Best video plugin for ATI Radeon 9700 Pro?

emusnicker · November 26th, 2004

I'm using this site as a reference:
http://www.zophar.net/utilities/n64plugins.html

Jabo's P64 Default Direct3D6 1.5.1
Rice's Video Plugin
Direct64
glN64
Glide64 (does this only work with voodoo cards?)

In your opinion, which one should give the most speed and graphical compatibily with my card?

**cooliscool** · November 26th, 2004

Direct64, without a doubt.

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emusnicker · November 26th, 2004

Argh...with Direct64 with fullscreen I get a weird flickering effect, including the FPS counter showing up in the background and sometimes a white image.

We both have the same graphics card though. Do you have any idea what might be causing this?

**Razor Blade** · November 26th, 2004

Didn't you say 9700pro, not 9600XT?

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emusnicker · November 26th, 2004

There is hardly any difference between 'em anyway, with one being faster.

**cooliscool** · November 26th, 2004

Yeah, they are basically the same with the exception of the 9700P being way faster.

I forgot; Direct64 doesn't work with fullscreen, that was broken in the current version. GLn64 should be close to as good, aside from the more intricate framebuffer effects, which aren't very important or noticable. Give it a try, works great here.

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emusnicker · November 26th, 2004

Super Mario 64 works great, but in the Zelda and other games I end up getting some corruption (the zelda sign in the beginning isn't red) or a white screen *sigh*

okstorms · December 3rd, 2004

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Originally Posted by emusnicker

Argh...with Direct64 with fullscreen I get a weird flickering effect, including the FPS counter showing up in the background and sometimes a white image.

We both have the same graphics card though. Do you have any idea what might be causing this?

I was having the same problem with my AIW 9600XT and I noticed that the counter looked to be showing up on the screen about where it was when I was in windowed mode, I decided to set my full-screen resolution to my windowed resolution of 800x600 and I didn't see the flickering anymore. I assume it's because the flickering is occuring off-screen now. I set the windowed and full-screen resolution to 1024x768 and I still didn't see any flickering. So I've left it at that. Hopefully that works for you guys as well as it did for me.

ready2rumbelX · December 3rd, 2004

The most success i've had with any video plugin, for N64 emulation, is Glide64 ME SP8 with the best glide 2.x/3.x wrapper i have ever found/use. http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/archi...rapper080e.exe

It is the most compatible plugin/wrapper I have ever used.

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emusnicker · December 15th, 2004

okstorms, that does it! Awesome! Direct64 now works in full screen (windowed and fullscreen in video options must be the same). Thanks. I will try the Glide wrapper too.

Nupraptor · February 8th, 2005

I've got a 9700 Pro, and Jabo's Direct3D6 is the only plugin I've found that works absolutely flawlessly. glN64, Direct64 and Rice's all give me various problems (white screens, flickering screens, etc).

I would try okstorms's suggestion, but Direct64 doesn't allow me to select a windowed resolution of 1600x1200. Not to mention giving me a host of other problems.

So yeah. I recommend sticking with Jabo's plugin.

Salty85 · February 12th, 2005

I have a 9700 AIW Pro. 3 words Trial and Error. One word of advice, stay away from anything using glide wrappers.

**n_w95482** · February 12th, 2005

I used a couple of Glide wrappers on my 9500 Pro and for the most part they ran very well.

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November 26th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
emusnicker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 111	Best video plugin for ATI Radeon 9700 Pro? I'm using this site as a reference: http://www.zophar.net/utilities/n64plugins.html Jabo's P64 Default Direct3D6 1.5.1 Rice's Video Plugin Direct64 glN64 Glide64 (does this only work with voodoo cards?) In your opinion, which one should give the most speed and graphical compatibily with my card?

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November 26th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	Direct64, without a doubt. __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

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emusnicker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 111	Argh...with Direct64 with fullscreen I get a weird flickering effect, including the FPS counter showing up in the background and sometimes a white image. We both have the same graphics card though. Do you have any idea what might be causing this?

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November 26th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
emusnicker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 111	There is hardly any difference between 'em anyway, with one being faster.

November 26th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	Yeah, they are basically the same with the exception of the 9700P being way faster. I forgot; Direct64 doesn't work with fullscreen, that was broken in the current version. GLn64 should be close to as good, aside from the more intricate framebuffer effects, which aren't very important or noticable. Give it a try, works great here. __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

November 26th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
emusnicker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 111	Super Mario 64 works great, but in the Zelda and other games I end up getting some corruption (the zelda sign in the beginning isn't red) or a white screen sigh

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ready2rumbelX InnarX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Borderline InSAnE Posts: 2,700	The most success i've had with any video plugin, for N64 emulation, is Glide64 ME SP8 with the best glide 2.x/3.x wrapper i have ever found/use. http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/archi...rapper080e.exe It is the most compatible plugin/wrapper I have ever used. r2rX __________________ ready2rumbelX -Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3200Mhz) -Gigabyte 965P-S3 motherboard -2x2GB G.Skill PC-6400 (DDR2 800Mhz) RAM (4-4-4-12) -Seagate 320GB (IDE) and Western Digital 500GB (SATA II) H.D -Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR 5 (790/4400) -Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7057 (x64) -Realtek HD w/ Creative PC Works 5.1 -2 x L.G DVD/CD-RW Combo - GSA-H62N

December 15th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
emusnicker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 111	okstorms, that does it! Awesome! Direct64 now works in full screen (windowed and fullscreen in video options must be the same). Thanks. I will try the Glide wrapper too.

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Nupraptor Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 18	I've got a 9700 Pro, and Jabo's Direct3D6 is the only plugin I've found that works absolutely flawlessly. glN64, Direct64 and Rice's all give me various problems (white screens, flickering screens, etc). I would try okstorms's suggestion, but Direct64 doesn't allow me to select a windowed resolution of 1600x1200. Not to mention giving me a host of other problems. So yeah. I recommend sticking with Jabo's plugin.

February 12th, 2005	#12 (permalink)
Salty85 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kalamazoo Posts: 11	I have a 9700 AIW Pro. 3 words Trial and Error. One word of advice, stay away from anything using glide wrappers.

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n_w95482 Totally crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,775	I used a couple of Glide wrappers on my 9500 Pro and for the most part they ran very well. __________________ Main PC: Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel Core i7 920 C0 @ 3.7 GHz (195x19, 1.3v core, 1.84v PLL, 1.3625v uncore) w/Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, 3x2 GB G Skill PC3-12800 @ 780 MHz, 7-7-7-21-1T, 1.66v; ATi Radeon HD 4870 1 GB @ 790/1000 w/Zalman VF-1000, 300 GB WD VelociRaptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID controller, SB X-Fi Titanium, Seasonic M12D 750w, CM Stacker 810, Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, Dell 2007WFP XBL/PSN/WoW: Thordrune