ff8 looked already :(

[Valcrist]

ok i looked everywhere and can't find out how to fix this. I don't know why, but ff8 is going mondo slow. With my pc specs it should be going faster. It was going lots faster b4. I don't know what I did but it is going way to slow now. Here are my configs. Oh and it takes FOREVER to load past the squaresoft logo. and fmvs are VERY VERY SLOW.

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.72
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
GFX card: RADEON 9500 x86/SSE2
Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing [32 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off
Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 2
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 128 MBytes
Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto
Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on
Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: on
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00010402]

does anybody know?

[Nvidiafreak]

Use frameskipping.

[Valcrist]

that didn't help at all

just made it run really glitchy and the fmvs were still SLOW

[Xeven]

are you sure you're running with "translator" mode?

[Valcrist]

if i knew what that was....i'll go check

[Valcrist]

nope both modes give me around 9 fps
btw i'm getting the same speed in epsxe
edit:
peops soft gives me 60 fps almost but it is still very choppy.
I'm also getting the same results w/other games!

[Andrew Hruska]

Try lowering the res, disable screen smoothing and use 4xAA instead.

[Valcrist]

nope didn't help at all i think i got like maybe a whole 2~3 more fps

this is only happening in my playstation emulators, but it is happening in all of them. epsxe, psxeven. Ok so there are only two... still. I don't know why this is happening. It worked fine b4?

[WindHydra]

If you are running from CD, try making cd image. My 700mhz machine runs faster than that
You should change the framebuffer access too. My card runs better when it's set to 1.

[Valcrist]

ok i'll try that, as i said b4, it ran tones better b4, i don't know what happned. And i always use iso's.

[Valcrist]

nope didn't help

edit:

Ok i re-downloaded everything. I'm still getting uber slow speeds.....this is really not cool. It's doing it will all of my games. Do you think that it maybe my video drivers? They are the latest so..... any ideas yet? Xeven? anybody?

[Andrew Hruska]

Hmm, that's really fishy. Have you tried no AA? D3D drivers? Are you sure you have Catalyst 3.6 drivers? Try DNA ATI drivers from www.guru3d.com . Also, make sure you have nothing running in the background. My antivirus scanner was messing up my games.

You really only need the ATI drivers and the volume control.

Edit: i noticed we reached 50 posts too

[Valcrist]

i'll try the dna drivers and get back to ya
nope didn't help any...i didn't have anything running in the backround cept for the ati thing....not even a volum control.

[Valcrist]

*new*
peops now works perfectly...d3d just crashes psxeven, and opengl is still runing SLOW......
this really sux. I have no idea what to do! please SOMEBODY HELP....

EDIT***
Ok well I"m going to church, hopefully someone will know what to do by the time I get back. About 2~3 hours from now if I get something to eat and stuff.

[Yeloazndevil]

umm the Squaresoft logo part is slow for me too, but I get past that part by using Frameskipping then turning it off I pass that part

[Valcrist]

the fmvs are super slow too though! so is the actual game.

[Yeloazndevil]

the actual game?? umm what game fixes do u have on?

[Valcrist]

fake sub blending
direct fame buffer updates
mixed software fb access

[Yeloazndevil]

um is SPU IRQ hack enabled in config sound? - for ePSXe

[Valcrist]

nope and i'm having the same prob with epsxe