Snes9x or Zsnes

mecharmor25 · August 25th, 2003

I heard both Snes9x and Zsnes are really good and that the Zsnes is only faster. In terms of sound and video quality which would win out?? compatibility?? As for speed, i doubt it matters due to high cpu speeds nowadays.

**Dark Watcher** · August 25th, 2003

again?

Regulus · August 25th, 2003

I like SNES9x.....becaust ist the only one tht ever worked well for me.

**Yeloazndevil** · August 25th, 2003

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Originally Posted by mecharmor25

I heard both Snes9x and Zsnes are really good and that the Zsnes is only faster. In terms of sound and video quality which would win out?? compatibility?? As for speed, i doubt it matters due to high cpu speeds nowadays.

Zsnes ans SNes9x are both fast , but zsnes is not not much faster. If u think the only thing good about zsnes is speed, then u need to have your heard examined

. Zsnes has better sound IMO. well both have good video modes, but all u really need is Super 2xSAI which both emu's have.

Phoenix Flame · August 26th, 2003

I prefer ZSNES, but the recent versions seem to have screwed up music for me for some reason, so I stick with v1.337.

**Chrono Archangel** · August 26th, 2003

ZSNES for me.....but aint there a thread already like this? i mean EXACTLY like this?...people should search first

CraigGen · August 26th, 2003

Snes9x, all the way.
Zsnes, still has a rather archaic front-end thats just sooo 90's.
Newer Emulators now have nice front-ends, and are much nicer to navigate.
And most importantly, Zsnes does not allow one to have their own screen resolution. You have to have one from the fixed selection.
I want MY resolution, and without any limitations that prevent me from using 2xSAI, as an example.
In Snes9x, I use 1024x896 60hz NTSC, with buffering and V-sync. This gives me a multiple of the original Snes resolution.

**Yeloazndevil** · August 26th, 2003

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Originally Posted by CraigGen

Snes9x, all the way.
Zsnes, still has a rather archaic front-end thats just sooo 90's.
Newer Emulators now have nice front-ends, and are much nicer to navigate.
And most importantly, Zsnes does not allow one to have their own screen resolution. You have to have one from the fixed selection.
I want MY resolution, and without any limitations that prevent me from using 2xSAI, as an example.
In Snes9x, I use 1024x896 60hz NTSC, with buffering and V-sync. This gives me a multiple of the original Snes resolution.

its called gui

and FYI, Zsnes is gonna have a new gui sometime in the future besides I like the zsnes gui

Cid Highwind · August 26th, 2003

Well I like Zsnes on my pc, since it's low end and runs games way better than Snes9x, also I use Interpolation, because 2xSAI is choppy. Not in graphics but in speed.
But I don't hate snes9x, I use the ported version on my DC (DreamSnes)

**Kane** · August 26th, 2003

This is a recurring thing. I'll always say ZSnes, but in reality they are so close......

**Kellicros** · August 26th, 2003

I prefer Zsnes too, as for the reason, I think the others, yeloazndevil especially, have already stated out. I used to have sounds problem with Snes9X which forced me to use Zsnes instead, I am happy with it so far. Besides, I actually like the current GUI of Zsnes.

Sephi · August 26th, 2003

snes9x cos its the only working emu for me zsnes doesnt even work for me.

Clements · August 26th, 2003

ZSnes all the way:

ZSnes looks better (Snes9x doesn't interpolate the video after filtering, at least for me) and ZSnes now has the stunning hq3x filter for guys with fast processors.
ZSnes sounds better as it has a better sound core as well as having more options for sound interpolation and lowpass, which Snes9x hasn't got at all (has only Gaussian).
ZSnes works better with SuperFX games (StarFox runs too fast in Snes9x).
ZSnes is faster on low-end systems because it is coded in ASM rather than C.
ZSnes also has better Netplay- you can play over the internet with 56K with hardly any lag, while Snes9x implementation only works over LAN or it desyncs all the time.
The ZSnes GUI looks great filtered with hq3x @ 1024X768 with burning GUI effect enabled. Snes9x is a black screen with a grey bar at the top, that doesn't even have the XP Theme enabled in its menus.
The only reasons to use Snes9x in reality are if you use Mac/Linux (as it has greater portability due to the way its written), or if you are unlucky enough for it not to work on your PC (I've tried it on 3 PCs with wildly different specs, no problems so far.)

That's my opinion of it anyway!

brujah® · August 27th, 2003

I love ZSnes !

If you use DOS (on old PC) ZSNes DOS version is better than SNes9.x (win version)

And ... ehm... I can't to renounce to "snow & rain" fx of ZSnes

MaZa · August 28th, 2003

Eh, hq3x filtering? Where? I have latest Zsnes and all i can see is those normal 2xsai, super2xsai and eagle engines.

**Yeloazndevil** · August 28th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaZa

Eh, hq3x filtering? Where? I have latest Zsnes and all i can see is those normal 2xsai, super2xsai and eagle engines.

its in the Zsnes WIP http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...086#post585086

T.O.F.K.A.Z · August 28th, 2003

Zsnes , because it has better sound IMO , has better compatibility , for the rest it's been my very first emu and I immediately liked it.

**Kane** · August 28th, 2003

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Originally Posted by MaZa

Eh, hq3x filtering? Where? I have latest Zsnes and all i can see is those normal 2xsai, super2xsai and eagle engines.

If you have the latest ZSNES WIP you have to be in over 1024x768 to see it IIRC. Otherwise as Yeloazndevil said

MaZa · August 28th, 2003

Found it. Kinda neat, but nothing too critical when compared to super2xSAI.

**Kirby** · August 29th, 2003

I perfered Snes9x a year ago, but I hadn't played with the new emus lately. I never tried any of the Zsnes WIPs, so probably that slowdown at 60fps is fixed by now

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August 25th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
mecharmor25 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 133	Snes9x or Zsnes I heard both Snes9x and Zsnes are really good and that the Zsnes is only faster. In terms of sound and video quality which would win out?? compatibility?? As for speed, i doubt it matters due to high cpu speeds nowadays.

August 25th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Dark Watcher Coffee Demon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darkness, Unknown Posts: 2,898	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes again? __________________

August 25th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes I like SNES9x.....becaust ist the only one tht ever worked well for me. __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

August 26th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Phoenix Flame Flood Yourself Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,342	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes I prefer ZSNES, but the recent versions seem to have screwed up music for me for some reason, so I stick with v1.337.

August 26th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,228	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes ZSNES for me.....but aint there a thread already like this? i mean EXACTLY like this?...people should search first __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

August 26th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
CraigGen Retro Gamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK Posts: 12	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes Snes9x, all the way. Zsnes, still has a rather archaic front-end thats just sooo 90's. Newer Emulators now have nice front-ends, and are much nicer to navigate. And most importantly, Zsnes does not allow one to have their own screen resolution. You have to have one from the fixed selection. I want MY resolution, and without any limitations that prevent me from using 2xSAI, as an example. In Snes9x, I use 1024x896 60hz NTSC, with buffering and V-sync. This gives me a multiple of the original Snes resolution. __________________ Athlon XP 2.4 ghz 10.5 @200 mhz bus MSI K7N2G Nforce 2 Motherboard Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9700 Pro 1 Gb PC 3200 Corsair RAM SB Live ! Platinum + Livedrive Western Digital 7200 8Mb cache 180Gb HD Pioneer A05 DVD Writer Windows XP Pro SP1 + Windows ME

August 26th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,707	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes Well I like Zsnes on my pc, since it's low end and runs games way better than Snes9x, also I use Interpolation, because 2xSAI is choppy. Not in graphics but in speed. But I don't hate snes9x, I use the ported version on my DC (DreamSnes) __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

August 26th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes This is a recurring thing. I'll always say ZSnes, but in reality they are so close...... __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

August 26th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,686	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes I prefer Zsnes too, as for the reason, I think the others, yeloazndevil especially, have already stated out. I used to have sounds problem with Snes9X which forced me to use Zsnes instead, I am happy with it so far. Besides, I actually like the current GUI of Zsnes. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

August 26th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Sephi Thinking outside the box Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,535	snes9x cos its the only working emu for me zsnes doesnt even work for me. __________________ Currently watching: Tokimeki Memorial, Zegapain, Vampire Knight, Code Geass R2, Macross Frontier, Zero no Tsukaima S3 PC Specs: C2D E8400@ 3.5Ghz, 1.225Volt \|\| Asus P5QL-E \|\| 2GB OCZ 4-4-4-11, 925Mhz \|\| Geforce 7900GTO@GTX speeds \|\| Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, 32Mb 500GB \|\| Lite-On LH-20A1S \|\| Crossair VX450Watt \|\| Vista Home Premium 32Bit \|\| Laptop Specs C2D T7200 2.0Ghz \|\| 2GB 667Mhz \|\| ATIX1600 \|\| Hitachi 5400RPM 160Gb \|\| Windows XP Home 32Bit \|\|

August 26th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
Clements MMP-2 Dude Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,633	ZSnes all the way: ZSnes looks better (Snes9x doesn't interpolate the video after filtering, at least for me) and ZSnes now has the stunning hq3x filter for guys with fast processors. ZSnes sounds better as it has a better sound core as well as having more options for sound interpolation and lowpass, which Snes9x hasn't got at all (has only Gaussian). ZSnes works better with SuperFX games (StarFox runs too fast in Snes9x). ZSnes is faster on low-end systems because it is coded in ASM rather than C. ZSnes also has better Netplay- you can play over the internet with 56K with hardly any lag, while Snes9x implementation only works over LAN or it desyncs all the time. The ZSnes GUI looks great filtered with hq3x @ 1024X768 with burning GUI effect enabled. Snes9x is a black screen with a grey bar at the top, that doesn't even have the XP Theme enabled in its menus. The only reasons to use Snes9x in reality are if you use Mac/Linux (as it has greater portability due to the way its written), or if you are unlucky enough for it not to work on your PC (I've tried it on 3 PCs with wildly different specs, no problems so far.) That's my opinion of it anyway! __________________ PJ64 Homepage \| ZSNES Documentation Project \| bsnes Supporter

August 27th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
brujah® Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: L'Aquila Posts: 14	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes I love ZSnes ! If you use DOS (on old PC) ZSNes DOS version is better than SNes9.x (win version) And ... ehm... I can't to renounce to "snow & rain" fx of ZSnes __________________ SEGA does what Nintendon't La Pagina di Brujah

August 28th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
MaZa !!!METAL UNCLE!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 1,949	Eh, hq3x filtering? Where? I have latest Zsnes and all i can see is those normal 2xsai, super2xsai and eagle engines. __________________ Athlon XP 2600+ Barton, 1GB 333mhz DDR RAM, NVidia 6800GT, 2x160GB HD + gainward 3d glasses :fart:

August 28th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
T.O.F.K.A.Z ..::NL_HC_NL::.. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: THE PLACE EVERYONE FORGOT Posts: 1,744	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes Zsnes , because it has better sound IMO , has better compatibility , for the rest it's been my very first emu and I immediately liked it. __________________ Senior Member of the "Optimism-Non-Pessismism Club" ---------- Specs : PENTIUM 4 2,5 Ghz / GEFORCE FX 5700 Ultra --------- ---------- SOUND BLASTER Audigy2 Platinum/ 512MB DDR -------------- ---------- If you don't agree with me then that's OK by ----------------- ---------- me but I hope you respect my opinion as well ----------------

August 28th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
MaZa !!!METAL UNCLE!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 1,949	Found it. Kinda neat, but nothing too critical when compared to super2xSAI. __________________ Athlon XP 2600+ Barton, 1GB 333mhz DDR RAM, NVidia 6800GT, 2x160GB HD + gainward 3d glasses :fart:

August 29th, 2003	#20 (permalink)
Kirby Politically incorrect FTW Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,445	Re: Snes9x or Zsnes I perfered Snes9x a year ago, but I hadn't played with the new emus lately. I never tried any of the Zsnes WIPs, so probably that slowdown at 60fps is fixed by now __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo, Nvidia GeForce 7950GT SLi, 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5, ABit AN8-SLi, Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic

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