Various Issues (sound, video secuences,...)

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S1L3nCe

Discussion Starter · Feb 24, 2005

Hi everyone! :bounce:

1) These are my specs:

Pentium IV 3.4 HT
1 GB RAM
Graphics Card:GeForce go FX 5700
Sound Card: C-Media AC97 Audio Device

2) These are my settings:

BIOS
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scph1001 (tried also with scph7502. Same problems)
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VIDEO SETTINGS:
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Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.75
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce FX Go5700/AGP/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing [32 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 1
- VRam size: 128 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 3
- Framebuffer access: 3
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]
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AUDIO SETTINGS:
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- Plugin: Eternal SPU Plugin Lite 1.41
- Audio device: Direct Sound
- Buffer size: 64
- Audio Out Method: Thread
- Special game fix: (both off)
- Misc: (all off except Wait for XA Buffer is free)
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CD SETTINGS:
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- Plugin: Mooby2
- All options disabled except Repeat all CDDA tracks
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PROBLEMS:

I have searched and read through all the forum trying to find a solution to the following problems but had no luck

(I found some stuff but it didn't work for me)

First of all I would like to know if I have to switch between NTSC and PAL depending on the image I'm using or should I just leave it on autodetect?

Secondly both sound and image jitter in all the video secuences (in every game). It does it in a very specific way. If I turn off "frame skipping" I get less jitters but after a few seconds the number of jitters increases and by the end of the secuence it's awfull

In Chrono Trigger the music speeds up and down when you change from one room to another, when you go to the inventory page, when you get out of a village to access the world map,etc... (basically, in loading times)
(note: when I play Chrono Trigger I use the P.E.Op.S Soft Driver 1.16)

Thank you in advance guys :bow:

PS: Is great to remember old times. I'm playing Tomb Raider, WipeOut 2097, Resident Evil and all those great games from this lovely console

ePSXe ROCKS! :guitar:

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Kane

· #2 · Feb 24, 2005

>First of all I would like to know if I have to switch between NTSC and PAL depending on the image I'm using or should I just leave it on autodetect?

Leave it on Autodetect.

>Secondly both sound and image jitter in all the video secuences (in every game). It does it in a very specific way. If I turn off "frame skipping" I get less jitters but after a few seconds the number of jitters increases and by the end of the secuence it's awfull

Use OpenGL1.x. The 5xxx series aren't really best with OpenGL2.x, and leave frameskipping off. Also use the full Eternal plugin rather than Lite

>In Chrono Trigger the music speeds up and down when you change from one room to another, when you go to the inventory page, when you get out of a village to access the world map,etc... (basically, in loading times)
(note: when I play Chrono Trigger I use the P.E.Op.S Soft Driver 1.16)

Does this happen if you use ePSXe 1.5.2?

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S1L3nCe

Discussion Starter · #3 · Feb 24, 2005 (Edited)

Kane said:
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Use OpenGL1.x. The 5xxx series aren't really best with OpenGL2.x, and leave frameskipping off.

What do you mean? Im using OpenGL Driver 1.75. Which one should I use insted?

If I leave frameskipping off the music in most games speeds up and slows down. Is that supposed to happen?

Thanks a lot for your help mate! Very cool the Full version of Eternal (reverb rules

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PS: I have also tried with pete's D3D driver 1.75 and it seems to work fine except for some stuff (weird lines apear across the screen sometimes, mainly in video secuences) The music doesn't speed up when I use this driver and the video secuences run perfect (except for those weird lines that I have just metioned) oO What is happening :???:

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Well, when I turn off frame skipping the videos run fine with both open GL and D3D drivers but as I said, the music speeds up and slows down in most games (gran turismo 2, ridge racer 4, chrono trigger, etc)

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I-Chan

· #4 · Feb 24, 2005

Wich drivers have you installed on your card? Try getting the latest from nvidia.

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S1L3nCe

Discussion Starter · #5 · Feb 24, 2005 (Edited)

They are the latest drivers
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EDITED:

I think I've found out the problem. I tried to play Chrono trigger with the P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.16 with this setup:

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Fullscreen - [32 Bit]
Stretch mode: 2 (stretch to window size, keep aspect ratio)
Dither mode: 2

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: Auto

Misc:
- Scanlines: disabled
- Game fixes: off [00000000]
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The frame rate was perfect (59.9 all the time). Then I played it with the same setup except for the stretch mode which I choosed 3 this time (2x Sal stretching) and the frames started to drop out from 59.9 to 40 all the time oO I've got enough CPU to handle that so I guess it is some sort of incompatibility with HT Intel technology? Hopefully not...
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EDITED:

It looks that I'm having problems with performace. When I turn the OpenGL driver settings to "FAST" (with frame limit on) then I the games run perfect but they look crappy (sound is stable due to the fact that the frame rate is stable)

The thing is that I think my computer is "strong" enough to run those games with the best quality. Don't you think so?

:hdbash: :hdbash: :hdbash:

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EDITED:

I found the problem... it has to do with the texture filtering. As soon as I use the 5th or the 6th type of filter (smoothed sprites) I get a drop out in frames. I can play with the rest of the settings and set them up into max and the frame rate will still be stable. I can't believe my computer can't run that properly with hi-quality settings. There has to be something wrong. I mean, I can't believe that I can play Half Life 2 at 800*600 with great quality but I can't run an old playstation game with some filtering.

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fireblaster_lyz

· #6 · Feb 25, 2005

S1L3nCe said:
Graphics Card:GeForce go FX 5700

A laptop? I suggest you tone down your power-saving options.

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S1L3nCe

Discussion Starter · #7 · Feb 25, 2005

I'm playing in a very powerful laptop (Alienware Area 51-m). My processor doesn't save energy unless you are using batteries.

PS: As I said before, I can play Half Life 2 quite well with full graphics at 800*600

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n_w95482

· #8 · Feb 27, 2005 (Edited)

I think I've heard of high texture filtering options causing slowdowns before but I don't think it's very common. I suppose every computer is different; for instance if I set the async mode in Eternal to Smooth, I get framerate drops every few seconds, yet it's fine if I set it to Simple. Try putting the texture filtering setting back up to the level that was causing problems then change some other settings, like setting hi-res textures to 0, dropping framebuffer texture to 0 and raising framebuffer access to 4, dropping offscreen drawing to 2, etc. I just tried your current OpenGL settings on my PC (used windowed mode instead of fullscreen

) and I was having slight framerate problems (drops to 50-55 FPS every few seconds) so my guess is is that the combinations of settings is putting too much of a load on your system.

Edit: I forgot I underclocked my video card to 93/697 when I first tried those settings :heh:. After I set it back to stock speeds, the severity of the framerate drops lessened. It usually only dropped down to 59 from 59.9, which makes me more convinced that your video card can't quite handle those settings

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S1L3nCe

Discussion Starter · #9 · Feb 27, 2005 (Edited)

Thanks mate! I'll try that

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Nah, it didn't make any difference

Thanks anyway

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