[quote=ZodTTD's blog]Hi everyone!
I’ve been laying low for a long time now. But I am back and coming full steam ahead!
I just received my iPhone 3GS, and to many it may seem like a rediculous upgrade…But wait til you see this video!
You see, the iPhone 3GS has had a large upgrade in the performance department. It’s very powerful CPU and GPU, its guts are very similar to the OpenPandora.org’s Pandora project. They both have an ARM Cortex A8 processor, and they both have the PowerVR SGX video chipset. The iPhone 3GS clocks in at 600MHz too!
These similarities have me quite excited! While working with my Pandora MK2 devkit I have made psx4pandora, which has many games running fullspeed (60 FPS for NTSC) with sound @ 500MHz. The iPhone 3GS sounds suited for psx4iphone now!
The catch? There’s currently no jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS.
The temporary solution? I’m codesigning my emulator binaries for my own use.
The result is shown in the video below where you can see gpSPhone running at a minimum 150 FPS and maxing out at about 225 FPS, with sound and 0 frameskip! This is a HUGE performance increase where the iPhone 3G needed frameskipping just to reach 60 FPS!
Some technical notes on this build: For some reason gpSPhone is able to fit the dynarec memory it uses in executable memory. So I lucked out and was able to get the dynarec working on the iPhone 3GS without a jailbreak. I’m curious as to why this can even occur. Typically you need a jailbroken firmware to allow memory to be made executable for dynarecs to work. I’ll have to see if psx4iphone will work next!
This is an exciting moment for iPhone gaming! Subscribe to my YouTube channel and discuss below!
Thanks,
ZodTTD[/quote]
Video of gpSPhone running at over 150 FPS
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YlCl5tKi4Y[/media]
Now I really want one :saddowns:
Now all they need is Turbo mode for Myst...
Why has no one tried to top ZodTTD? All he does is port an emulator to iPhone OS with no code optimization, and throws the same shitty UI onto them. 600 MHz and 128 MBs are enough to emulate a fucking GBA without frame skipping.
[QUOTE=Joeyl10;15678726]Why has no one tried to top ZodTTD? All he does is port an emulator to iPhone OS with no code optimization, and throws the same shitty UI onto them. 600 MHz and 128 MBs are enough to emulate a fucking GBA without frame skipping.[/QUOTE]
Your avatar matches this post perfectly.
I want one so bad. I tried playing Super Ghouls n' Ghosts the other day on my iPod touch and it just was too slow to even stand playing.
iPhones being able to do this makes me really look forward to next year. So pumped to finally own an iPhone.
I'd like to see how well playstation emulation works, I'm sure there's a playstation emulator for the iPhone.
[QUOTE=djjkxbox;15738766]I'd like to see how well playstation emulation works, I'm sure there's a playstation emulator for the iPhone.[/QUOTE]
Maybe it would work just as shitty as the gameboy emulators did before the 3GS came out.
Wait...don't they need to have the iPhone jailbroken for it to run emulators? Is the 3GS jailbroken yet?
so he's emulating a gba on an iphone? I hope he realizes that gba's play gba games at 60 fps and that the processors in game boys are roughly 14 mhz, not 600
The emulator just needs to be polished up a bit. Hell if a psp can emulate up to a psx, I'm more than certain a full speed gba emulator is possible.
WOW! It has the power of a... Gameboy. =[
Sadly, every emulator ive tried on my ipod touch lags like shit and is unplayable, except for the gba. :(
I'd rather buy the 5800, they have managed to port Warcraft 2, Quake 1, Quake 2, OpenTTD and loads of other games to it. Emulators too I believe.
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Sorry I didn't know this was the Apple sections, I just clicked the thread on front page. Shouldn't bring Nokia in this.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;15925913]I'd rather buy the 5800, they have managed to port Warcraft 2, Quake 1, Quake 2, OpenTTD and loads of other games to it. Emulators too I believe.[/QUOTE]
Linky please.
[QUOTE=Mingeinabag;15926289]Linky please.[/QUOTE]
Here is OpenTTD:
[url]http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=35942&hilit=5800[/url]
Warcraft 2, maybe not the best screenshot:
[url]http://www.s60v5.us/free-mobile-s60v5-downloads/5800-s60v5-games-downloads/warcraft-2-s60v5.php[/url]
Quake 1 and 2:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI6JBhNBIPc&feature=related[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q64jubd3Jk&feature=related[/media]
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