setting up ePSXe on my other computer....

**hushypushy** · August 20th, 2003

ok so i decided to set up another computer for ePSXe so a friend could bring over his memory card (on a floppy disk) and continue his game here. however...this computer isnt great. I'm only trying to play one game: Vagrant Story. however, i tried the PEOPS plugin (horrible colors and speed) and pete's openGL, D3d (crashes) and they do not work. i am playing from an iso made from the real, legal CD and with cloneCD.

here are the computers specs (please ignore my signature as this is not the computer i am trying to configure):

800 mhz celeron
intel 82810 graphics
128 mb RAM
XP Pro

all i want to do is make the game playable at fullspeed. it doesnt have to look great, i just want >>playable<<

**Chrono Archangel** · August 20th, 2003

lol thats basically what my system was except i have a slighly..better card and a little more ram. but ePSXe should play ok. with my 82810 i used Pete's DX6 D3D and it worked fine. games would run full speed but with no real enhancements.

The Captain · August 20th, 2003

you could try using another soft plugin such as E}I{'s plugin or Kazooya's plugin.

**hushypushy** · August 20th, 2003

well, i got it to work with E}I{'s plugin....it aint great, but what do you expect when you have a 4 MB video card?

**n_w95482** · August 20th, 2003

I used the dx6 d3d plugin on my friend's comp and his comp has the 82810 and it ran FF8 pretty good with the exception of the battle swirls

. I can ask him if he still has the config for it.

edit: I asked my friend for the config but he can't get epsxe or most other emulators to run on his comp so I can't give you his config.

**Chrono Archangel** · August 20th, 2003

how come you cant run Pete's plugin? whats the error?

**n_w95482** · August 20th, 2003

What settings are you using for the plugins?

**hushypushy** · August 20th, 2003

ok basically i just pressed the default "fast" and made sure the VRAM was set at 4. when i go to Run Iso and pick my .img file, it displays all the stuff in the log at left and the window is black for about 3 seconds...and then....well, look at the pictures:

EDIT: woah...we posted at the same time. and damn..you beat me to it. well, here's my settings

**n_w95482** · August 20th, 2003

Have you tried updating the chipset drivers? Try going to "select device" and reselect the video "card". Try reinstalling epsxe and the plugins or just the plugins. Are you using the latest ones?

**hushypushy** · August 20th, 2003

i got new 82810 drivers for windows XP. i reselected the device in the plugin. i didnt reinstalled the plugins though, i dont want to go through the registry when i have it working with the other plugin. this is simply a minor annoyance....

im using pete's 1.74....i shouldnt have covered it up in the above picture, sorry.

oh well, this might not last long...im looking at cheap PCI videocards (just to play CS and ePSXe)

**n_w95482** · August 20th, 2003

A gforce4 mx 420 (or 440, 460) is a good PCI card and it only costs about $55-60 on newegg. I had one in my comp and it worked well but it was bottlenecked by my slow processor so I put it in my friend's comp. At 800x600 rez it can play CS in opengl mode at 70-100 fps no prob (using 43.45 drivers). It also played epsxe at full speed. His comp has a 933 mhz p3 and is running windows ME

. Now he can't run most emulators because windows gets all weird about the keyboard and the 386enh line in the system.ini file

.

**hushypushy** · August 20th, 2003

yeah, i was thinking about going down to Fry's and getting the MX440 PCI or something similar...i dont need too much speed.

my other OTHER computer with 800 mhz P3, XP home and TNT2 plays CS and ePSXe fine, that's what im aiming for here

August 20th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... ok so i decided to set up another computer for ePSXe so a friend could bring over his memory card (on a floppy disk) and continue his game here. however...this computer isnt great. I'm only trying to play one game: Vagrant Story. however, i tried the PEOPS plugin (horrible colors and speed) and pete's openGL, D3d (crashes) and they do not work. i am playing from an iso made from the real, legal CD and with cloneCD. here are the computers specs (please ignore my signature as this is not the computer i am trying to configure): 800 mhz celeron intel 82810 graphics 128 mb RAM XP Pro all i want to do is make the game playable at fullspeed. it doesnt have to look great, i just want >>playable<< __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

August 20th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,228	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... lol thats basically what my system was except i have a slighly..better card and a little more ram. but ePSXe should play ok. with my 82810 i used Pete's DX6 D3D and it worked fine. games would run full speed but with no real enhancements. __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

August 20th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
The Captain Crono! Wake up! Join Date: May 2002 Location: cyberspace Posts: 1,446	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... you could try using another soft plugin such as E}I{'s plugin or Kazooya's plugin. __________________ DFI LT X38 mobo, E8400 OC @ 4ghz, 4gb G.Skill DDR2 1066mhz, 8800GTS 320mb (G80), 2 x 150gb WD Raptors in RAID 0, 2 x 320gb media/backup drives, NB & CPU DangerDen waterblocks, BlackIce GTX 360 radiator

August 20th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... well, i got it to work with E}I{'s plugin....it aint great, but what do you expect when you have a 4 MB video card? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

August 20th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... I used the dx6 d3d plugin on my friend's comp and his comp has the 82810 and it ran FF8 pretty good with the exception of the battle swirls . I can ask him if he still has the config for it. edit: I asked my friend for the config but he can't get epsxe or most other emulators to run on his comp so I can't give you his config. Last edited by n_w95482; August 20th, 2003 at 06:05.

August 20th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,228	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... how come you cant run Pete's plugin? whats the error? __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

August 20th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... What settings are you using for the plugins?

August 20th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... Have you tried updating the chipset drivers? Try going to "select device" and reselect the video "card". Try reinstalling epsxe and the plugins or just the plugins. Are you using the latest ones?

August 20th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... i got new 82810 drivers for windows XP. i reselected the device in the plugin. i didnt reinstalled the plugins though, i dont want to go through the registry when i have it working with the other plugin. this is simply a minor annoyance.... im using pete's 1.74....i shouldnt have covered it up in the above picture, sorry. oh well, this might not last long...im looking at cheap PCI videocards (just to play CS and ePSXe) __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

August 20th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... A gforce4 mx 420 (or 440, 460) is a good PCI card and it only costs about $55-60 on newegg. I had one in my comp and it worked well but it was bottlenecked by my slow processor so I put it in my friend's comp. At 800x600 rez it can play CS in opengl mode at 70-100 fps no prob (using 43.45 drivers). It also played epsxe at full speed. His comp has a 933 mhz p3 and is running windows ME . Now he can't run most emulators because windows gets all weird about the keyboard and the 386enh line in the system.ini file .

August 20th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Re: setting up ePSXe on my other computer.... yeah, i was thinking about going down to Fry's and getting the MX440 PCI or something similar...i dont need too much speed. my other OTHER computer with 800 mhz P3, XP home and TNT2 plays CS and ePSXe fine, that's what im aiming for here __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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