Speed VGS with.... ?

[felpax]

As we know, VGS is one of the best PSX emulators.It's compatibility, easy config ( almost nothing ! ). Ok, no D3D enhancing, just software rendering , it's out, etc...but how we can increase it's speed ? People here reported that we can make VGS faster with a lot of things... And you ? Do you have any way to make it better ?

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Last edited by felpax; August 4th, 2002 at 04:01..

[OmniDistortion]

I really dont like VGS... I have an emulator for enhancements like netplay - tons of memcard space - save states - a lot better graphix - better sound (surround as well...more people tend to have surround on their computers...and I am not discluded) oh yes and a wide selection of devices for a controller... VGS is just like PSX and I dont understand why people are still supporting it. All you need to do is save up 70 american dollars [tops] I dont remember how much yen... (I really dont care how you make the money ~ it isnt that much) for a system and modchip (if the modchip is needed that badly)

edit: and if you are having speed problems then all the more reason to get the real thing!

[Prafull]

Aldo's speed up is supposed to give you more speeds.

Anyway the only good way of getting speed ups with vgs is to upgrade your pc.

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[OmniDistortion]

That might be the biggey right there... if you are having speed probs you can get a decent system real cheap that can push the PSX beyond what it can normally do ~ so use ePSXe or PCSX if it comes with at least a voodoo 3 or geforce 2
(I prefer ePSXe)
I'm just simplifying this for all the n00bs so all you techies dont nag on me :embl:

[felpax]

Do you know if we can get better VGS results with a fast cd drive ( 60 X or more... ) and enabling DMA Channel ?

[OmniDistortion]

Well you can't get much faster than a .bin & .cue!!
(except an .ISO, but mine never work...poopie)

[Demigod]

Originally posted by felpax
Do you know if we can get better VGS results with a fast cd drive ( 60 X or more... ) and enabling DMA Channel ?

I don't think so. VGS runs CDs at the psx read speed of 2x so I don't think getting a faster CD-ROM will help. Also, for psx emulation (in other emulators) sometimes a slower CD-ROM is best, since it doesn't have to spin up so much. Games like Chrono Cross run horribly in epsxe using CDs. It spins it like crazy, leading to a lot of stuttering.

The best performance increase for VGS would be a CPU upgrade, not that it requires that fast of a CPU anyways. VGS has pretty low system requirements and a Pentium 2 class CPU @ 500 Mhz should run it at full speed.

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[felpax]

I agree... I have a friend with an Duron 1.2 GHZ, and he has excelent results using VGS. And Duron have only 64 kb of L2 cache. Do we need a full speed L2 cache to run it better ?

[Demigod]

VGS runs better with L2 cache but it will run on systems without. I have a 366 Mhz K6-2 labtop and VGS runs on it (albeit slowly). It also ran decent on my friend's 500 Mhz K6-2. L2 cache is stated as a requirement in VGS's system requirements but it can run without it. And Durons have full speed L2 cache, since it's on-die.

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[Shiori]

It ran at full speed on a PII 266 and 48MB of EDO RAM in my case.

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[DarkAntiMatter]

I used MemTurbo to free memory and Diskeeper to defragment my hard drive to improve the overall performance of my computer.

[SomeUserGuy]

i couldn't even get vgs to work...

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[Solidsnake]

Use Daemon tools to emulate cd drive and load the image on it.
It will definitely work faster, the speed prob is definitely because of reading sounds from the cd.

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[cooliscool]

i can run vgs and epsxe at full speed on a k6-2 500 @ 533 (took off oc @ 600 cause of heat/stability )


every game i have played with epsxe or vgs runs liquid smooth, using a gf4 mx 420 pci graphics card.

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[cooliscool]

Originally posted by Demigod79
VGS runs better with L2 cache but it will run on systems without. I have a 366 Mhz K6-2 labtop and VGS runs on it (albeit slowly). It also ran decent on my friend's 500 Mhz K6-2. L2 cache is stated as a requirement in VGS's system requirements but it can run without it. And Durons have full speed L2 cache, since it's on-die.

you never know, they could have meant external L2 is a requirement. With a mid range graphics card slow systems like mine can get psx games looking 50x better than on a psx, still running as good.

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