Version for 486 100?
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Version for 486 100?
Would an old DOS based asm version run okay with frameskip on a 486 100? Just for Puzzle Bobble and things. For an old box.
If so, which version? If I'm wasting my time, let me know. I remember trying KGen on a 486 ages ago, and it was a joke.
If so, which version? If I'm wasting my time, let me know. I remember trying KGen on a 486 ages ago, and it was a joke.
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A 486 100... running on something like MS-DOS 6.22, grab current DOS version, turn off rewinds (config->saves), video 320x240 (maybe 640x480) w/o filters, sound mono & 22050 sampling rate w/o any fancies (except maybe gaussian interpolation, it sounds like ass without).
And don't expect anything fantastic.
Edit: ah, forgot - autoframeskip on, max frameskip 9, of course. Toggle New/Old graphic engine ('8') to see which one is faster for you.
And don't expect anything fantastic.
Edit: ah, forgot - autoframeskip on, max frameskip 9, of course. Toggle New/Old graphic engine ('8') to see which one is faster for you.
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A VESA2 mode should be faster than a ModeX/ModeQ setting, right? The card might not support it though.
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You should definitely get more. Are the CPU caches disabled...?
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The L1 chache shouldn't be disabled. It is possible that the mobo doesn't have an L2.
What kind of video card is in that thing? ISA? VLB? PCI? Chipset? How VRAM?
You should be getting 15-30 fps with a PCI video card in a low-res VESA 256-color mode with sound, provided you're running it outside of windows.
What kind of video card is in that thing? ISA? VLB? PCI? Chipset? How VRAM?
You should be getting 15-30 fps with a PCI video card in a low-res VESA 256-color mode with sound, provided you're running it outside of windows.
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Those requirements haven't been updated in years. I'd say a Pentium 200 is a "minimum" system. P3-400 recommended, fast Athlon XP or Pentium 4 if you want to use HQxX filters.darkfalz wrote:I tried version 0.991 on the system, and I got about 1-3 FPS. Not much improvement by disabling sound, about 4 FPS.
Hard to see why the readme said a 486/100 was a "somewhat recommend system".
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Yeah, a Pentium 200MHz is the minimum system for ZSNES these days. Plays all games without too much lagging, except Star Ocean and SuperFX games.Noxious Ninja wrote:Those requirements haven't been updated in years. I'd say a Pentium 200 is a "minimum" system. P3-400 recommended, fast Athlon XP or Pentium 4 if you want to use HQxX filters.darkfalz wrote:I tried version 0.991 on the system, and I got about 1-3 FPS. Not much improvement by disabling sound, about 4 FPS.
Hard to see why the readme said a 486/100 was a "somewhat recommend system".
So the minimum requirements are different now? I thought we agreed in this thread that the current requirements in the readme are good.
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Try ZSNES v0.800 good compat and speed.
Use vesa2 320x240 16b.
As for the current version, I don't think 4x86 100 will cut it. P133 is probably minimum.
Try ZSNES v0.800 good compat and speed.
Use vesa2 320x240 16b.
As for the current version, I don't think 4x86 100 will cut it. P133 is probably minimum.
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Yes this 486 has no L2 cache, but it doesn't seem to affect games and Windows 95 that much. I get about the same performance as I did way back in the day on a similar system with an L2 cache (I still remember benchmarks, for some reason).
I expected more than 1-3 FPS in ZSNES. Maybe I will try another version.
I expected more than 1-3 FPS in ZSNES. Maybe I will try another version.
L2 cache typically effects performance massively.darkfalz wrote:Yes this 486 has no L2 cache, but it doesn't seem to affect games and Windows 95 that much. I get about the same performance as I did way back in the day on a similar system with an L2 cache (I still remember benchmarks, for some reason).
I expected more than 1-3 FPS in ZSNES. Maybe I will try another version.
I had a pentium-class system with bad cache. The cache made a difference between 10-20 fps and 40 to full speed.
Anyway, with a 486 100, I'd expect about 9 at the absolute peak. With a ISA-bus video card, maybe 1
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I used to run ZSNES playably on an AMD 486/DX4-100 with EDO memory (yes it did actually support EDO, but that doesn't make that big of a difference on a 486) and a PCI ViRGE video card. That board did have the 16kb L1 and I believe 256kb L2cache. It ran surprisingly well, around 20-30 fps, in 8-bit color with low resolution sound. I think I was using VESA display modes, but it's been quite a while since I've run on that setup, around version .7a. That setup benchmarked at the same performance as a P60 with no overclocking. Now that mobo runs a 160 MHz 486 that clocks around a P90!
An ISA video card and/or lack of L2 cache is a major bottleneck. I wouldn't expect anything playable out of your current setup. If the current version of ZSNES doesn't work, try something pre-1.0, but it probably won't make much of a difference. On a 486, you absolutely need an L2 cache and a VLB or PCI video card to get anything near playable.
An ISA video card and/or lack of L2 cache is a major bottleneck. I wouldn't expect anything playable out of your current setup. If the current version of ZSNES doesn't work, try something pre-1.0, but it probably won't make much of a difference. On a 486, you absolutely need an L2 cache and a VLB or PCI video card to get anything near playable.
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That sounds about right. Cept I never had a vesa compliant card. So all I could use modeq or whatever the hell it was.AntoineWG wrote:I used to run ZSNES playably on an AMD 486/DX4-100 with EDO memory (yes it did actually support EDO, but that doesn't make that big of a difference on a 486) and a PCI ViRGE video card. That board did have the 16kb L1 and I believe 256kb L2cache. It ran surprisingly well, around 20-30 fps, in 8-bit color with low resolution sound. I think I was using VESA display modes, but it's been quite a while since I've run on that setup, around version .7a. That setup benchmarked at the same performance as a P60 with no overclocking. Now that mobo runs a 160 MHz 486 that clocks around a P90!
An ISA video card and/or lack of L2 cache is a major bottleneck. I wouldn't expect anything playable out of your current setup. If the current version of ZSNES doesn't work, try something pre-1.0, but it probably won't make much of a difference. On a 486, you absolutely need an L2 cache and a VLB or PCI video card to get anything near playable.
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i don't know about 33mhz, but it goes crappy on a 40mhz computer.. so.. i guess it will be more crappy.MonkeyforaHead wrote:Heh, I wonder how my 486 (33 MHz, 8 MB RAM) would handle Zsnes. But at the moment I can't be bothered digging it up to check.
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I just tried ZSNES on my 486 as per grinvader's advise and it runs like shit! WTF?!
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Re: Version for 486 100?
Cooljerk wrote:I just tried ZSNES on my 486 as per grinvader's advise and it runs like shit! WTF?!
Also way to go with the necromancy, this thread is over seven years old.grinvader wrote:
And don't expect anything fantastic.