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Post by lanaka on Feb 5, 2007 2:56:41 GMT -5
Hello, my name is Jordan. I just recently grabbed a copy of this wonderful emulator. It's nice to have something that's easy to use for the less emulator-savvy of us.
Anyways, my issue is this. I can run the emulator in windowed mode, no problem. However, when I try to run it in full-screen mode, all that comes up is a blank white screen. I have tried rebooting, tinkering with my video card's settings, even tinkering with the settings in the emulator itself, but to no avail.
I am running Windows XP, pSX v1.01, and my computer has 512 MB RAM, and an nVidia GeForce card (I'm not sure of the model). if anyone could give me something to go on here, it would be greatly appreciated, as games run slightly poorly in windowed mode, and I was hoping to try full-screen in an attempt to get it running better. Thanks.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Feb 5, 2007 5:21:10 GMT -5
Have you tried maybe updating your video drivers to a version suitable to your card? There may also be a setting with your card keeping you from successfully entering full screen mode (I find that having everything set to "Application Preference" works quite well... seeing as how nothing really needs to be *forced* on or off...). Is DirectX updated to the latest release of v9.0c?
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Post by patrickp on Feb 5, 2007 14:17:04 GMT -5
Yes, drivers are very important. In addition, if you have an AGP card, it's very important to have installed the appropriate chipset drivers - if you didn't have them installed when you installed your videocard drivers, the videocard drivers probably won't have installed properly.
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Post by lanaka on Feb 5, 2007 16:03:18 GMT -5
Well, I know that the drivers for my video card have been installed properly, and are updated. As for DirectX, yes, I am using DirectX 9.0c. I have checked my settings, and everything is set to "Application control". However, I'm uncertain whether or not I have an AGP card. How would I go about figuring this out?
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Post by Sune on Feb 5, 2007 16:44:21 GMT -5
Look in your display drivers control panel.
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Post by patrickp on Feb 5, 2007 16:44:27 GMT -5
In actual fact, Jordan, Micro$oft update DirectX9.0c every couple of months or so (the last one was December). pSX requires a d3d .dll that wasn't in the original release, and was only added about a year afterwards. However, if you didn't have this, the emulator wouldn't have started at all, so that isn't the problem. It is, however, a good idea to reinstall DirectX every now and then, and get the benefit of the updated files. There are three types of graphics card port: fairly old graphics cards (and a few new ones - ask Gamesoul Master!) are PCI cards - they just use the same PCI slots as other types of card do. A lot of cards now use an AGP slot, which a motherboard will only have one of, which is much faster than a PCI slot and enables the sort of speed you need for good graphics performance. But the newest cards (and motherboards) use PCI-E slots, which are even faster than AGP, and which you can have more than one of - this means that for real high-end graphics performance, you can use two graphics cards linked together. But the most common type is still the AGP card. The other wrinkle is that graphics cards are not always separate cards - sometimes they're built into the motherboard. Even then, though, they will still interface with your system by one of the three methods above. The easiest way to see what type of card you have is probably to get and install a copy of Everest Home Edition 2.20.405 (the last freeware version) from OldVersion.com. This is a very useful application for checking out your system. |
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Post by Ultima on Feb 5, 2007 19:01:45 GMT -5
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Post by lanaka on Feb 5, 2007 19:43:18 GMT -5
Well, based on what was said in a previous post, I now know that I have an AGP card, as it only fit into that particular slot. I also know that I updated my DirectX a few months ago, when the computer was put together (it's a custom built). Does this help put anyone even a step closer to figuring out my issue? Or do I need to provide more information?
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Post by patrickp on Feb 5, 2007 19:55:26 GMT -5
Ok, we know you've got an AGP card, then, Jordan. This means it's important that you installed the chipset drivers before you installed the videocard drivers - in fact, it's best to install the chipset drivers before anything else after you finish the installation of your OS.
It would be useful to know this, and what model of card you have and what drivers you installed. To find the model of the card, right click on your desktop and select Properties. This will bring up Display Properties; if you go to the settings tab, it should tell you which card you have - you may get more information by clicking Advanced on that tab, and selecting the Adapter tab from the ones that now come up.
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Post by lanaka on Feb 5, 2007 20:01:00 GMT -5
I have an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT.
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Post by Haldrie on Feb 20, 2007 1:40:34 GMT -5
Chances are your video card came with a driver CD but to be safe you might want to check for the latest driver for you card form nvidia.com.
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