ATTN: Lewpy RE: New GPU plugin

[Bulitt]

I just tried your new 1.34 version and when I run a game then exit out (with epsxe) it freezes the machine. If you let me know how to run the config lister thing to show you my complete details I can post them, for now I'll tell you what I have:

Celeron 366 o/c to 550 (very stable - not the problem)
128mb PC100
8.2GB IBM 7200rpm HDD
Voodoo 5 5500 AGP (not overclocked, also somewhat stable)

I tried all the default settings and also tweeked them all and I get the same result... before I downloaded the new version... I was using version 1.15 of your plugin... works like a charm - somewhat. At least it didnt crash.

If you can help me out I'd greatly appreciate it.

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James "Bulitt" Bird

[Bulitt]

Ok I followed the advice on your page and ran my desktop at 32bit now it doesnt crash, but its severly slower than your older one... I'd like to know how to speed it up, I also figured out how to do the config display:

Lewpy's Glide³ Plugin Configuration Information v1.34
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Computer Information
OS : Microsoft Windows 98 SE (v4.10 Build 2222)
DirectX : DirectX 8.0 installed
Processor : Intel Celeron, 536Mhz (1 off) (00/0665)
16kb L1-I, 16kb L1-D, 128kb L2 (on-chip)
Memory : 128Mb

Core Emulator
ePSXe : C:\EMULATORS\PSEMU\EPSXE2\EPSXE.EXE
: 25/06/2001 20:31, 153088 bytes

*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| Type | Name | Version | Date |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| BIOS | SCPH1001.BIN | | 11/07/1997 05:38 |
| CDR | W9XCDRCORE | 0.0 | Plugin Not Found |
| GPU | gpupec.dll | 1.41 | 12/07/2001 21:39 |
| SPU | SPUCORE | 0.0 | Plugin Not Found |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| ePSXe Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Sound Enabled | Yes |
| CDDA Enabled | No |
| XA Enabled | Yes |
| XA Read Enabled | Yes |
| SPU IRQ Hack | No |
| CDROM Drive Letter | E |
| CDROM Accurate Timing | Yes |
| Disable CDROM Status | Yes |
| MDEC Enabled | Yes |
| MDEC Timing Enabled | Yes |
| SIO IRQ Always Enabled | Yes |
| Country | NTSC |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

Glide³
Board : Voodoo5 (tm)
Version : 3.10.00.0658
File : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\glide3x.dll
: 21/11/2000 11:28, 331776 bytes

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Plugin Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Active Configuration | 1 |
| Active 3dfx Card | 1 |
| Enable HotKeys | No |
| Resolution | 640x480 |
| Refresh Rate | 75Hz |
| Emulate MASK Bit | No |
| Dynamic Texture Caching | Yes |
| Custom FrameCap | 60Hz |
| On-Screen Display | Off |
| Frame Skip | Enabled |
| FrameRate Limit | Full-Rate |
| System Type | NTSC |
| FrameCap Method | Hybrid |
| Draw Method | MultiPass |
| Alpha Blending Mode | Advanced |
| Bilinear Filtering | Enabled |
| Alpha Testing | Aggressive |
| FrameBuffer Access | Write |
| Off-Screen Drawing | Disabled |
| Polygon Mode | Textured |
| Texture Windows | Faked |
| VSync | Enabled |
| Banshee Code | Enabled |
| MDEC Format | Texture |
| Experimental Flipping | Off |
| Experimental Screen Sizing | Off |
| FrontBuffer Rendering Fix | Off |
| FF7 TextureWindow Fix | Off |
| DMAChain Fix | Long |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

I dont know what would make it go faster other than what I've tweeked and played with recently.

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James "Bulitt" Bird

[dpence]

I'm not lewpy but....

Draw Method | MultiPass |

Change that to bright, multipass is slow even on my duron 900 I lose frames.

Off-Screen Drawing | Disabled |
at least this to extra, no performance hit, and you are missing things without it.

Texture Windows | Faked |
shouldn't be fake for most games (99.9% of them)

VSync | Enabled |
turn this off, you should get better speed

Banshee Code | Enabled |
you have a voodoo 5, turn this off....

CDROM Accurate Timing | Yes |
Disable CDROM Status | Yes |

These 2 can also slow ePSXe down, set them to no if at all possible.especially the accurate cdrom timing, it make ePSXe, wait (If the cdrom drive is slow) or the cdrom drive wait (if the cdrom drive is fast)