Are my specs good enough to play these games?
#1
I have a pretty good system that can play some PS2 games on The PCSX2 emulator, but there are some games that have a lot of slowdown now and then.

The Games I'm having issue with are the following:
Metal Gear Solid 3
Soulcaliber 3
R-Type Final
God of War 2
God Of War 3

All games are NTSC

They run super smooth 70% of the time, but there are random spots where it gets sluggish.
I've tweaked a few settings with some progress, And I have looked at thread for the specs needed to run PS2 games,
but I need to know if my specific specs are strong enough to run these games, and if so, what can I adjust in the emulator to get
the best settings?

Specs:
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz 32 °C
Westmere-EP 32nm Technology
RAM 6.00GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard LENOVO Lenovo (1366-pin LGA) 21 °C
Graphics  1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6450
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#2
(06-03-2016, 11:16 PM)PlayBoyMan Wrote: They run super smooth 70% of the time, but there are random spots where it gets sluggish.
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but I need to know if my specific specs are strong enough to run these games
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CPU Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz 32 °C

Actually it's kinda miracle that you are able to play them "super smooth" 50%(maybe even less)of the time on that cpu(the single threading performance(which is really important for emulators)is barely above 1000 and you need at least 1600 for most 3D games))
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#3
vsub, you'd be surprized what you can do with a low end proc and a solid enough video card.

I have a similar processor in my (1200ish stp) laptop (tests at 1300ish), and I can run some of the less demanding games. If I keep it at native, and run software at some times and hardware rendering at others, I can actually keep the game at 60 fps no problems. with an ok video card in a server like what you'd see those chips in.. he might actually be able to keep some of the lightweight games running good enough at 70% of the time
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#4
(06-04-2016, 05:57 AM)scythefwd Wrote: vsub, you'd be surprized what you can do with a low end proc and a solid enough video card.

I've been using P4 2.8GHz and 6600GT for more than 7 years(until November 2014)and I know how slow those games run(especially gow games).
On GOW2 I was able to get 10-15fps on that pc at the beginning of the game
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#5
dont have much experience with the p4.. I was an amd fanboi at those times. I used to do pcsx2 on an old dual core 2.6 with igp 3100 video at 50-55 frames on the opening cutscene for ffx-2...
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XFX Radeon rx570                                       16gb ddr 4 2400 ram
32gb gskill ddr4-3200                                   1tb nvme ssd
Debian Bullseye                                           480gb sata ssd
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#6
That means that that amd was WAY better than my old Pentium 4...if I remember correctly,I barely get 10 or 5fps on that cut scene
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#7
sorry, my old setup that i did pcsx on was a core 2 duo at 2.6.. a full gen later than your p4. Never tried on my 1800 athlon xp.. not sure pcsx2 was even around then.
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XFX Radeon rx570                                       16gb ddr 4 2400 ram
32gb gskill ddr4-3200                                   1tb nvme ssd
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#8
So...are there any settings I can tweak in this setup or not?
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#9
Metal Gear Solid 3->forget itplay it on your PS2
Soulcaliber 3->->forget itplay it on your PS2
R-Type Final->fiddle with speedhacks
God of War 2->fiddle with speedhacks, but you'll get slowdowns
God Of War 3->lol, nice joke
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#10
(06-05-2016, 08:12 AM)jesalvein Wrote: Metal Gear Solid 3->forget itplay it on your PS2
Soulcaliber 3->->forget itplay it on your PS2
R-Type Final->fiddle with speedhacks
God of War 2->fiddle with speedhacks, but you'll get slowdowns
God Of War 3->lol, nice joke

hehe, The God of War 3 was a typo. 
Thank you for answering my question. Now I know what to do.
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