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**hushypushy** · January 17th, 2005

strange that it plays like crap on a 6800GT. using the above settings on my old 5600 it ran pretty sweet, at least at the beginning of the game when i tested it.

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dutchMasta · January 17th, 2005

Yeah, but with those settings, don't you get a slow down to around 40 fps during world map battle transitions, and they look black with some rainbow streaks, in other words, damn ugly. Still not perfect, like FF7 or FF9.

**I-Chan** · January 17th, 2005

Could you post a memcard with a save on the field? I don't feel like playing until i reach the world map, and i'd like to test muy configs. They work flawlessly with pretty much everything, and never noticed a problem with FF8.

**hushypushy** · January 17th, 2005

hmm i get the exact same problems as DutchMasta, plus other problems now unrelated to FF8. ill make a thread about that. perhaps it's just a Nvidia thing? 40 fps on the transitions and ugly to boot.

I-Chan: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/save/23062.html

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dutchMasta · January 18th, 2005

Damn, that is lazy.....but I suppose getting from the start to world map is a bit of a mission.

I'm not sure, but the *only* way to get the transition to look perfect (damn slow), is like I said before, to set Framebuffer Effects to 2. If we can find a config to get it to work on 3, then it should be ok, 0 and 1, no chance, and on 2, only way to not have a slow-down is to sacrifice a lot of graphics.

I uploaded the savestate, on world map. About 1.5mb, NTSC version. Hope it's the right one

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**hushypushy** · January 18th, 2005

well, in the overall scheme of things, it doesnt really bother me that much. everything else looks pretty damn good, so no biggie.

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dutchMasta · January 18th, 2005

i'm a perfectionist....you get that prob fixed with the v high x+y int res hushypushy? how'd you do it? i was just about to post and then you deleted the thread.

**hushypushy** · January 18th, 2005

well then use Peops software plugin if you want it perfect then

yeah, i fixed the problem...quite embarassingly too. that's why i moved the thread

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dutchMasta · January 18th, 2005

suprisingly, i get black ugly transition with peops too...

**hushypushy** · January 18th, 2005

strange. i havent tried peops yet (havent done much, if any, experimenting with FF8) so i dunno what to tell you man.

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Seta-San · January 18th, 2005

anyone tried these settings in pcsx rather than epsxe?

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**hushypushy** · January 18th, 2005

no, perhaps you can be the first

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TheMaister · January 18th, 2005

Slowdowns with 6800GT?? I never get slowdowns with my 9800 pro?!?
With 1/3/1 I also get that balck battle-transition on the world map.
I think I fixed the problem with 1/2/2.. YAY! Ugly batte transition, begone!!
I manage 70 fps with this setting when it comes to the transition...

**hushypushy** · January 18th, 2005

i far prefer 1/3/1 over 1/2/2.

1/2/2:

-tiny pauses when switching levels or entering battles, basically switching everything(yes i made an ISO to limit bottleneck)
-perfect looking battle swirls, at about 35-50 fps

1/3/1:

-no pauses, game runs smoothly
-ugly messed up battle swirls at about 35-50 fps

so if i had to pick, i'd pick the smoother running game with ugly swirls.

interestingly enough, the problems that i had at the beginning of this thread have completely gone away. weird. guess it's the power of the 6800

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dutchMasta · January 18th, 2005

Yeah, I get those pauses too. I doubt it, but maybe it could be my piece of junk P4 2.4 ghz CPU. Damnit Maister, why don't you get these slowdowns?? Are you using real crap settings, besides 1/2/2. Bleh, I'm going out

UFl2k · January 18th, 2005

Heyho!

Playing FF8 PAL too on ePSXe. It's really a great game.

I prefer 1/2/0. Why?
I wanted to see that battle swirl

And why Framebuffer Uploads to 0? At 1 or 2 I got a strange flickering at the lower right border in battles, where the health bar is located. Anyone else got this?

Is there a way to get past that flickering on some places? Like when running over the bridge at the SeeD Exam?

When I'm back at home I will post how fast the battle swirl is.
Hasn't looked for it yet.

@hushypushy
U got an GF6800gt too? Can u play on very high x?
Well, strangely I can't put it on very high. Screen stays black at the beginning if i do so.

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dutchMasta · January 18th, 2005

He's got 6800, I got 6800GT, but no probs with v high x. I don't think he has any probs either. You updated to newest drivers? Did you overclock it/set extra pipe lines or whatever? I think hushypushy had the same/similar prob, he should know the solution.

Also, yeah, I do get that same prob, forgot to mention that FU needs to be 0. Still damn slow though, well, still get the pauses in battle transitions/menus/etc.

UFl2k · January 18th, 2005

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You updated to newest drivers? Did you overclock it/set extra pipe lines or whatever?

my card isn't overclocked and there aren't any extra pipelines on a 6800GT. 16 pipes is normal.

drivers are forceware 70.90 which are more then beta

. maybe i should try the official ones. which drivers are u using?

in 3 hours i'm @home again so i can experiment a bit.

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dutchMasta · January 18th, 2005

oh, i'm still using older ones, 66.93, not that I'm worried about using betas, just that I can't be bothered to continuously update. I think there's a 71.50, maybe you can try that, or go back to 66.93, which is the newest on the nvidia site. yep, 16 pipes is right.

With FU set at 0, you get flickering at the dollet bridge? I've only tested at the v beginning of the game, so I can't say much about that, but could you explain more what you mean?

So you're using the PAL version and get the same probs? Strange that Pete said it plays fine (on his boards), maybe he didn't test world map battles, or didn't care much for it. Or has a super comp so he wouldn't notice.

UFl2k · January 18th, 2005

ok very high x is working now. don't know why.

the flickering on dollet bridge appeared, shortly before leaving the screen to the left. nearly half of the left screen was flickering. when walking a bit to the right it disappeared. walking left again and flickering came up again.
that happened only at that place till now. will see if there are other places.

u know any shader config which is really looking good?

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January 17th, 2005	#41 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	strange that it plays like crap on a 6800GT. using the above settings on my old 5600 it ran pretty sweet, at least at the beginning of the game when i tested it. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 17th, 2005	#42 (permalink)
dutchMasta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 152	Yeah, but with those settings, don't you get a slow down to around 40 fps during world map battle transitions, and they look black with some rainbow streaks, in other words, damn ugly. Still not perfect, like FF7 or FF9.

January 17th, 2005	#43 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,093	Could you post a memcard with a save on the field? I don't feel like playing until i reach the world map, and i'd like to test muy configs. They work flawlessly with pretty much everything, and never noticed a problem with FF8. __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

January 17th, 2005	#44 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	hmm i get the exact same problems as DutchMasta, plus other problems now unrelated to FF8. ill make a thread about that. perhaps it's just a Nvidia thing? 40 fps on the transitions and ugly to boot. I-Chan: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/save/23062.html __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 18th, 2005	#46 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	well, in the overall scheme of things, it doesnt really bother me that much. everything else looks pretty damn good, so no biggie. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 18th, 2005	#47 (permalink)
dutchMasta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 152	i'm a perfectionist....you get that prob fixed with the v high x+y int res hushypushy? how'd you do it? i was just about to post and then you deleted the thread.

January 18th, 2005	#48 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	well then use Peops software plugin if you want it perfect then yeah, i fixed the problem...quite embarassingly too. that's why i moved the thread __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 18th, 2005	#49 (permalink)
dutchMasta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 152	suprisingly, i get black ugly transition with peops too...

January 18th, 2005	#50 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	strange. i havent tried peops yet (havent done much, if any, experimenting with FF8) so i dunno what to tell you man. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 18th, 2005	#51 (permalink)
Seta-San PCSX2ベータテスター Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,420	anyone tried these settings in pcsx rather than epsxe? __________________

January 18th, 2005	#52 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	no, perhaps you can be the first __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 18th, 2005	#53 (permalink)
TheMaister Go-player 15 kyu ^^ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 185	Slowdowns with 6800GT?? I never get slowdowns with my 9800 pro?!? With 1/3/1 I also get that balck battle-transition on the world map. I think I fixed the problem with 1/2/2.. YAY! Ugly batte transition, begone!! I manage 70 fps with this setting when it comes to the transition...

January 18th, 2005	#54 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	i far prefer 1/3/1 over 1/2/2. 1/2/2: -tiny pauses when switching levels or entering battles, basically switching everything(yes i made an ISO to limit bottleneck) -perfect looking battle swirls, at about 35-50 fps 1/3/1: -no pauses, game runs smoothly -ugly messed up battle swirls at about 35-50 fps so if i had to pick, i'd pick the smoother running game with ugly swirls. interestingly enough, the problems that i had at the beginning of this thread have completely gone away. weird. guess it's the power of the 6800 __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 18th, 2005	#55 (permalink)
dutchMasta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 152	Yeah, I get those pauses too. I doubt it, but maybe it could be my piece of junk P4 2.4 ghz CPU. Damnit Maister, why don't you get these slowdowns?? Are you using real crap settings, besides 1/2/2. Bleh, I'm going out

January 18th, 2005	#56 (permalink)
UFl2k Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 12	Heyho! Playing FF8 PAL too on ePSXe. It's really a great game. I prefer 1/2/0. Why? I wanted to see that battle swirl And why Framebuffer Uploads to 0? At 1 or 2 I got a strange flickering at the lower right border in battles, where the health bar is located. Anyone else got this? Is there a way to get past that flickering on some places? Like when running over the bridge at the SeeD Exam? When I'm back at home I will post how fast the battle swirl is. Hasn't looked for it yet. @hushypushy U got an GF6800gt too? Can u play on very high x? Well, strangely I can't put it on very high. Screen stays black at the beginning if i do so. __________________ System: Intel Q6600 @ 3,0GHz, XFX GF8800GTS 640MB @ 600MHz/1000MHz, 4GB DDR2-800 @ 832MHz, Windows Vista Ultimate x64

January 18th, 2005	#57 (permalink)
dutchMasta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 152	He's got 6800, I got 6800GT, but no probs with v high x. I don't think he has any probs either. You updated to newest drivers? Did you overclock it/set extra pipe lines or whatever? I think hushypushy had the same/similar prob, he should know the solution. Also, yeah, I do get that same prob, forgot to mention that FU needs to be 0. Still damn slow though, well, still get the pauses in battle transitions/menus/etc.

January 18th, 2005	#59 (permalink)
dutchMasta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 152	oh, i'm still using older ones, 66.93, not that I'm worried about using betas, just that I can't be bothered to continuously update. I think there's a 71.50, maybe you can try that, or go back to 66.93, which is the newest on the nvidia site. yep, 16 pipes is right. With FU set at 0, you get flickering at the dollet bridge? I've only tested at the v beginning of the game, so I can't say much about that, but could you explain more what you mean? So you're using the PAL version and get the same probs? Strange that Pete said it plays fine (on his boards), maybe he didn't test world map battles, or didn't care much for it. Or has a super comp so he wouldn't notice.

January 18th, 2005	#60 (permalink)
UFl2k Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 12	ok very high x is working now. don't know why. the flickering on dollet bridge appeared, shortly before leaving the screen to the left. nearly half of the left screen was flickering. when walking a bit to the right it disappeared. walking left again and flickering came up again. that happened only at that place till now. will see if there are other places. u know any shader config which is really looking good? __________________ System: Intel Q6600 @ 3,0GHz, XFX GF8800GTS 640MB @ 600MHz/1000MHz, 4GB DDR2-800 @ 832MHz, Windows Vista Ultimate x64