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Post by bekkyisme on Mar 5, 2008 11:19:52 GMT -5
when i open psxfin application it says that d3dx9_26.dll is not found then psx it closes.
Ive put the bios in it.
But im new to psx and i really have no idea what to do with it.
Please could you help??
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Post by Sune on Mar 5, 2008 11:24:51 GMT -5
The information you need is in the readme that comes with pSX, it's listed in the FAQ in this forum, and it is also mentioned on the website of pSX.
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Post by bekkyisme on Mar 5, 2008 11:57:54 GMT -5
Thanks,
sorry aswell, cos now i know what it was it was a pretty silly problem, lol.
anyway cheers.
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Post by patrickp on Mar 5, 2008 14:05:03 GMT -5
It's actually pretty silly not to keep things like DirectX properly updated anyway, bekkyisme. Quite apart from the security aspects of keeping your OS and its components updated, keeping DirectX up-to-date will result in better performance from your system, particularly for games.
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Post by psicomaniaco on Mar 5, 2008 19:55:57 GMT -5
Well, I for one never noticed any performance enhancements after updating Direct X.  But yeah, updating Direct X doesn't hurt anyone. |
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Mar 5, 2008 20:01:38 GMT -5
Honestly, I've never noticed any kind of performance enhancements from upgrading DirectX... not even when I went from 8 to 9 years ago. Nor have I noticed anything being broken or fixed from any upgrades. The only thing I've ever noticed is compatibility increases, due to games and programs using newer features of DirectX.
Also, I can understand why many people wouldn't know to upgrade their DirectX installation. It's not something that really ever comes up if you don't play a lot of PC games, and especially since I haven't seen a PC game that requires anything newer than the original DirectX9.0c, which is years old. So unless people like us teach them that they need to keep their DirectX installation upgraded, they'll never have an opportunity to find out.
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Post by Sune on Mar 13, 2008 8:06:01 GMT -5
And new games like Bioshock come with updated DirectX files and will install them if necessary. Only geeks keep their software and drivers updated. When (or before) I buy new hardware, I spend days researching to see if there are any common problems people are having, or neat things to download that will enhance functionality or fix things. I try to find out about all the things I can do with it. I'm curious. When I got my first USB stick I found out how to make it bootable and how to install Windows and Linux on it (or from it) just because I could. I just traded my old pen drive for another one that supports Vista's ReadyBoost..even though I don't have Vista installed. And so on. One thing I never tried but always wanted to check out was the kX drivers for the Live!/Audigy soundcards. And I love to find little cool things like this: trip.m78.com/livesticks-e.html |
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Post by psicomaniaco on Mar 13, 2008 9:03:22 GMT -5
Only geeks keep their software and drivers updated. LoL One thing to remember too: Games like Far Cry had MAJOR issues when using the most recent (at the time) drivers for Nvidia cards. Games like San Andreas and FEAR can lose performance if you have an older video card, but are using a newer driver. Heck, even when I used to have my ol' trusty "Diamond Monster Voodoo 2" (GOOD OLD TIMES when a 12 MB video card was enough!!), I always used non-updated drivers, since updated drives used to make the card freeze more often, and where known to brake transparency effects. The best thing is to always keep older drivers, and only update WHEN NEEDED. Its rare to gain some performance when updating, and in some cases (Nvidia) you may even lose performance. |
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Post by mikereiner on Mar 13, 2008 11:24:13 GMT -5
I had to update my drivers to play gears of war. Does that make me a geek?
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Mar 13, 2008 12:21:24 GMT -5
LOL... nope. You just had to do what you had to do.
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Post by mikereiner on Mar 13, 2008 13:12:12 GMT -5
I love your avatar.
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Post by psicomaniaco on Mar 13, 2008 16:57:41 GMT -5
I had to update my drivers to play gears of war. Does that make me a geek? Updating something because you need it and keeping it updated even when you don't need are two VERY diferent things. |
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Post by mikereiner on Mar 13, 2008 18:44:40 GMT -5
I typically keep them up to date anyway. I check for new drivers once every couple months, or whenever I get a new game. I don't really see how keeping your drivers up to date, even if they don't 'need' to be, is geekish.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Mar 13, 2008 20:56:32 GMT -5
Well... to be honest, I'd be more inclined to say that someone who always uses the *best* drivers (and knows what they are) for everything in their computer would be closer to being a geek.
And thanks... The moment I saw that animation, I just had to have it as my avatar (though I had to resize it due to ProBoards having low allowances for avatar sizes.
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Post by mikereiner on Mar 13, 2008 22:56:55 GMT -5
The only time I was using 'best' drivers for my hardware was when the latest nVidia drivers were just plain bad. About the time Halo1 PC came out, the latest drivers on my FX5500 were causing particle flickering. Using modified omega drivers fixed it for me.
A combination of chuck norris and solid snake.. that is just too awesome of a force to exist.
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