SNES on Axim X3 (300MHz)?

[Danne]

Hi,

Anyone tried SNES-emulation on an Axim X3 (300MHz)?

Is it to slow?

/Danne

[joop88]

I tried it on my X5 400 mhz set at max performance and it's still too slow. Some games were okay, but most were unplayable.

[Raynne413]

I think it may depend on what kind of games you want to play. I have the 400 X5, and can play SNES RPGs, without sound, without too much of a delay.

I have heard, though, that 2003 has increased the speed a bit, but cannot say from experience.

[deftech]

Not sure about the 300MHz X3, but I get great speeds on my X3i. I've tested a couple of action (fast-moving) games, and get between 25-40fps emulated framerate with sound off. With sound, I get around 15-20fps emulated framerate.

p.s. These tests were using Morphgear with processor on Max Performance. It is said that the X3i has a separate graphics chip, making gaming better. However, I have never seen any physical proof of this.

[Tom61]

On the X5 300 running WM2003, I got probably 85% speed without sound, and 75-80% speed with. I can't give you an exact frame rate, as the emulator I was using, PocketSNES Bleeding Edge, slows down considerably when FPS is displayed (perhaps it's a benchmark mode?).

If you already have an X3 300, try this emulator: http://paqpark.nuclearfallout.net/pr...pocketsnes.php

I'm using the 1/16/03 release, though I've heard the 10/8/02 release may be faster.

[Danne]

How about overclocking the X3, can it be done without causing damage?

[trackstar15]

I used a regieditor to increase the glyph cache to 32k and advanced xscalectrl to speed my prossesor up to 358, and i'm getting 48-60fps out of 60 w/morphgear on all of my mario games and Donkey Kong Country.

[Danne]

Just ordered an Axim X3 standard, can't wait to try it out

[jb22]

I can play most games fine on my X3i, although games like F-Zero are a bit slow, although I can' remeber haw fast they were originally. Maybe playing thise games on a real SNES now, they may still seem slow by today's standards.

The only game I can't play is StarFox, I guess it's too intense. Kirby AllStars was also a bit slow for some reason.

Also, I've tries running Pocket SNES in all of the cpu modes and I get the same performance if my cpu is running at 200mhz in Auto or Power Save mode or if it's at 400mhz on Normal or Maximum Performance.

I do play all my games with the sound on and for the most part performance is fine, although playing these roms seems to drain the battery.

As a side note, I've got Aero Fighters but are there any other over head shooters for the SNES out there that are any good?

And can some one tell me what a good GameBoy Advance emulator for Pocket PC is? I really want to play Wario Ware, Inc: Mega Microgames on my PPC.

I just wish that playing fighting games would be better on the X3 but the button layout just isn't right for that.

[RanmaKun]

.... get a desktop computer if you wanna emulate... ^_^

[Treleung]

Hi Im just playing zelda alttp is there anyway to turn off the buttons and just use the buttons on the axim?

[-lceman-]

What emulator are you guys using? And where do you get the roms for it?

[Pepsi_blue]

.......Grr how many times is this question asked.

you dont give out roms or rom sites here.

[gravrider]

Kirby Superstar is a fairly new game, and is slow on emulators. I get about 1/2 the speed of other games on my 400mhz Mac.

[OC Noob]

Originally posted by trackstar15
I used a regieditor to increase the glyph cache to 32k

What is that and how do you do it?