ZSNES on Vista

EmulationOwns · Post by **EmulationOwns** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:33 am

Hello! I'm new here, but I have to say that I have been using your emulation for 2 years now. IT IS AMAZING!! I just love the fact that you can take classics from classic machines and put them onto a computer.

Anyways, I have read your new FAQ on the fact that it works on Vista. Good! I'm thinking about transfering this onto a brand-new laptop which laptops now only come with vista :p.

I know it says it works, but is there something I have to do to make it run on vista? (Set a preference to make it run?) Or will it just be like XP were I can open it up right-away and start playing? Just asking now so I will not be confused later.

Also, is there any known glitches with Vista and this application?

Please let me know! Thanks!

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:21 am

Using ZSNES on Vista should be the same as using it on XP.

Truth Unknown · Post by **Truth Unknown** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:23 am

Nothing is really different that would conflict with ZSNES, you may lose some CPU cycles due to Vista Emulates DirectSound (some don't notice it, or something), but thats it.

You might run into some trouble setting full-screen resolutions, since it seems to take longer for Vista to switch and ZSNES times out. Could be my PC, either way, you can set that stuff in the config file.

Post by **pagefault** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:35 pm

If your video card is decent it should run better than XP.

Cyrus · Post by **Cyrus** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:40 am

pagefault wrote:If your video card is decent it should run better than XP.

What qualifies as decent?

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:22 am

Cyrus wrote:
pagefault wrote:If your video card is decent it should run better than XP.
What qualifies as decent?

I'm trying out Vista on a laptop with some integrated Intel graphics right now and it runs quite smoothly.

ShadowFX · Post by **ShadowFX** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:08 am

I'm not sure but under Vista, I'm getting a non-blurred image in standard ddraw applications like I'm getting in XP. NVIDIA GeForce 7950GT card here with latest drivers. Is it because DirectDraw works differently in Vista?