Running PCSX2 Guide for Noobs

[GeominorAI]

Originally Posted by **EMUfan**

Can you still use pcsx2 if you dont have a pixel shader?

If your graphics card has no pixel shader, either it does not exist, or it is extremely old. Therefore, a newer card is needed to run the emulator properly.

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[Mkilbride2588]

No, you cannot.

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http://tinyurl.com/2zzzsr

Use the Guide above to get PCSX2 to run properly. Has all you need to know to run PCSX2.

Having trouble with a game? Check here:
http://tinyurl.com/2cuzhx

[cottonvibes]

EMUfan, most likely your card has pixel shaders unless your PC is like 10+ years old or something..

anyways, if you don't see pixel shader's in GSdx's drop down menu, its not that you don't have them. its that you don't have pixel shaders 2.0 or higher.
you might have ps 1.4 which isn't supported anymore...

and if thats the case, like said above, you can't run the emulator....
(unless you look for an old version of GSdx9 that supports ps1.4)

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[diablo2121]

Well I'm using Gsdx 0.1.7 DX10 and the pixel shader box is greyed out, and I know my card (8800 GTS) supports PS 2.0+.

Maybe that's what he means.

[olis]

No way dude. even with my low specs in my reg still detect pixel shader 3.0, I guess the driver of his VGA card isn't configured correctly which result Plugin recognize it as an older card, thus he cannot switch PS2.0 , PS3.0 or PS4.0

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[Phil]

yeah i was thinking that too...most cards these days support pixel shader 3.0 and above

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[cottonvibes]

Originally Posted by diablo2121

Well I'm using Gsdx 0.1.7 DX10 and the pixel shader box is greyed out, and I know my card (8800 GTS) supports PS 2.0+.

Maybe that's what he means.

can you post a pic?

GSdx detect's my 8800 GTS's Pixel shades 2.0 and 3.0.

like said above, maybe you also don't have the latest drivers.

but afaik, if your card dosn't support PS 2.0 or PS 3.0, it won't "grey out" the box, it would just show a blank box with nothing to select from.
perhaps you're thinking of texture filtering checkbox, which can turn grey?

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[GeominorAI]

He cannot post because he was banned recently.

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[cottonvibes]

nah i was talking to diablo, cuz he says his PS box is greyed out as well.

but lol, emufan is banned b4 we finish helping him out

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[GeominorAI]

Ah, took that as a translation.
And yes, that quite fits the description of "oh well."

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[Mkilbride2588]

When you select DX10 mode, it greys your Pixel select box out cause DX10 = 4.0 shaders only(soon to be 4.1, though, I guess) so you cannot change them, it's normal.

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PC configuration

Q6600 @ 3.4GHZ Stable,GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB GDDR3(Super-clocked) ,4GB PC8000(1000MHZ) RAM @ 950MHZ(5-5-5-15)(Waiting to tweak them eventually),Windows XP SP2 Professional(Vista 64 bit, Dual Boot),750GB 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache Hard-drive(SATAII),24'' LCD( I know, sorry CRT'ers) HD 1080pi, DVI connected, 1920 x 1200 @ 60HZ),P35-DS3L Revision 2.0 @ 1.49V

http://tinyurl.com/2zzzsr

Use the Guide above to get PCSX2 to run properly. Has all you need to know to run PCSX2.

Having trouble with a game? Check here:
http://tinyurl.com/2cuzhx

[cottonvibes]

oh i didn't know that.
that makes sense

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[Zedleouf]

As for now, I have only one thing so say to you CottonVibes :
Thanks for this thread !
As I said in the "General thanks" thread, you made my first CPSX2 try a victorious one

For the moment my game works fine, but not better that on my PS2. But I really eager to play all my FF games only on my computer (FF7/8/9 done with outstanding perfomances, nearly done with FFX, woowoo !)

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[Phil]

you could get even better speeds if you overclock your cpu to 3ghz..like the guide says

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[Zedleouf]

Even if I'm always tweaking my computer, I never tried OC
I don't know, it's kinda scary

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[Phil]

well you actually have a very overclockable chip. make a thread in the hardware section to get help on how to overclock it.

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[Zedleouf]

I'll do my best with software improvment first, as I only tried the emulator for a few minutes and on 2 games; but if it's still not enouth, i'll follow your advice and start finding infos regarding OC my proc.

Thanks

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[Jundas]

Didn't read the middle of this thread, but after using this guide I noticed you can get rid of the tiny jaggies by setting the internal resolution higher then your screen resolution. I tried to go crazy with it but that seemed to cause some instability (would love to try it in DX10 since someone told me that was a bit more stable but no Vista).

[Mkilbride2588]

Higher resolutions require a more powerful Graphics card, I can go to 1920 x 1200 in some games, but only 1600 x 1200 in other games before noticing a slow down. It causes instability only in games that can't render at higher resolutions correctly, it might not be fixable.

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PC configuration

Q6600 @ 3.4GHZ Stable,GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB GDDR3(Super-clocked) ,4GB PC8000(1000MHZ) RAM @ 950MHZ(5-5-5-15)(Waiting to tweak them eventually),Windows XP SP2 Professional(Vista 64 bit, Dual Boot),750GB 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache Hard-drive(SATAII),24'' LCD( I know, sorry CRT'ers) HD 1080pi, DVI connected, 1920 x 1200 @ 60HZ),P35-DS3L Revision 2.0 @ 1.49V

http://tinyurl.com/2zzzsr

Use the Guide above to get PCSX2 to run properly. Has all you need to know to run PCSX2.

Having trouble with a game? Check here:
http://tinyurl.com/2cuzhx

[k1ll1ngb0y]

Thank you for this very detailed tutorial.
I have a question: are there any legal little games for testing the software?
im sorry if this question was posted already.
and also sry for my english if its bad. =]

sincerely yours