direct x required?
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All Windows versions need Direct X, due to their use of Direct Input and Direct Sound.
The DOS version and Linux version do not. If you are running a Windows platform, and it's a decent one (500 Mhz+) there is no reason to not use the Windows version, and upgrading to the newest version of Direct X should have little (or most likely) no effect on the overall speed or stability of your box.
If, however, you have a fairly slow computer (233 mhz or below) then you should run the DOS version, anyhow. While you can run the Windows version, you should find the DOS version to be faster. However, that's speculation as I've not used the DOS version in a long time, and my computer is far too fast to have a noticable difference in either.
Hope that helps.
The DOS version and Linux version do not. If you are running a Windows platform, and it's a decent one (500 Mhz+) there is no reason to not use the Windows version, and upgrading to the newest version of Direct X should have little (or most likely) no effect on the overall speed or stability of your box.
If, however, you have a fairly slow computer (233 mhz or below) then you should run the DOS version, anyhow. While you can run the Windows version, you should find the DOS version to be faster. However, that's speculation as I've not used the DOS version in a long time, and my computer is far too fast to have a noticable difference in either.
Hope that helps.
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Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.
May 9 2007 - NSRT 3.4, now with lots of hashing and even more accurate information! Go download it.
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Much better input support. You want to be able to use your cool controller to play with, right?Agozer wrote:Are there some benefits from upgrading to DX8 emulation-wise?Nach wrote:Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.
May 9 2007 - NSRT 3.4, now with lots of hashing and even more accurate information! Go download it.
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That reminds me...IceFox38 wrote:I guess he'll have to stick with Snes9x 1.42 then.Nach wrote:Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.
v1.42 is not the latest version.
May 9 2007 - NSRT 3.4, now with lots of hashing and even more accurate information! Go download it.
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Its actually 1.43It's a WIP for version 1.4, and it works just fine for me.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/snes9x/
check that out...
(sorry if i am wrong)
Also, do you have any idea why when i try to load the roms, it doesn't show my directories so i can select the rom, its just all blank?
Is there something else i need to download or something i need to do to make it work?
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Oops, I forgot that the WIP in question was for SNES9x, my bad.
<edit> I checked it, and it doesn't have that "gayed" up problem. Now, as for the directory, perhaps you have the wrong directory selected.
<edit> I checked it, and it doesn't have that "gayed" up problem. Now, as for the directory, perhaps you have the wrong directory selected.
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It's a known bug, read the Snes9x forums where it has been discussed at length.xzib1t wrote:Its actually 1.43It's a WIP for version 1.4, and it works just fine for me.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/snes9x/
check that out...
(sorry if i am wrong)
Also, do you have any idea why when i try to load the roms, it doesn't show my directories so i can select the rom, its just all blank?
Is there something else i need to download or something i need to do to make it work?