Posted: 11/21/2005 4:18 PM
Post subject: low fps, playing N64 games in emulator
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daniayaw
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I know this probably has nothing to do with the emulator, but, its somehow related to N64, so im posting here.. Previously, i was able to play any N64 games with no problems, with a good fps and all.. but now, its slow, even playing in the exactly same pc.. i tried to change video drivers, emulator video plugins, but its useless.. can anyone help me?! some way to help me even if i lose quality? my pc config: asus a7v133 Athlon XP1800+ 256mb SDRAM vga: riva TNT2
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Posted: 11/21/2005 7:26 PM
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nitsuja
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Did other programs like 3D PC games or PSX emulators also slow down? Does it affect other N64 emulators besides Mupen64? Have you tried changing your display depth (16-bit, 32-bit) or disabling anti-aliasing in your graphics driver settings? Had anything changed between when it was fast and the way it is now (any new software or hardware, sound/graphics/network cards)?
Posted: 11/21/2005 7:34 PM
Post subject: Re: low fps, playing N64 games in emulator
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TNSe
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daniayaw wrote:
riva TNT2
There is a huge chance that you have enabled something your video card doesn't support in hardware (thus using software emulation = slower). I suggest you either try an older plugin for the emulator, or buy yourself a really cheap gf4 :P
Posted: 11/23/2005 12:13 AM
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daniayaw
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nitsuja wrote:
Did other programs like 3D PC games or PSX emulators also slow down? Does it affect other N64 emulators besides Mupen64? Have you tried changing your display depth (16-bit, 32-bit) or disabling anti-aliasing in your graphics driver settings? Had anything changed between when it was fast and the way it is now (any new software or hardware, sound/graphics/network cards)?
it affects other N64 emulators besides mupen64 (for example, PJ64).. changing display depth have helped a bit^^ anti-aliasing already off.. no hardware had been changed.. but there were changings in software.. winME to winXP, video drivers (the old one doesnt even work properly in winxp..), an old version of PJ64 to a newer version, and mupen64.. TNSe.. do you know about any old and good plugin?
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Posted: 11/24/2005 12:54 AM
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daniayaw
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nitsuja.. ? tsne..? well.. i made some tests.. and i noticed that im getting better performances in direct3d than in opengl modes.. which i think its not normal..
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Posted: 11/24/2005 4:34 AM
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nitsuja
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Jabo's D3D plugins are pretty fast, you might even want to use the oldest version of those you can find that still works. Also, check all the settings of your new video driver - antialiasing isn't the only thing you can turn off to affect performance. There's usually stuff like settings for how aggressively it should optimize the graphics in general, how much video memory to use for textures, what to do for mipmaps, fog, vsync and copy modes, texture depth, with separate settings for Direct3D and OpenGL, etc. All of those could make a difference in the frame rate you get. (And make sure your video driver is really the newest version, of course.) Your video adapter's display mode (resolution and refresh rate) might make a difference to the graphics plugins, also. I doubt this is it, but maybe it has to do with multithreading with your changed OS, in which case it could help to set the process priority of the emulator to be higher... or it could be that you just have a lot more junk running in the background taking up memory and causing slowdown.