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ME 1.0 PR v1,2,3 - GUI FPS very slow

 
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Pcenginefx
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:39 pm    Post subject: ME 1.0 PR v1,2,3 - GUI FPS very slow Reply with quote

My system:

XP SP2
Duel XEON Intel 2.4Ghz Hyperthreaded
ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB
512MB RAM
1280x1024/32-bit color/Duel monitors

I just ran the preview on my primary display monitor and i'm getting no better than 7FPS in the GUI (full-screen). I launched Bomberman '93 and it runs at a solid 60fps. If you need more info let me know.

EDIT: Just tried changing rez to 1024x768 and color depth to 16-bit but same result. Windowed mode also has no effect. Moving the window to my other display also has same result.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It appears a lot of games are broken with this release.
Populos no longer plays, nor can I open up my old save states from the previous version of magic engine.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The GUI works fine here (Celeron D330, GeForce3 Ti 200), except when hovering over the games list; the pointer lags whenever the emulator tries to look for preview pictures.

[Edit] Seems to only happen when ME is building its games.idx.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm noticing some lag as well. When I first start the GUI it's slow and when I open the ROMs folder and browse.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This version is very slow and I don't know how to put it into window mode.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have a look in your PCE.INI file:

Code:
  ;
  ; windowed mode
  ; --
  ; select windowed mode at startup
  ;
  ;   y -> windowed
  ;   n -> fullscreen [default]
  ;

windowed=y
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm getting more or less descent fps in gui (between 15 and 25 in window mode, a couple more in full screen, i think).
But in game fps is always less than 12, plus it runs real slow (i've only tested with alien crush).
YET, considering my crappy integrated video card+ even crappier OpenGL drivers, i'm amazed it works at all! RazzRazzRazz Surprised
Specs:
Windows XP SP1, AMD Duron 1200+@850 Mhz, 256 Mb Ram (32 Mb shared with integrated videocard), SiS 630/730 integrated videocard, SiS 7018 integrated sound card.

One more thing... what happened with the auto frame skipping thingy?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a shot in the dark, but try disabling Hyperthreading in the Bios if your board supports it. Hyperthreading can degrade performance in certain cases. My P4c 2.8 is a hyperthreading chip but I'm not running Dual cpus like you.

BTW: Impressive hardware you're pack'n! You don't play around with games, do you? Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tried disabling Hyperthreading and my 2nd CPU and tried PR 3...same deal. So seems that having a 2nd CPU doesn't seem to effect it (at least in my case).

I'm thinking it is a display driver problem. My other system (Duel P4 3.2GHz, 9800XT 256MB, 1GB RAM) has the same video card as my XEON box, but has a version or two lower rev of the ATI driver and runs the GUI just fine at 60fps.

So to sum it up, PRv3 GUI still runs <8fps on my XEON box, but runs fine on my Duel P4 box. I also tried it on my 3rd box (AMD64 3000+, 9800 Pro, 1GB RAM) and PRv2 ran fine on that.

BTW denzilla, I use my duel proc systems for 3D rendering/video projects, and my AMD64 for gaming (playing HL2 right now).
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does your hardware have disabled integrated video? The reason I'm asking is because when I first got MagicEngine (along time ago) I had integrated video that was disabled but it was still bogging down MagicEngine through my ATI card. Dracula X ran choppy as heck. Its another longshot, but check it out.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My brother's humble laptop P3 800 Mhz was able to run ME 1.0 upon installing the drivers for the humble ATI mobility card 8 MB. Now if the sound and pad support were like the other versions, I'd be set. Pray
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Specineff,

Which problem do you have with the sound? PSG or CD?
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