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Post by Gamesoul Master on Oct 3, 2006 20:56:12 GMT -5
Melanogaster: Ahh... so you have done some editing as well... nifty. And good job. You didn't fix the other mistakes or wording, though... sloppy. ;D
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Post by Melanogaster on Oct 3, 2006 21:40:09 GMT -5
In fact, I fixed the "it's/its" cases, did some "Playstation -> PlayStation" and "Dualshock -> DualShock" conversions and also adjusted some punctuation. I indeed saw the "developement" thing but I didn't change it because... well, we just had the "explanation episode". By the way, I also fixed little typos after you added the other sections on the page. Well done, I must say...
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Oct 3, 2006 21:41:34 GMT -5
Hey... I don't recall making any typos. You must be crazy. I saw some "PS" references changed to "PlayStation", but you missed a few, so I changed the rest, for the sake of uniformity.
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Post by Melanogaster on Oct 3, 2006 21:45:52 GMT -5
Heh... There were some "Playstation"s and an "enhancment"... Oh, and I haven't touched "PS"s. Must have been somebody else, then...
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Post by Truth Unknown on Oct 3, 2006 22:11:52 GMT -5
Stop making my grammar look bad. >_>
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Oct 3, 2006 22:16:04 GMT -5
Well, that's what we're here for... to fix the mistakes before other people see them... XD
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Post by Sune on Oct 4, 2006 11:32:16 GMT -5
I don't understand the reasoning behind this paragraph:
"the emulator has lower system requirements than most other PlayStation emulators, because there is little else for the computer to process besides what is needed to emulate the hardware."
Please explain...what does my computer 'process' other than what is needed to emulate the hardware, when using other Playstation emulators?
It can be argued that pSX actually has higher system requirements than other Playstation emulators (especially its spiritual ancestors Bleem and CVGS which both ran great on my old 350MHz PII).
pSX doesn't need a high-end video card, but it does need a relatively fast CPU, i'd guess around a 2 GHz P4 or equivalent to run everything you can throw at it without a hitch.
I'd like to see anyone with a 750MHz CPU (as mentioned in the Wiki) getting playable speeds in anything but the most basic titles with pSX v1.9. I would up it to at least 1 GHz or maybe more just to be on the safe side, and for people with ghetto hardware not to get their hopes up, because they're probably already disappointed enough as it is.
PSEmuPro based emulators don't need that fast a CPU but will benefit greatly from a high-end video card, especially with Pete Bernert's D3D or OGL plug-ins.
For example, after some tinkering and tweaking, I got ePSXe to run both Syphon Filter 2, 3 and Raystorm with minimal frameskipping, which is not possible on my system with pSX.
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Post by seiferalmasy on Oct 4, 2006 12:53:31 GMT -5
There is 1 grammar issue.
Too many commas where there need not be and should not be:)
For example:
In other words, it's completely self-contained
However, pSX needs a PlayStation BIOS dump to work, and to avoid legal problems, pSX doesn't provide BIOS with its download.
pSX has been designed to be as easy and unobtrusive as possible, and in most cases you will not need to configure anything to use it, outside of controls.
from CD, as well as several
high at this point, but of course
Commas do not need to be there after certain words or in certain context. They don't have to be abundant as long as the sentence makes sense in the way it was intended.
There are numerous examples in that page of using too many commas. Does it matter> No...not really.
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Post by pSX Author on Oct 4, 2006 13:04:39 GMT -5
Probably he copied and modified the text from my webpage - I'm crap at punctuation (I didn't pay attention in english at school - I even had to retake it at college to get a C (GCSE)!)
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Oct 4, 2006 13:20:20 GMT -5
Sune: How about... graphics filters?! Certain graphics filters can make even the fastest computers lag horrible in-game... a lot of power goes into processing graphics filters and enhancements. pSX can be played on a 750 MHz, provided you turn on frame-skipping and keep most of the options downgraded. You *can* play some games that way, hence calling it *MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS*! I'm not sure how you make use of options, but the only way I could get ePSXe to run faster than pSX was to set the graphics options to the point that the game became nearly unplayable simply from how horrible it looked. seiferalmasy: Yeah, sorry I didn't fix those. I probably added a mistake or two to that mess. If it's not already fixed, I'll go fix it now. As a note... most all of those commas are actually correct (whether you like them or not). It's more that the choice of words should've been better to avoid having to see all those commas.
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Post by Sune on Oct 4, 2006 15:35:28 GMT -5
How about... graphics filters?! Certain graphics filters can make even the fastest computers lag horrible in-game... a lot of power goes into processing graphics filters and enhancements. But all that stuff is done on your video card, not your CPU. If even the fastest computers lag horribly in-game when using effects, it's because they have cheap or old video cards and/or are using outdated GPU plug-ins. pSX: Video card doesn't make a difference in speed - emulator is entirely CPU dependant. PSEMUPro based emulators: With a good video card, rendering tasks can be offloaded to your GPU, freeing up more CPU time, thus lowering the CPU requirements. See what I mean?
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Post by Ultima on Oct 4, 2006 20:01:16 GMT -5
The difference is that cheaper, "low-end" systems can have decent CPUs, but it's hard to find one that has a decent GPU. In that case, pSX is better. On old systems with 200MHz as ePSXe requires, I doubt you'd come across a graphics card that can offload enough processing to make it run at full speed. Even the recommended 450MHz I doubt would do well (with most games, that is) with even a half-decent decent graphics card for that generation of hardware.
As for how it's worded, though, I understand what you're saying.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 5:18:51 GMT -5
I disagree with the developement part! ;D But anyway, we are not here for English grammar lessons now are we. Oh and yeah, I copy/pasted parts of the text from the readme, and added some stuff in there along the way. It was a hackjob at best. Copy/pasting different sources in a same sentence is not the best way to create pristine grammar. That's the main reason for the commas right there. But as GM said, they are pretty much grammatically correct, but ugly for sure.
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Post by ripper713 on Oct 27, 2006 22:19:30 GMT -5
There is a missing requirement, the ability to read documentation and search this forum.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2006 7:02:44 GMT -5
Hehehe.
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