PCem 13 first impressions

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PCem 13 first impressions

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I only spent 15 minutes with it, but overall I really like the new changes!
However, what I found most annoying was the rescaling, the resize option with the 4:3 enabled. No matter what option I switch, I can't remove the black bars. In PCem 12 this never happened, resizing was perfect!

Sure, I can choose a custom resolution and no black bars, the problem is when resizing

And one minor thing I noted, in the PCem Machine, is the machine name is too long it overlaps with the leds, maybe they should be a tad higher
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I especially like the new config manager, no more messing with batch files.

With this config manager, does that mean that BIOS settings are unique to the machine too? As in, I can build two completely separate machines with the 430VX chipset?
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Yep. That's nice because I have like 59 configs I use for testing, they're mostly SiS496/430VXs with different HDDs and they all need to boot fast.
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Those black bars when resizeing using integrated Intel graphics, now I'm testing using an nVidia card and when I hold the mouse button while resizeing there is a gray background. In PCem 12 you see in real time how the image would look like, much, much better imo

The gray background occurs with all renderers: soft, d3d, opengl
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I've got to say, so far I'm really liking it!
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omarsis81: I suggest you to try the openGL (either the normal, or the GL3) video modes instead of the older ones.
Then, use the scale filtering, output-stretch mode and maybe even the output scale options from the Video menu.
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JosepMa wrote:omarsis81: I suggest you to try the openGL (either the normal, or the GL3) video modes instead of the older ones.
Then, use the scale filtering, output-stretch mode and maybe even the output scale options from the Video menu.
I tried every mode and option available.
I don't know why, but manual resize has gone a step backward :(
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I don't have stretching issues. Not seeing live resizing isn't really a big issue for me (and isn't the most trivial thing to implement across all backends either)
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I have problems with the last official 13 version.
Is the Toshiba T3100e patch (JohnElliott) working?
It works for me with the unofficial versions.
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No problems here. The new GUI is quite impressive.
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To avoid misunderstandigs, basically I have no problems too, except to run the Toshiba T3100e.
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i have now windows 10 64bit and v13 works much better than linux version, however the 3dMark99 work on voodoo only if cpu and gpu recompiler is off.
(using 430vx and i dont think changing board will make a difference)
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Toshiba T3100e is indeed broken in the released binary. It looks like a bug introduced by GCC's profile feedback optimisation - compiling the same source without -fprofile-* doesn't show the bug. I'll try to put a fixed binary out at the weekend - I don't have the energy for it right now.
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Messed with the win95 machine to add the SLI (and increased texture size), tried q3a timedemo again. Gained a bit of FPS even using a 233MMX. :)

I really do like the additions, especially the separate BIOS files. :) Thank you Sarah for the update.
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V2 SLI unfortunately doesn't help Q3's texture thrashing all that much. r_picmip 1 is still advised.

The next step up (Voodoo Banshee 16MB) would be far better for Q3 at r_picmip 0

Another note on the V2 SLI is that it dioesn't implement the screen filter at 1024x768 so there shouldn't be any performance worries with leaving screen filter checked on (as the code reads from a register to see if this is enabled). (Banshee and V3 does have a filter for 1024x768 however)
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SarahWalker wrote:Toshiba T3100e is indeed broken in the released binary. It looks like a bug introduced by GCC's profile feedback optimisation - compiling the same source without -fprofile-* doesn't show the bug. I'll try to put a fixed binary out at the weekend - I don't have the energy for it right now.
Thank you Sarah to take care about it. :)
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