nullPVR question about hardware requirements

life_247 · April 3rd, 2007

Does the nullPVR need a vertex shader to run. Im using a Geforce 4 MX 440 so im not sure i have them.

The chankast pluggin runs fine for me but i cannot get the NullPVR to boot at all.

Cheers.

Pc specs=
Amd Athlon XP 2000+
512Mb DDr Ram
Geforce 4 MX440 64mb
Creative Sound Card (Bog standard crappy thing)

I know my pc is over the hill, but im getting a laptop real soon to take to uni, butI enjoy emulation for the sake of it so im not overly bothered about it being "lolz0rs fu11 sp33d w4r3z t1m3"

**drkIIRaziel** · April 3rd, 2007

It uses both vertex shaders and pixel shaders

.On next version i will make em optional (hopefully)...

life_247 · April 3rd, 2007

Sweet, that explains why its not working then.

Borisz · April 3rd, 2007

You should note in the readme that its dependant on shaders imo.

**ZeZu** · April 3rd, 2007

There are a lot of features that need to be fixed/changed and properly documented. This release is a beta, we decided rather than make everyone wait until we have time to fix these things, we would release a beta version for public testing. This emulator is released as-is, support is limited, we have not had the time to focus our attention on all things needed for a full featured release. Hopefully soon we will have more time to focus on things like PowerVR emulation.

life_247 · April 3rd, 2007

Nice to see your still in the scene ZeZu! I remember when you rolled in back in the day to icarus- good times!

Shame Icarus never saw a public beta or anything like this it probably would run at a good 20/30 fps on today's machines.

Anyhoo cheers for clearing this up guys looking forward to the next release, coz "darn it - its been a while!"

PsyMan · April 3rd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borisz

You should note in the readme that its dependant on shaders imo.

To have people asking what's pixel shaders? Or to have people using those crappy Intel cards with poor pixel shader support *****ing because nullDC does not work for them? No thanks.

Catboy85 · April 4th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by drkIIRaziel

On next version i will make em optional (hopefully)...

That would be very much appreciated by me. Thankyou

.

flowrent · April 4th, 2007

Does a better videocard help speed ? I use Radeon 8500 which has pixel shader 1.4 , if i get a 2.0 or 3.0 will it help the cpu more and be faster ? Also would Nvidia perform better than Ati ?

**drkIIRaziel** · April 4th, 2007

Generaly memory speed/cpu speed are the limiting factors.

April 3rd, 2007	#1 (permalink)
life_247 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: London Posts: 10	nullPVR question about hardware requirements Does the nullPVR need a vertex shader to run. Im using a Geforce 4 MX 440 so im not sure i have them. The chankast pluggin runs fine for me but i cannot get the NullPVR to boot at all. Cheers. Pc specs= Amd Athlon XP 2000+ 512Mb DDr Ram Geforce 4 MX440 64mb Creative Sound Card (Bog standard crappy thing) I know my pc is over the hill, but im getting a laptop real soon to take to uni, butI enjoy emulation for the sake of it so im not overly bothered about it being "lolz0rs fu11 sp33d w4r3z t1m3" Last edited by life_247; April 3rd, 2007 at 17:20. Reason: Forgot my pc specs

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April 3rd, 2007	#2 (permalink)
drkIIRaziel Emu author Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Athens,Greece Posts: 466	It uses both vertex shaders and pixel shaders .On next version i will make em optional (hopefully)...

April 3rd, 2007	#3 (permalink)
life_247 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: London Posts: 10	Sweet, that explains why its not working then.

April 3rd, 2007	#4 (permalink)
Borisz Vanned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: dot hu Posts: 1,165	You should note in the readme that its dependant on shaders imo.

April 3rd, 2007	#5 (permalink)
ZeZu Emu author Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 30	There are a lot of features that need to be fixed/changed and properly documented. This release is a beta, we decided rather than make everyone wait until we have time to fix these things, we would release a beta version for public testing. This emulator is released as-is, support is limited, we have not had the time to focus our attention on all things needed for a full featured release. Hopefully soon we will have more time to focus on things like PowerVR emulation.

April 3rd, 2007	#6 (permalink)
life_247 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: London Posts: 10	Nice to see your still in the scene ZeZu! I remember when you rolled in back in the day to icarus- good times! Shame Icarus never saw a public beta or anything like this it probably would run at a good 20/30 fps on today's machines. Anyhoo cheers for clearing this up guys looking forward to the next release, coz "darn it - its been a while!"

April 4th, 2007	#9 (permalink)
flowrent European Citizen xD Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bucharest ,RO Posts: 334	Does a better videocard help speed ? I use Radeon 8500 which has pixel shader 1.4 , if i get a 2.0 or 3.0 will it help the cpu more and be faster ? Also would Nvidia perform better than Ati ?

April 4th, 2007	#10 (permalink)
drkIIRaziel Emu author Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Athens,Greece Posts: 466	Generaly memory speed/cpu speed are the limiting factors.