The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

I couldn't tell you if the timing is ok or not because I only installed it for that photo and have no clue what I was doing 🤣

If you want to give it a go I was using DuckStation emulator and I got the ROM from here

https://myrient.erista.me/files/Redump/Sony%20-%20PlayStation/

Oh and the BIOS files were from here

Awesome, I'll have a look. Cheers.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Awesome, I'll have a look. Cheers.

Decent guide here as well, although the UI is a lot more user friendly than they used to be so you may not need it.

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

Decent guide here as well, although the UI is a lot more user friendly than they used to be so you may not need it.

Christ, just realised the last PSX emulator I used was ePSX, last updated in 2016.

 

[BoatNonce]

Have you tried the patched version on moddb?

I think that’s the one I’ve got, it’s definitely got widescreenfix and so on installed. It doesn’t play well with my 4k screen, just crashes.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

I think that’s the one I’ve got, it’s definitely got widescreenfix and so on installed. It doesn’t play well with my 4k screen, just crashes.

I wonder if an emulated console version would run better?

 

[BoatNonce]

I wonder if an emulated console version would run better?

Yes but the PS2 version is s**t, not looked into Xbox but presumably doable

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Anyone got a so so spec PC they'd like to move on. My home office one is struggling.

I don't game on it, but do some cad etc.

I've got one similar to the other I sold a couple of months back if you're still looking.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

I'm probably being a r****d, but why does a key do something in one program, but nothing in another, yet the combination keystroke which appears to be mapped to the original key works in both?

PrtScrn in Windows 11 seems to be mapped to open Snipping Tool, which would usually be Win+Shift+S

When playing Ghost Of Tsushima, PrtScrn does nothing yet Win+Shift+S works perfectly

Surely the mapping is a Windows thing rather than a game specific thing, or does the game override Windows key bindings even if they aren't used in game? 🤔

 

[R3k1355]

I turned off the snipping tool shortkey in W11, was kinda annoying. You can map it back to regular print screen, which I prefer.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

I turned off the snipping tool shortkey in W11, was kinda annoying. You can map it back to regular print screen, which I prefer.

How does normal print screen cope with dual monitors though? One of the things I like about snipping tool is I can take a screenshot of just one monitor at a time

 

[Jonnio]

Print screen you'll get an image of them both butted together.

 

[SharkyUK]

I did notice one weird thing, the framerate was fluctuating rapidly between 40 and 130 which was making the game feel stuttery, but when I enabled FSR 3 frame generation the framerate settled down to between 65 and 80 and felt perfectly smooth. The weird thing about that is I'm running a 10 series card which doesn't support frame generation, so enabling it should have had absolutely no effect 🤔

AMD's FSR3 (3.1) has frame generation that will run on 10xx series cards and also will work alongside nVidia's DLSS. It's one of the first games that has the two competing technologies working in tandem thanks to the decoupling of the frame generation in FSR3.1. Effectively, FSR3.1 will generate the frames, and then DLSS can upscale.

Surely the mapping is a Windows thing rather than a game specific thing, or does the game override Windows key bindings even if they aren't used in game? 🤔

Games can programmatically override/enable/disable key bindings and combinations in many situations. For example, some games might disable standard print screen methods to support their own solutions or to prevent screen grabs from being taken.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

AMD's FSR3 (3.1) has frame generation that will run on 10xx series cards and also will work alongside nVidia's DLSS. It's one of the first games that has the two competing technologies working in tandem thanks to the decoupling of the frame generation in FSR3.1. Effectively, FSR3.1 will generate the frames, and then DLSS can upscale.

That's interesting, I could have sworn I read it was only 20 series and newer that supported frame generation, and older cards could only use the upscaling feature. Having said that, I just happened to stumble on a wccftech article where they tested it on 10 series cards and found it worked. I guess it's just not officially supported but mileage may vary if you choose to turn it on. Works perfectly on this game, it runs buttery smooth with it turned on, and I much prefer running at native resolution instead of upscaling.

Games can programmatically override/enable/disable key bindings and combinations in many situations. For example, some games might disable standard print screen methods to support their own solutions or to prevent screen grabs from being taken.

I thought that might be the case, the game obviously wants screenshots to be done via the photo mode. I'll just stick to pressing 3 buttons instead of 1 then.

 

[mace¬]

I originally ordered this as my GPU

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 OC Edition 12GB GDDR6X DLSS 3 Graphics Card - TUF-RTX4070-O12G-GAMING

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 4070 12GB GDDR6X OC Edition with DLSS 3, lower temps, and enhanced durability. Powered by NVIDIA DLSS3, ultra-efficient Ada Lovelace arch, and full ray tracing.

www.awd-it.co.uk

And due to stock issues they have offered me this as an alternative.
https://www.awd-it.co.uk/catalog/pr...-graphics-card-gv-n407swf3oc-12gd/category/2/

I've said yes, are they just like for like?

 

[SharkyUK]

I originally ordered this as my GPU

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 OC Edition 12GB GDDR6X DLSS 3 Graphics Card - TUF-RTX4070-O12G-GAMING

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 4070 12GB GDDR6X OC Edition with DLSS 3, lower temps, and enhanced durability. Powered by NVIDIA DLSS3, ultra-efficient Ada Lovelace arch, and full ray tracing.

www.awd-it.co.uk

And due to stock issues they have offered me this as an alternative.
https://www.awd-it.co.uk/catalog/pr...-graphics-card-gv-n407swf3oc-12gd/category/2/

I've said yes, are they just like for like?

It's the "Super" variant mate - so yes, a better card with a mild performance increase over what you originally specced. All good!

 

[mace¬]

It's the "Super" variant mate - so yes, a better card with a mild performance increase over what you originally specced. All good!

This has been a good week. Win on the postcode lottery, Fanatec have redone my order and now a little upgrade from these guys.

Time to get on DCG for a new car.

 

[mace¬]

So, had everything I needed to build my PC tonight,

In 3 hours...

For ease I got the CPU fitted with the motherboard, job 1 complete
Fitted the RAM, easy enough, job 2 complete
Fitted the SSD, easy enough, job 3 complete.
Fitted the AIO cpu cooler, little tricky.

Was watching Linus video on how to build a PC and then followed the now test it part.

@SharkyUK I must apologise to you at this point. Could I not figure out how to hook it all up to the PSU, initially as any man would, I decided it wasn't my fault and called you every name under the sun asking what s**t this is I bought. I have since calmed down and realised that I'm just stupid, it was all me. I took a break, realised I'm about 85% retarded and now understand what is what.

Anyway, didn't bother testing it, packed it away and just going to build it straight into the case tomorrow as it can't go wrong.

But yeah.... it was more difficult than I expected.

 

[SharkyUK]

So, had everything I needed to build my PC tonight,

In 3 hours...

For ease I got the CPU fitted with the motherboard, job 1 complete
Fitted the RAM, easy enough, job 2 complete
Fitted the SSD, easy enough, job 3 complete.
Fitted the AIO cpu cooler, little tricky.

Was watching Linus video on how to build a PC and then followed the now test it part.

@SharkyUK I must apologise to you at this point. Could I not figure out how to hook it all up to the PSU, initially as any man would, I decided it wasn't my fault and called you every name under the sun asking what s**t this is I bought. I have since calmed down and realised that I'm just stupid, it was all me. I took a break, realised I'm about 85% retarded and now understand what is what.

Anyway, didn't bother testing it, packed it away and just going to build it straight into the case tomorrow as it can't go wrong.

But yeah.... it was more difficult than I expected.

That's not bad going at all, mate. You really do have to set aside a good few hours sometimes. Taking breaks is the best thing to do. Take a break to avoid making things break!

You're not retarded! 🤣 I can appreciate that the PSU and the fully modular nature of it might be a bit confusing. You're doing just fine and I'm sure it will be in the case and running fine in no time. Just make sure you can set some time aside as it is quite rare for systems to work the first time... 🫣

 

[mace¬]

That's not bad going at all, mate. You really do have to set aside a good few hours sometimes. Taking breaks is the best thing to do. Take a break to avoid making things break!

You're not retarded! 🤣 I can appreciate that the PSU and the fully modular nature of it might be a bit confusing. You're doing just fine and I'm sure it will be in the case and running fine in no time. Just make sure you can set some time aside as it is quite rare for systems to work the first time... 🫣

Thank you, the main issue was I didn't realise there was a 12 pin cable that split into two 8 pin connectors in the GPU box, that would then connect to the PSU two 8 pin to the PCIE 6+2 or something. So in my mind I only had the PSU PCIE lead to try and get into the GPU. It was when I was packing the GPU away after giving up that I realised my mistake and found the cable in the box

I'm putting it down to the excitement of having all the kit there ready to build.