[Squall849]

Why Does MY FFIX Run So Slow and the background graphics are all weird and crap i sent a screenshot to and some sound issues really slow in battle mode
Petes Open Gl Driver For Video
And Petes DSound For the audio

plz help me thanks

my system specs are

Windows ME
Version 4.90.3000 Build 3000

Processor Intel Celeron processol 700 Mhz

Total Physical Memory 190.26 MB
Available Physical Memory 248.00 KB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.63 GB

Sound Card Creative SB Live Platinum Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer Creative
Status OK
IRQ Channel IRQ 11
I/O Port 0xDF80-0xDF9F
Driver c:\windows\system\mmdevldr.vxd (4.90.3000, 17.62 KB (18,043 bytes)

CD ROM MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8585 32x

Video Card3dfx Voodoo 4500 32 mb Ram
Driver c:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd (, 1,019.88 KB (1,044,352 bytes)

C: 28.61 GB (30,714,593,280 bytes)

 

[kairi00]

Since you have a Voodoo video card, you're better off using Lewpy's Glide plugin... try that, that should help speed things up.

 

[fivefeet8]

Since you do have a voodoo card, use lewpys glide pluggin..
Here is my settings for FF9 using lewpys glide pluggin..

Lewpy's Glide³ Plugin Configuration Information v1.35
-----------------------------------------------------

Computer Information
OS : Microsoft Windows 98 SE (v4.10 Build 2222)
DirectX : DirectX 8.1 installed
Processor : AMD AMD Athlon(tm) processor, 1040Mhz (1 off) (00/0642)
64kb L1-I, 64kb L1-D, 256kb L2 (on-chip)
Memory : 765Mb

Core Emulator
ePSXe : D:\EPSXE\EPSXECUTORTOOL.DLL
: 02/06/2001 22:18, 98304 bytes

*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| Type | Name | Version | Date |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| BIOS | SCPH1001.BIN | | 11/07/1997 05:38 |
| CDR | W9XCDRCORE | 0.0 | Plugin Not Found |
| GPU | gpuLewGlide.dll | 1.35 | 01/08/2001 20:05 |
| SPU | spuIori.dll | 1.4 | 01/09/2001 22:58 | <-----------
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*

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

Glide³
Board : Voodoo5 (tm)
Version : 3.10.00.0674
File : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\glide3x.dll
: 16/01/2001 12:38, 348160 bytes

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Plugin Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Active Configuration | 4 |
| Active 3dfx Card | 1 |
| Enable HotKeys | No |
| Resolution | 640x480 |
| Refresh Rate | 60Hz |
| Emulate MASK Bit | Yes |
| Dynamic Texture Caching | Yes |
| Custom FrameCap | 60Hz |
| On-Screen Display | Off |
| Frame Skip | Disabled |
| FrameRate Limit | Auto |
| System Type | NTSC |
| FrameCap Method | New |
| Draw Method | Bright |
| Alpha Blending Mode | Advanced |
| Bilinear Filtering | Enabled w/o Sprites |
| Alpha Testing | Normal |
| FrameBuffer Access | Read/Write | <----------------
| Off-Screen Drawing | Full | <--------------
| Polygon Mode | Textured |
| Texture Windows | Enabled |
| VSync | Enabled |
| Banshee Code | Enabled |
| MDEC Format | Texture |
| Experimental Flipping | On | <--------------
| Experimental Screen Sizing | Off |
| FrontBuffer Rendering Fix | Off |
| FF7 TextureWindow Fix | Off |
| DMAChain Fix | Long |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*


Pay special attention to the options marked with arrows.. This setting is for maximum graphic effects.. It may be slow on your system.. If so, set:

Framebuffer Access to "write"
Off-Screen Drawing to "extra-fbr"

Experimental flipping should always be enabled for FF7, 8, and 9..
As to your pixelated 2d backgrounds, you can try bilinear filtering but it messes up the backgrounds as well.. My personal choice is to play at 640x480 res with 4xFSAA on.. This gives FF9 the best 2d backgrounds and 3d objects.. I do realize though that the voodoo 4500 may only have 2xFSAA.. IMO, iori's spu is currently the best spu for FF9 at the moment.. Here is a shot so you can compare it to yours..