Extremely slow framerates

aserpent · May 3rd, 2006

Hello.

I'm attempting to emulate FFVII on my computer.
The game begins fine and seems to emulate stably without any visible problems... except that it emulates at about 2.2 frames per second.

I'm using the 1.6.0 version of ePSXe, just downloaded Pete's video/sound plugins as well as the CD image plugin. I've attempted to run the game both in full screen and in a 640x480 window, both with the least intensive settings I could choose.

I am running XP on an Athlon 2400+ (2.00GHz), 1024MB RAM (I've allowed other processes to use well over half of that at once and they haven't complained, so ePSXe should have enough RAM), and an nVidia GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU. I do run a dual-head setup.

Is there some configuration/setup changes I should look into or is this a fundamental problem with my hardware?

Thank you.

Seph1roth5 · May 9th, 2006

Did you try running any other game besides FF7? You should check that first, maybe something's just wrong with the game. I had the same framerate problem (well maybe not as bad as 2.2) with suikoden, but fiddling with the graphic settings fixed it, are yours all set at the lowest, like 0:blahblah? Try not running fullscreen as well, and closing down any other stuff you have running in the background, see if that helps at all.

masque · May 9th, 2006

what plugins (more specific)? and I've never heard of a GeForce4 integrated card, but If it is integrated you might want to try Pete's OGL 1.76 (version might be wrong) instead of OGL2.

**Kellicros** · May 9th, 2006

Post your configuration settings for Pete's plugins.

May 3rd, 2006	#1 (permalink)
aserpent Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1	Extremely slow framerates Hello. I'm attempting to emulate FFVII on my computer. The game begins fine and seems to emulate stably without any visible problems... except that it emulates at about 2.2 frames per second. I'm using the 1.6.0 version of ePSXe, just downloaded Pete's video/sound plugins as well as the CD image plugin. I've attempted to run the game both in full screen and in a 640x480 window, both with the least intensive settings I could choose. I am running XP on an Athlon 2400+ (2.00GHz), 1024MB RAM (I've allowed other processes to use well over half of that at once and they haven't complained, so ePSXe should have enough RAM), and an nVidia GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU. I do run a dual-head setup. Is there some configuration/setup changes I should look into or is this a fundamental problem with my hardware? Thank you.

May 9th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
masque Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixon CA Posts: 377	what plugins (more specific)? and I've never heard of a GeForce4 integrated card, but If it is integrated you might want to try Pete's OGL 1.76 (version might be wrong) instead of OGL2. __________________ Current Specs: NForce2 Chipset, Athlon XP 3000+, 1GB DDR400 RAM, 60GB Western Digital 8MB 7200RPM, Some cheap 80GB drive 7200RPM, Radeon 9600 128MB, WinXP Professional SP2

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May 9th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
Seph1roth5 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3	Did you try running any other game besides FF7? You should check that first, maybe something's just wrong with the game. I had the same framerate problem (well maybe not as bad as 2.2) with suikoden, but fiddling with the graphic settings fixed it, are yours all set at the lowest, like 0:blahblah? Try not running fullscreen as well, and closing down any other stuff you have running in the background, see if that helps at all.

May 9th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,686	Post your configuration settings for Pete's plugins.