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Post by Almehikilje on Jul 31, 2006 15:43:17 GMT -5
Notebook ASUSTeK Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.33Ghz "Prescott" 512 Mbytes SDRAM 64a bits ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128 Mbytes Audio Realtek AC 97
Works great, sometimes a little "fall" of fps and audio problems
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Post by patrickp on Jul 31, 2006 17:43:58 GMT -5
patrickp: Well, it seems I have learned something new. Thank you. My only question, then, is... is there anything that originally uses these two other formats? I think most Playstation emulators use the .mcr or .mcd format, hoshikuzu, but I think there are some other formats in use, too. Apart from the .bin format that pSX originally used, I believe Connectix VGS used a .mem format. There's also a device called a DexDrive for converting virtual memory cards to actual Playstation ones, and vice versa - and this uses its own format. You may have seen people asking for pSX to support this in the forum. There may be other devices like DexDrive around as well, and these may also use proprietary formats, too. I'm pretty sure other people here must know more about memory card formats?
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Post by limboman on Aug 1, 2006 16:59:32 GMT -5
Hi.
My Specs are:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 1 Gig Ram Gforce 6600 GT 128MB AGP Epox 8rda+ Nforce2 MB with 6 Ch. Audio on Board Win Xp Pro with SP1 ;D
Works without any Problems or Slowdowns.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Aug 1, 2006 17:43:10 GMT -5
patrickp: I'm guessing you haven't read most of my other posts. I have already made mention of the DexDrive format and VGS formats, as two formats that pSX *doesn't* format. I don't remember if you were in that thread, though... I had been talking about adding to the readme.txt, the memory card formats that pSX uses, since it doesn't say anyplace (except if you search these forums, which shouldn't have to be done for something as simple as that), and most people who have pre-existing memory cards use DexDrive-format files (that being the main device to transfer memory card files, and therefore the format supported by sites such as GameFAQs). You are correct, btw, on VGS using the .mem format. The DexDrive uses the .gme format (I have a DexDrive).
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Post by patrickp on Aug 1, 2006 18:19:42 GMT -5
Well, pSX Author is the person to say exactly what memory card formats the emulator supports, and will support in the future, hoshikuzu. AFAIK it supports the .bin, .mcr and .mcd formats.
Your actual question was "is there anything that originally uses these two other formats?" referring, I think, to the .bin and .mcr formats I'd mentioned. I don't know of any other emu that uses the .bin format and ePSXe and SSSPSX use the .mcr format, that I know of.
Additionally, .mcd is used by PSXeven and bleem! Connectix VGS used .mem (think we mentioned that). There are other Playstation emulators, of course; AdriPSX, PCSX and, of course, PSEmu. Can't recall offhand what memory card formats they use, although I think I've tried all of them at one time or another. And there are more emus than that.
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Post by GreenImp on Aug 16, 2006 20:48:21 GMT -5
PC Specs: AMD Atholon XP 2800+ (Barton) ~2.08 GHz 1GB DDR Corsair value ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe (nForce 2 Ultra 400) GeForce 2 GTS (32 Megs) ...My 5900 FX died about a week ago, waitng for replacment. ;_; Sound Blaster Live! value
pSX runs extremely well, sometimes too fast on certain games, but I'm not complaining. The only slowdown, well more of a quick stall, I've experinced was on Assualt Rigs, but this seems to be a common bug 'cause it happens in ePSXe as well. I understand it's more software bound, but I'm amazed how well it runs even with my older graphics card I'm stuck with using atm. =P
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2006 7:56:34 GMT -5
Athlon XP 2400+, 2ghz AsRock k7s8x mobo 1,5gb Kingstom ram Geforce 6600GT 128 Windows XP SP2
A cheap system I bought a few years back. pSX runs very well.
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Post by patrickp on Aug 17, 2006 11:53:13 GMT -5
pSX runs extremely well, sometimes too fast on certain games, but I'm not complaining. The only slowdown, well more of a quick stall, I've experinced was on Assualt Rigs, but this seems to be a common bug 'cause it happens in ePSXe as well. I understand it's more software bound, but I'm amazed how well it runs even with my older graphics card I'm stuck with using atm. =P If pSX runs too fast, GreenImp, try deselecting Frame Skipping in Graphics Configuration. Enabling VSync might help, as well.
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Post by Truth Unknown on Sept 1, 2006 14:33:41 GMT -5
Intel Celeron Northwood CPU 2.0GHz 400FSB Shuttle AV49VN ATX Motherboard K-Byte PC2100 256MB & Kingston PC 2700 256MB RAM [Tot. 512MB] Antec 350W Power Supply Hitachi DiskStar 160GB EIDE Hard Drive hp dvd740i DVDR/RW Drive LG 52x32x52x CDR/RW Drive ATI Radeon X700 PRO 256MB Video Card Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 4 Sound Card Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 [Soon to be MS Windows Vista Ultimate] MAG 17" (16" Veiwing) 778PF-s Monitor [RMA]
pSX runs excelently with almost no lag and with a recent addition of a new sound card, its running alittle smoother in audio.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Sept 2, 2006 5:26:32 GMT -5
Quite an odd setup you have going there, Truth Unknown. When you say "Soon to be MS Windows Vista Ultimate", I have to wonder why you would want it so soon. Is there a specific reason you intend to buy it? If not, your processor and RAM may make you regret the decision (you meet the requirements, but you *know* it's gonna run quite a bit slower than XP...). Your combination of RAM is also a little odd. I'm guessing that you've put most of that computer together yourself...? Besides the processor, you have a very nice collection of hardware in your computer. I want your sound card...
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Post by patrickp on Sept 2, 2006 9:46:11 GMT -5
Here's mine: Athlon XP 3200+ ABIT KW7 | disappointing board 2 x 512MB Samsung PC3200 Enermax 550W 1 x 40GB Western Digital EIDE drive 1 x 80GB Western Digital EIDE drive 1 x Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-121 | 1 x Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D | both region free! ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AIW | old card but good Hercules Muse soundcard | don't need a fancy card and it's faster than most 3Com 3C905C NIC W2K SP4 Belinea 10-60-60 | 19" CRT - does 1600 x 1200 @75hz Ok M$ Intellimouse Optical Cherry Microswitch keyboard | yes! They still make 'em! Logitech Rumblepad 2 pSX runs quite happily on this; no slowdowns at all on games with no compatibility problems. I also have another machine running an Athlon XP 1400+ on a good old KT7A with 512MB RAM and a Rage Fury Pro. This runs pSX Ok but a bit jerkily. I have a feeling this may be as much because I'm running W98SE on it rather than from hardware limitations.
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Post by Ultima on Sept 2, 2006 13:16:41 GMT -5
@gamesoul Master: Indeed, the RAM is a bit low for Vista, but if the hardware meets Vista's recommended requirement, Vista can match, or surpass the speed of XP, AFAIK.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Sept 2, 2006 15:56:13 GMT -5
Yeah, but that's what people would say about XP in comparison to w2k or win98... but I know for a fact *that* situation is wrong. On both of my computers (this one being only a year old), w2k runs a *lot* faster than XP. You wouldn't notice the difference very much on the highest end machines unless you go from using XP to w2k, but it's quite noticeable for the average user. In fact, the *only* reason I ever decided to upgrade to XP was because of the XP-compatible hardware and software I use, and even that is more a luxury than a necessity. W2k is much more solid, faster, and just has a nicer look to it (I have done everything possible to make XP look like W2k... most people can't even tell that I'm running XP) XP vs Vista is a similar situation (especially with that Aero-thingy that all but the basic versions of Vista have), in that you'd need to have a computer very much higher than the requirements for the speed differences to not be noticed. The thing is... they don't make hardware yet that can put a computer up to that level of excellence. patrickp: One thing I have to say from very extensive experience on the topic. Get rid of Win98SE and upgrade to W2k, if that is possible for you. I used to cling to Win98SE like my last dying breath. I knew everything about it, I could do anything with it... but I had to wipe the computer clean and reinstall Windows about once a year, because Win98 has some serious problems with certain software and hardware, and you wouldn't even know it half the time until you install it and find out that Windows has become quite slow and/or unstable. When I eventually upgraded to W2k, it was the best decision I had ever made. I did this on my old machine (a Pentium 133MHz maxed out at 64MB of RAM and my ATI Rage Pro video card) and W2k, even on that machine, was faster, smoother, and much more stable than Win98SE. If at all possible, I very highly and emphatically recommend upgrading (well, not *literally* upgrading if you don't have to... a clean, full install is always better and keeps things smooth, but either way is fine).
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Post by patrickp on Sept 2, 2006 17:56:12 GMT -5
@gm: You may have noticed my other machine _is_ W2K. I'm running W98SE because I want to keep a W98 box going, not because I think it's better than W2K. Personally, I'm in agreement with you; W2K definitely seems to me to be the optimum Windows OS.
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Post by Truth Unknown on Sept 4, 2006 18:16:12 GMT -5
My setup is quite odd, but i did buy all the parts at different times.
As for the vista comment, I have loaded Vista RC1 on my pc to see how its going to fair. So far everything is fine and running smoothly (Except for hardware drivers from Creative, but its Creative's fault). I have yet to notice a slowdown yet.
And GamesoulMaster, I love this sound card, and you're not getting it.
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