Help running Xenogears

Ido · July 6th, 2003

I've been having trouble getting Xenogears to run on PCSX...I've successfully managed to get other games (Ie; FF tacatics or FF9) to run flawlessly, yet Xenogears is another story...I've ran it under various conditions, and it either A.)is very slow and laggy B.) looks like **** or C.) randomly closes...This is the only PSX emu I've gotten it to even SLIGHTLY work on, and I'm pissed off that it wont (My television's CRT is shot, and I don't watch enough TV to find it worthwhile to replace it).
In addition, I'd like to take advantage of the computers ability to utilize graphics cards and processing power. I've a fast (2.2 GHZ CPU w///GeForce 4 ti 4800 video card) and have no problem running games with high sys requirements (ie; GTA:vice city for PC). therefore, I don't know why xenogears is performing so badly-the graphics aren't superb, and the effects aren't dazzling (but it's the most BADASS game ever) but I'd like to get it to run with some degree of stability.

If you've had success running this game with this or ANY other PSX emulator, let me know your cfg settings and such...It'll be much appreciated.

Sera · July 6th, 2003

why not use ePSXe? then go to LK's site?

Galway no Sora · July 6th, 2003

Kane's website [http://www.lordkane.co.uk]still down and yeah, use ePSXe.

**Kane** · July 6th, 2003

PSXeven has less problems with Xenogears than other emus.

dazey238 · July 18th, 2003

I have an AMD XP1800+ with 512MB RAM and a GeForce Ti4200, and I was having the same sort of problems. I managed to get it running much better once I'd disabled VSync on my GeForce card and installed the latest Detonator drivers. I'm using ePSXe by the way. There's other stuff you can tweak in nview to give better performance like enabling Use Block Transfer or trading in picture quality for performance.

Also, try setting Framebuffer Textures to 3 and Framebuffer Access to 4 as this gave me better performance than 2,3 or 0,4 as suggested by LK.

I went from having major slowdowns in the movie scenes to running at nearly 60fps just by doing this stuff. Oh yeah, there's a GeForce FAQ page that gives the best BIOS settings for optimal GeForce performance - I'll post the link if I can remember it....

July 6th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Ido Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1	Help running Xenogears I've been having trouble getting Xenogears to run on PCSX...I've successfully managed to get other games (Ie; FF tacatics or FF9) to run flawlessly, yet Xenogears is another story...I've ran it under various conditions, and it either A.)is very slow and laggy B.) looks like **** or C.) randomly closes...This is the only PSX emu I've gotten it to even SLIGHTLY work on, and I'm pissed off that it wont (My television's CRT is shot, and I don't watch enough TV to find it worthwhile to replace it). In addition, I'd like to take advantage of the computers ability to utilize graphics cards and processing power. I've a fast (2.2 GHZ CPU w///GeForce 4 ti 4800 video card) and have no problem running games with high sys requirements (ie; GTA:vice city for PC). therefore, I don't know why xenogears is performing so badly-the graphics aren't superb, and the effects aren't dazzling (but it's the most BADASS game ever) but I'd like to get it to run with some degree of stability. If you've had success running this game with this or ANY other PSX emulator, let me know your cfg settings and such...It'll be much appreciated.

July 6th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Sera Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 2,965	Re: Help running Xenogears why not use ePSXe? then go to LK's site?

July 6th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,144	Re: Help running Xenogears Kane's website [http://www.lordkane.co.uk]still down and yeah, use ePSXe. __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

July 6th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Help running Xenogears PSXeven has less problems with Xenogears than other emus. __________________ >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

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July 18th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
dazey238 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	I have an AMD XP1800+ with 512MB RAM and a GeForce Ti4200, and I was having the same sort of problems. I managed to get it running much better once I'd disabled VSync on my GeForce card and installed the latest Detonator drivers. I'm using ePSXe by the way. There's other stuff you can tweak in nview to give better performance like enabling Use Block Transfer or trading in picture quality for performance. Also, try setting Framebuffer Textures to 3 and Framebuffer Access to 4 as this gave me better performance than 2,3 or 0,4 as suggested by LK. I went from having major slowdowns in the movie scenes to running at nearly 60fps just by doing this stuff. Oh yeah, there's a GeForce FAQ page that gives the best BIOS settings for optimal GeForce performance - I'll post the link if I can remember it....