Wayne100 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 HI all, I have been slowly building up my system, and am now starting to set up the likes of PS1, PS2, Gamecube, Dreamcast and Wii etc, but I am finding that my computer seems to struggle with these. I have tried various cores and settings etc, but never seem to be able to improve the 'quality' of the games (ie running Beetle PSX HW - changing resolution etc crashes Retroarch and so on). Not sure if it my GPU that is holding me back a bit? I am running:- i5-4690k 16 gb Memory NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (4 gb) I can get a ASUS R9-280 GPU fairly cheap, would upgrading to this GPU be worthwhile in your opinions? Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I actually have 2 750Tis both using i5 6500s and they can play all of those systems without issues so I'm not really sure if that is the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne100 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Hi thanks for the response - interesting to know that. The system seems fine on all other platforms, just those mentioned above. It may be that I am expecting to much from them? I would have hoped that at least the PS1 games would run fairly true to the originals, but changing the resolutions etc in Beetle PSX HW just crashes Retroarch. Might need to have a play around with it again later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 for Gamecube and Wii stuff I would experiment with using the Vulkan video drivers and see if that helps you any I've seen performance improvements by using it instead of DX11 and if your using Demul for Dreamcast there are some settings that can be turned down to improve performance I think its the max layer setting under the video options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne100 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Thanks for the help - what do you use for PS1? I have eboots, and run them through Retroarch. To be honest, every game so far seems to be very 'glitchy' graphics wise, or very poor quality resolution wise. I originally used Beetle PSX, but heard good things about Beetle PSX HW, so tried using that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 HW core allows you to change the video driver. Try changing between those and see if it helps. I believe the HW core allows Vulkan, Software, and OpenGL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne100 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Hi Retro808, I have tried that, and changing the video driver in Retroarch Drivers to suit - it seems that whenever I try and change the resolution, or change anything that may improve the graphics, it just crashes Retroarch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Have you tried the standalone emulator ePSXe? Like Dos said your pc should be able to run these. Are you running on a monitor or a TV by chance? If you are on a TV check your refresh rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne100 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Using a 19" LCD - will have another play around with the setup later on, see if I am missing something obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Double check what your refresh rate is set at. I recently had an issue and with all my tinkering somehow my monitor's refresh rate was at 30hz. Also take a look at this thread and try Neils settings in it. Looks like in that post the machine he has/had the specs are similar to yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne100 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Sorry for the late reply - had a play around with the settings, managed to get Beetle PSX HW running pretty good - only tested a few games though. Interestingly, my settings seem to be completely different to Neil's - suppose it shows how each system differs computer to computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 @Wayne100 No worries. Just glad you to see your running a bit better on the core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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