (well sometimes its close to some spots)

Yeah! I noticed it, HL, Unreal,...(pc games) are faster in OGL than D3D even with a TNT2
But what they said is true, D3D is 12% faster when playing PSX game.... Dunno why..

REi_FoX · January 26th, 2003

wonder why?

i think D3D are more optimized for TNT2 years than of opengl...

Mr. Killjoy · January 26th, 2003

But OGL runs faster than D3D in most PC games with my old TNT2!!!

HL was 40% faster in OGL, Unreal from 30 to 50%, so I still wonder why

Phoenix Flame · January 26th, 2003

PSX emulation is different.

REi_FoX · January 26th, 2003

you know why?

try doing this... on CS

use d3d then enter to the console "d3d_flip 1"

you'll get about 20-30 more fps...

if you dont do this on CS movements will lag!

try to read "readme"

in PSX emu its alot faster

Mr. Killjoy · January 26th, 2003

I already knew this command, and that's right, but lg_d3dflip is NOT real d3d

REi_FoX · January 26th, 2003

yeah forgot about that console command...

it was last year since ive disposed TnT2...

good thing you did disposed of it too killjoy...

maybe try changing cards chippy...

January 25th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
chippy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 31	some questions, 1 weird problem, 1 general issue and 1 plugin issue ok ok well first the weird problem no matter what plugin's I use ePSXe all ways frezes for like 5-10 second every like 5-10 mins no mater what game it just does it second why the hell is my HD like going like mad as if its reading a really big file off my pc (well not one file more like ALOT of little files) as I run ePSXe (and not useing ISO just a normal PSX cd) and 3rd issue I cant seem to get any good configs for my graphs plugins I have ALL the latest (exect the gide my card doent do it) and with the normal crappy 640x480 in soft not d3d or opengl it jups hear and there but if I lower it or hit the "fast" button most times it makes it jump even more ok now I guess to tell me which plugin would be best for me and its config you will need my syspecs well I have a XP1800+ Windows XP onboad sound card (Avance AC97 Audio) liteon 48x12x48 256DDR ram and my video card is a Dimmon Viper 770 Ultra (its a TNT2 Ultra with 32 meg at 4x AGP pritty much the best TNT2 card you can get) (going to get a new card in 2 months but I still would like to get this issues sorted out) and dont think about the graphs issue I have played around with it for months but right now its just buging me to hell (well the stoping every 5-10 mins issue is REALLY pissing me off) __________________ "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, take care that the abyss does not gaze into you." Nietzsche.

January 25th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,686	>> second why the hell is my HD like going like mad as if its reading a really big file off my pc Hhmm... enable DMA mode if you have not... >> as I run ePSXe (and not useing ISO just a normal PSX cd) That explained it pretty much, cd-rom takes time to spin up, try to play your games off an ISO, you will see the improvement. >> now I guess to tell me which plugin would be best for me and its config you will need my syspecs IMO: Pete's Opengl GPU plugin, Eternal SPU plugin. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

January 25th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	>> no matter what plugin's I use ePSXe all ways frezes for like 5-10 second every like 5-10 mins no mater what game it just does it Maybe the after-effect of a too high overclocking __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 25th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
chippy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 31	ok well for one the freze problem isnt a cd problem it has no affect if its an ISO or the CD thats why I didnt say I was useing a cd and not an ISO so for somereaion it does it anyway also where is the DMA thing I belive its on but I am unsure also my CPU isnt overclocked I dont see why when my 1800+ works fine with all my games and I would only consider it if my CPU was the weeklink which at the moment is my video card so I cant improve that so why touch the CPU clock rate??? __________________ "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, take care that the abyss does not gaze into you." Nietzsche.

January 25th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	Yeah, you right ... it was just a supposition __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 25th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
chippy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 31	ok also with what Evil Squall said about it beeing my cd rom tell me why the spin up would affect it when its playing a movie for example the starting movie in chrono trigger how can it stop in that and be classed as spin up? when the movie files are indival files (when showing a movie it doesnt load one movie file after another its one but I dont mean ALL the movies are JUST one file) __________________ "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, take care that the abyss does not gaze into you." Nietzsche.

January 25th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	i think its a result of OC your CPU... if you did try to lower it by 5 fsb or higher... and by the way TURN on the "Auto FPS limitation" __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

January 25th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 4,888	I recommend Pete's D3D plugins, cauze u wont win a lot whit OGL on a TNT2 :] __________________ Main Rig: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 @ 2.5GHz -- 7600GT @ 650/800MHz -- 2GB DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 -- Windows XP Pro SP3 Collecting dust: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ -- ATI Radeon 9500 Pro -- SB Live 5.1 Digital -- 2.5GB DDR 2-2-2-5 Ram -- Windows 2003 server r2 SP1

January 25th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	yeah thats right i think TNT2 is alot faster in D3D than of OGL... trust me i once have a card just like that... __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

January 25th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Phoenix Flame Flood Yourself Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,342	Yes, D3D is better for a TNT2. I used to have one. It's bizarre how things are going though. Try disabling any background tasks you might have and see what happens. Something's hogging all your system resources.

January 25th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	speacially when using Windows ME! it really hogs memory! __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

January 25th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
chippy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 31	well I dont know why but when I play half life I get better FPS in openGL then d3d but I will try that but do you guys know why it just stops for no reasion on all my games and never in the same spot? (well sometimes its close to some spots) and I am useing winXP SP1 the graphs settings dont really bother me right at the moment seeing I am buying a new video card half way through feb (maybe a ti4400 or a radon 9500pro) __________________ "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, take care that the abyss does not gaze into you." Nietzsche.

January 25th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
chippy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 31	ops forgot to add in that I am more worryed about the reading from HD when not needed and the stoping seeing if I upgrade my card I will still have thoes problems there __________________ "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, take care that the abyss does not gaze into you." Nietzsche.

January 26th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	>> well I dont know why but when I play half life I get better FPS in openGL then d3d but I will try that but do you guys know why it just stops for no reasion on all my games and never in the same spot? (well sometimes its close to some spots) Yeah! I noticed it, HL, Unreal,...(pc games) are faster in OGL than D3D even with a TNT2 But what they said is true, D3D is 12% faster when playing PSX game.... Dunno why.. __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 26th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	wonder why? i think D3D are more optimized for TNT2 years than of opengl... __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

January 26th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	But OGL runs faster than D3D in most PC games with my old TNT2!!! HL was 40% faster in OGL, Unreal from 30 to 50%, so I still wonder why __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 26th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
Phoenix Flame Flood Yourself Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,342	PSX emulation is different.

January 26th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	you know why? try doing this... on CS use d3d then enter to the console "d3d_flip 1" you'll get about 20-30 more fps... if you dont do this on CS movements will lag! try to read "readme" in PSX emu its alot faster __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

January 26th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	I already knew this command, and that's right, but lg_d3dflip is NOT real d3d __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 26th, 2003	#20 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	yeah forgot about that console command... it was last year since ive disposed TnT2... good thing you did disposed of it too killjoy... maybe try changing cards chippy... __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

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