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PCSX2 - Excellent PS2 emulation, support improving all the time!
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Relix said:
Well as I said they are the preferred minimums, just don't use any onboard graphics stuff.
You should OC that 1.86GHz. Thats the original clock speed of mine and it makes a massive difference going from 1.8 to 3.2GHz as long as you have adequate cooling and your CPU is of a batch that can atleast OC to that speed.
clashfan said:
What are your system specs?
Adam Blade
WWKC
Hmm, my laptop has a C2D 2.0 and an X1700. How good am I?
Adam Blade said:
Give it a try I say
Just don't expect full speed or perfect graphics. That goes for everyone. No matter how powerful a system you have, most games run slower than their original frame rates. You can thank the horrific Graphics Synthesizer for that. That thing is a beast! Fillrates am cry.
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Core Duo 2.4GHz
4GB of ram
Radeon 1300 here
4GB of ram
Radeon 1300 here
Eiji said:
Yes its horrible, I don't know why it heats up so much. I was thinking of dismounting it all again, putting AS (I used some cheao thing that came with the heatsink) and tightening it a little more to make more contact. The heat of that thing is driving me MAD.
Vast majority of PS2(and other last gen console for that matter) games are CPU limited most of the time, including SOTC among them.M3d10n said:
SOTC is locked at 60fps (yes, there are scenes where it runs 60, on a PS2) so it's theoretically possible to get emulation to that. I wouldn't hold my breath for it though.The Friendly Monster said:
mashoutposse
Ante Up
Can I download this, insert a legal copy of my game of choice into the computer, and go?
hukasmokincaterpillar
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Eiji said:
Speaking of, anyone try ZOE2 yet?
msdstc said:
it runs well-- it's impressive from a technical standpoint, but there really isn't anything worth playing through all the way at this point. Some games are close, but still suffer random freak outs/bouts of slowdown.
As for how long, I have no idea. 0.9.4 took the better part of this year to release. I think hardware technology needs to go through another generation or two before we can start talking full speed PS2 emulation with enhancements. Then the X-factor of an independent dev team makes it completely unpredictable, of course. They might decide to quit tomorrow. you never can tell with these things, since they put their free time into it.
nincompoop
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Jesus Christ, I tested a few games (none of which ran particularly well on my shitty Pentium D, even with dual-core mode enabled), and when I took them out of my DVD drive it felt like they just came out of the oven! Don't use this shit unless you have a more dedicated cooling system.
bee
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actually i'd say the majority of 2d games are worth playing through as most work like 99% flawless and even sound is spot on now too and theres zero chance these guys will stop developing it any time soon their too dedicated and the teams too big for that to happen just chat to them on irc for a while and you'll know.
other than 2d games the 3d games that work the best are the japanese rpg's final fantasy x being the obvious one, but quite a few more work pretty good like grandia 3 and the other final fantasy's, i guess they all use the same square enix game engine?
other than 2d games the 3d games that work the best are the japanese rpg's final fantasy x being the obvious one, but quite a few more work pretty good like grandia 3 and the other final fantasy's, i guess they all use the same square enix game engine?
luiggi_oasis
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those who have a good PC post some pics please ^^
we all love these screenshots when full AA is set
we all love these screenshots when full AA is set
Ive just tried FFX and Xenosaga Ep 1, and im getting an unplayably bad frame-rate. Im trying to decide whether I should bother trying to optimise performance with the graphic config, or if my hardware is doomed to fail no matter what. Here's what ive got:
P4 3.2Ghz HyperThreading (is this the problem?)
2GB DDR2 533Mhz RAM
ATI X1950 Pro (512Mb)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
P4 3.2Ghz HyperThreading (is this the problem?)
2GB DDR2 533Mhz RAM
ATI X1950 Pro (512Mb)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
InsertCredit
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Cataferal said:
Yup, no dual core = nogo at the moment. Maybe Disgaea will run decently.
Link1110 said:
ToD2 emulation has gotten better at a cost of speed in my experience. I used to get 60fps in town/dungeon maps and battle, now I get 5-10 less. But half-width text is no longer garbled and memcard saves and savestates seem to work properly now. Still far from perfect... graphics and fonts still don't scale properly and thus look like ass, and the interlacing artifacts are just incredibly ugly. At least I should be able to work with it now.
I have:
Core 2 E6320
2GB RAM
Radeon X1950GT
Tideas said:
Was it ever not? This project, especially, has become more relevant than ever now that Sony have abondoned the PS3's BC. PS2's are still going to sell for quite a while, of course, but eventually they'll be phased out, and we'll want a way to play our PS2 backlog without resorting to pre-owned hardware.
Plus, i know I've always found replay value in emulating my PSX games; playing them at higher resolutions, with added AA or whatever. Its just fun to tinker with them, and a convenience too.
I have:
Q6600
4GB Ram
8800GTX
Vista64
I tried this out with FFX-2 and it certainly ran smooth enough w/ 16x AA, but there we graphical issues (mainly -- in combat, there was some kind of ghosting on everything, even still objects)
I would post screenshots, but I couldn't be convinced to play far enough into the game to get to a nice looking area
Q6600
4GB Ram
8800GTX
Vista64
I tried this out with FFX-2 and it certainly ran smooth enough w/ 16x AA, but there we graphical issues (mainly -- in combat, there was some kind of ghosting on everything, even still objects)
I would post screenshots, but I couldn't be convinced to play far enough into the game to get to a nice looking area
proposition
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Any recent GPU should absolutely squish it in terms of fillrate. Even an X800 or 6800 should handily outclass it.Eiji said:
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