is the pcsxdc streamming the bin image from the cd???

Angel-Sephiroth · Post by **Angel-Sephiroth** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 11:42 am

is the pcsxdc streamming the bin image from the cd???because if it uses cd swaping it could get a speed boost????
that because the bin file, work just like a big rom file....and streaming that slowsdown like hell. :D

crt0 · Post by **crt0** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 12:25 pm

Heh... no it's not the same as ROM streaming would do...

PSX games never had all the data in RAM at once, so they would stop to stream data into RAM as well...

so... any time they would stop to read a disc on a real PSX they will stop to read from the .bin file on the DC... it shouldn't be too much slower than from a real PSX...

Heliophobe · Post by **Heliophobe** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 12:32 pm

I would say that reading off the bin file probably isn't what's causing the slowdown.

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 12:45 pm

Heliophobe wrote:I would say that reading off the bin file probably isn't what's causing the slowdown.

yeah, i'm not sure how it knows what part of the bin to read, but it's the lack of hardware acceleration at the moment. Hopefully when this is done it won't be limited to a 2x read speed liek the PSX and be able to shorten load times.

Post by **|darc|** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 12:48 pm

Before anyone says it, PSX .bin images are laid out differently than N64 ROMs, so whatever PCSX does does not concern N64 emulation

NeonGenesis · Post by **NeonGenesis** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 3:24 pm

|darc| wrote:Before anyone says it, PSX .bin images are laid out differently than N64 ROMs, so whatever PCSX does does not concern N64 emulation

lol, darc. Pre-annoyance defense tactics. I like it.

NiGHTSFTP · Post by **NiGHTSFTP** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:28 pm

|darc| wrote:Before anyone says it, PSX .bin images are laid out differently than N64 ROMs, so whatever PCSX does does not concern N64 emulation

OMG! WE CAN STREAM n64 ROMS!!!

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:29 pm

I cant wait till i'm playing zelda and mario 64 on my dreamcast.

NiGHTSFTP · Post by **NiGHTSFTP** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:30 pm

clessoulis wrote:I cant wait till i'm playing zelda and mario 64 on my dreamcast.

Who took away your permanent dumbass badge.

GET THE F?CK OUT, B?TCH.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:37 pm

if you could tell that was a joke I think you need a badge. The no comment sence badge. BTW kron took away my badge.

Polymira · Post by **Polymira** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 8:32 am

The slowdown is 1: non optimized code... 2: software renderer ... 3: your idiotic minds have a negative iq, which drains on your dc's cpu ... which in theory... would slow down your DC entirely =p

Speeddemon · Post by **Speeddemon** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 2:58 pm

clessoulis wrote:if you could tell that was a joke I think you need a badge. The no comment sence badge. BTW kron took away my badge.

Comment Sence? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Fixed :O

ssj4goku128 · Post by **ssj4goku128** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 4:47 pm

This is turning out funny.... But is it possible to have negative IQ... :P

But the real reason its slowing down is more so the software renderer than the unoptimized code. If we had, for example, a Power VR "Kalisti GL" coded plugin, we could easily get an extra 10 fps.

ssj4goku128 · Post by **ssj4goku128** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 4:48 pm

BTW.... why was clessoulis's newbie badge taken away?

PuniPuniSakura · Post by **PuniPuniSakura** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 6:57 pm

could someone edit Speeddemon's post? it's had a nasty effect involving a horizontal scroll bar